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- May 13, 2001
From a mathematical perspective, a 333 MHz FSB (double pumped) would be a very good thing. Simply because this means it will have a 1/5 divider from the start, so even crappy brands which never include a divisor adjustment should be able to OC further without placing PCI and AGP out of spec too far, which is often a roadblock for overclocking. For instance, if you're going from 166 to say 180, that's an FSB of 360 MHz, but the PCI cards would be running at 35.7 MHz, only 2.4 MHz above spec. On the other hand, if you do a 14 MHz OC from 100 to 114 (such as on an early P4), you're looking at a PCI bus speed of 37.62 MHz. Granted, most of you probably know this, but it would be a great step for those of us who can't afford the trick boards from Epox or Iwill or Abit that have the divisor adjustment. And then add in the fact that the Inquirer reports much cooler running chips (See front page), it seems that there might be a very good OCing chip on the horizon. Let's just hope AMD can provide the product that's been described, and I'd be first in line to spend my hard earned cash on a new CPU.
