ARG... ARGA Chip from Newegg

[Yomama]

A friend of mine just got a TBird 1GHz/266. We were expecting an AXIA or better, but strangely we received an ARGA Chip. I have heard that these may have been older steppings used in conjunction with the /200 chips, but this is a new /266 chip with a purple core. He will check it out tonight, but I am just curious whether one of you has come across one of these, and what the predictions are. They are not well represented in the CPU database.

Thanks

Yo

[Paul -The Mad Hatter]

I haven't heard much, but what I have heard is that they don't go much higher than 1200 or so.

[Ferg]

According to the Athlon OC stepping chart it will do 1300 on average, but their chart seems high, I suspect somewhere in the 1200-1250 range.

[Yomama]

Thanks for the replies. It looks like he got it to run at 1133 so far with no go at 1200, even with 1.92 volts. So I guess these are somehow duds compared to AXIA. I am still surprised though, AMD must have moved the older steppings into the 1GHz range. Oh well yet another reason to attend computer shows.

Yo