Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:54:33 +0100 (MET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.dk> To: Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr (Pierre Beyssac) Cc: mark@vmunix.com, sos@FreeBSD.dk, grog@lemis.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should I buy a Cyrix processor? Message-ID: <199712050954.KAA07935@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <19971205104335.KF17057@mars.hsc.fr> from Pierre Beyssac at "Dec 5, 97 10:43:35 am"
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In reply to Pierre Beyssac who wrote:
> According to Mark Mayo:
> > I'd agree with Soren though - the Pentium Pro 180's are a real bargain
> > right now. I know they're about $325 CAN (~$230 US). Plus, you can
> > safely overclock them to 200, or even 233 or 240 if you're lucky - Intel
> > is having high yields these days,
>
> According to Tom's hardware guide, it looks like Intel wants to put
> an end to overclocking (and re-marked processors): their now disable
> the frequency multiplier pins, preventing you from overclocking the
> processor (their yields are so good most of their parts come out
> with the highest speeds, while there's still a market for lower
> speed parts...).
Ha, that wont work on the P6/180, as you just up the bus freq. from
60 to 66 Mhz to get a 200 :), so unless the mess up the pll in the
multiplier so it only works within significantly less than 10% of
the rated speed.... (and that might be tricky)...
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