Yea, I wouldn't be happy about 133 either. If abit is selling its
production facilities (as the article said) then it could make a come
back with the cash it gets from that sale. There are lots of
"engineering" companies around. They just need to find a new niche.
Sometimes its hard to follow what all a poster has. In your case -
you've got more than I can follow, LOL
My understanding is Sempron is just the new name for Athlon and all
the Athlon's would do 200. I've not ever dealt with one. Wes N.
keeps up with Semprons and such. Perhaps if he is reading this thread
he will chime in...
Forrest
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On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:14:03 GMT, StewRat <>
wrote:
>Actually, both Semprons I have now are *supposed* to run at 166. The 2400+
>AMD sent me as a replacement for the first one runs fine in the MSI board at
>200 FSB (which I believe I wrote; I never tried one that way in the original
>KW7), while the 2800+ I bought more recently won't (a minor disappointment,
>of course). Of the two, I prefer the 2400+, consequently. I think I've read
>about some special OEM Semprons w/ 512k L2, but I don't remember any w/
>designed 200 FSB. Have I missed some? I think AMD were trying hard to avoid
>performance on a par w/ the Bartons, and skipped 200. Anyway, I'm not happy
>w/ the replacement mobo running no better than 133, regardless of the cpu.
>I'm just quite nervous about sending the board (roughly a $70 investment) to
>a company that might never send it back, what w/ their financial
>circumstances and all. Besides, I already spent about $12 for the first
>return. I can get another MSI for about $45, so...
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