[ale] AMD 5X86 chips...

Bob Toxen bob at cavu.com
Wed May 1 18:56:07 EDT 1996


> From: vernard at cc.gatech.edu (Vernard Martin)
> Subject: Re: [ale] AMD 5X86 chips...
> To: bob at cavu.com (Bob Toxen)
> Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 18:22:54 -0400 (EDT)
> Cc: mikec at atl1.america.net, vernard at cc.gatech.edu, ale at cc.gatech.edu
> In-Reply-To: <199605011558.LAA03252 at cavu.com> from "Bob Toxen" at May 1, 96 11:58:20 am

> > Yeah, but how would it compare to, say, my AMD486DX-80 cranked up to 100MHZ?

> I'm not quite sure. I do know that over-clocking your cpu by 25% isn't a
> healthy idea in most cases. There are lots of cases of over-clocking the
> AMds to 160Mhz, I'm pretty sure that will smoke a dx2-100.

My chip is of the time when AMD is suspected of labeling some 100 MHZ chips
as 80 MHZ because they couldn't produce enough 80s.  It's kept in the
basement where it's cool.  No problem in 17 months of operation (but thanks
for your warning to others).

> V

Bob Toxen
bob at cavu.com






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