Back when I used to sell these things at a local mom 'n pop shop, as the parent stated, the warranty on the cpus varied as follows:
Intel Retail (boxed): 3 years direct with Intel AMD Retail (boxed): 3 years direct with AMD AMD OEM (chip only): 1 year through reseller (us) Intel OEM (chip only): dunno, the boss didn't bother buying them because they were almost as expensive as the retail versions
In the old Pentium days, the leap from 33MHz to 66MHz was large, and a chip that might perform well at, say, 61MHz would be sold as a 33MHz chip.
I wasn't aware that original Pentium chips were ever "sold as... 33MHz" Thought they started at the Pentium 60 (MHz)...link?
As for the modifying of frequencies (overclocking) and the like, as enthusiast can testify, this is nothing new. Original ATi Radeon 9500 could be hacked into 9700 pro's which I think a bigger graphics headline than this will be, since the 5950 still barely keeps up with a 9800 Pro XT.
Also, as the parent hinted at, when I was working at a local SoCal white box shop, a few articles came out over at xbitlabs about the AMD Athlon XP thuroughbred cores (_1_ and _2_). I ended up snagging a few and sure enough, if the chip had the right numbers, we could get the as high as 2800+! This, I suppose, was because they didn't pass QA testing for the model number they were intended, and had to be underclocked and sold as lower models. Great for the geeks though!:) Stability was about 99.5%. Yummy.
Keep it up chipzillas so the hackers have more things to tinker with...
...i've been thinking about these two concepts a lot lately, wireless bandwidth and digital media...
Now that we have mwISP's (mobile wireless ISP's), there is the potential to stream any song from your home network right to your laptop. AT&T's mobile internet services are up to 200 kbps burst speed with 100 - 130 maintained...so it's possible to stream your 128 bit rate mp3's ogg's and the like (forget thoughs evil wma's) right to your mobile phone or laptop. No need for local storage... Imagine having access to your 5,000 song digital media library...ANYwhere!
WHY are there so many though!? There is no need for this!
We only need ONE protocol, not 20 (AIM ICQ IRC YAHOO MSN SKYPE JABBER GABBER and lots lots more) for each of the following functions!:
Text
Audio (open H.323)
Video
Haven't we been playing this game too long? The Internet is supposed to be an information commute, not a traffic jam. Why can't we STANDARDIZE it!? bah! (XML would be nice)
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*think*
Back when I used to sell these things at a local mom 'n pop shop, as the parent stated, the warranty on the cpus varied as follows:
Intel Retail (boxed): 3 years direct with Intel
AMD Retail (boxed): 3 years direct with AMD
AMD OEM (chip only): 1 year through reseller (us)
Intel OEM (chip only): dunno, the boss didn't bother buying them because they were almost as expensive as the retail versions
just for the record, cuz we've above 3000 comments now yu know... :)
are they selling the number in a specific area code?
how does this work? (is it good or is it whack?)
i doubt we'll make it passed the 3042 mark but what the shmell?
:)
hi mom!
*gasp*
I wasn't aware that original Pentium chips were ever "sold as ... 33MHz" Thought they started at the Pentium 60 (MHz) ...link?
As for the modifying of frequencies (overclocking) and the like, as enthusiast can testify, this is nothing new. Original ATi Radeon 9500 could be hacked into 9700 pro's which I think a bigger graphics headline than this will be, since the 5950 still barely keeps up with a 9800 Pro XT.
Also, as the parent hinted at, when I was working at a local SoCal white box shop, a few articles came out over at xbitlabs about the AMD Athlon XP thuroughbred cores (_1_ and _2_). I ended up snagging a few and sure enough, if the chip had the right numbers, we could get the as high as 2800+! This, I suppose, was because they didn't pass QA testing for the model number they were intended, and had to be underclocked and sold as lower models. Great for the geeks though! :) Stability was about 99.5%. Yummy.
Keep it up chipzillas so the hackers have more things to tinker with...
is increasing (slowly but surely). what...10 mbits common place by 2007? say hello to zooming movie downloads :)
...if the basis of our freedom is legally refuted.
I believe the chance of this is a slim one, but suppose the GPL is shot down...
I for one wont stand for it. I'll be out there with signs and all. Revolution I say!
Show me where to sign.
"Curse them. Curse them! We hates them!"
...i've been thinking about these two concepts a lot lately, wireless bandwidth and digital media...
Now that we have mwISP's (mobile wireless ISP's), there is the potential to stream any song from your home network right to your laptop. AT&T's mobile internet services are up to 200 kbps burst speed with 100 - 130 maintained...so it's possible to stream your 128 bit rate mp3's ogg's and the like (forget thoughs evil wma's) right to your mobile phone or laptop. No need for local storage...
Imagine having access to your 5,000 song digital media library...ANYwhere!
Watcha think?
We only need ONE protocol, not 20
(AIM ICQ IRC YAHOO MSN SKYPE JABBER GABBER and lots lots more)
for each of the following functions!:
Haven't we been playing this game too long? The Internet is supposed to be an information commute, not a traffic jam. Why can't we STANDARDIZE it!? bah! (XML would be nice)