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IGN #70 Red Scorpion Barbecue Sauce Grand Prix
Miskatonic Racing
"Feel the Sting!!"

Marcos
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I know several people who have dones this an have experience short lived
euphoria.
All though you have gained 19Mhz in speed, you probably won't of
gained 19Mhz in performance.
The internal architecure of the chip is designed to run at 25/50 Mhz.
If the clock is telling it to run at 33/66 then effectivly it is missing a
beat.
Think of it like this. Next time you've got a record going or the radio on
listen to the music whilst watching a clock.
If the tempo is anything other than 60/120/240 beats per minute then there will
be short periods when the second hand moves in time with the music. After a few
bars the second hand loses time until the next cyle when it comes back in.

The processor is doing the same with your data. Every so often it is getting out
of sync.
Although you are getting synced calulations quicker than a DX250, you
are not getting the full performance of a DX2 66.

Be warned though that some processors may fail because of this syncro-
nisation problem.

If it works for you fine, go ahead, but I would warn others to be
careful when trying it.

You must be pretty hooked on Nascar to try and eek out that little
extra bit of performance.
Mind you, its probably a habit caught from too much time in the Nascar garage.....

Regards

Jed

Neil Jedrzejewski
PCS Internet

3 Hill View, Mill End, Northleach, Cheltenham, Glos., GL54 3HJ.

If it works that's terrific, but it might not STAY working...
--

Brian Wong                              Product Marketing Engineering

For the lifetime of the chip, I wouldn't worry about it. You will find your
chip obsolete before it dies (new cpu are coming out quickly).

Just my 2 cents.

You wri> I don't know if this is widely known or not, but I'll post it anyway.
You wri> I have been running Nascar on a 486 DX2-50 (which was upgraded
You wri> from an SX-25 with an Overdrive processor).  Anyway, I recently found
You wri> out that if you change the jumper on the motherboard from 25 Mhz to
You wri> 33 Mhz, your DX2-50 becomes a DX2-66.  I have checked this with
You wri> diagnostic programs and my processor speed is at 69 Mhz.  With the
You wri> 50 Mhz processor I was only able to run the game in VGA mode with
You wri> the only extra's being skids, paint and smoke.  I was using FM sound
You wri> also.  With the extra 19 Mhz of processor speed, I can run VGA in
You wri> stereo with everything on and it's fine.  I can even run SVGA with
You wri> minimal extras with virtually no chop.  This could be a big help to
You wri> the rest of us who only have 50-66 Mhz processors.  Try changing that
You wri> jumper and see what happens.
You wri
You wriI know several people who have dones this an have experience short lived
You wrieuphoria.
You wriAll though you have gained 19Mhz in speed, you probably won't of
You wrigained 19Mhz in performance.
You wriThe internal architecure of the chip is designed to run at 25/50 Mhz.
You wriIf the clock is telling it to run at 33/66 then effectivly it is missing a
You wribeat.
You wriThink of it like this. Next time you've got a record going or the radio on
You wrilisten to the music whilst watching a clock.
You wriIf the tempo is anything other than 60/120/240 beats per minute then there will
You wribe short periods when the second hand moves in time with the music. After a few
You wribars the second hand loses time until the next cyle when it comes back in.
You wri
You wriThe processor is doing the same with your data. Every so often it is getting out
You wriof sync.
You wriAlthough you are getting synced calulations quicker than a DX250, you
You wriare not getting the full performance of a DX2 66.
You wri
You wriBe warned though that some processors may fail because of this syncro-
You wrinisation problem.
You wri
You wriIf it works for you fine, go ahead, but I would warn others to be
You wricareful when trying it.
You wri
You wriYou must be pretty hooked on Nascar to try and eek out that little
You wriextra bit of performance.
You wriMind you, its probably a habit caught from too much time in the Nascar garage.....
You wri
You wriRegards
You wri
You wri
You wriJed
You wri
You wri
You wriNeil Jedrzejewski
You wriPCS Internet
You wri
You wri3 Hill View, Mill End, Northleach, Cheltenham, Glos., GL54 3HJ.

You wri

What will happen of course is that the computers clock speed will be changed.
You find that time will now be moving at a considerably enhanced rate.

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IWR #70 Red Scorpion Barbecue Sauce Grand Prix
Miskatonic Racing
"Feel the Sting!!"