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In article <80kieh$bu7$1@hek.netix.org.uk>,
C. Newport <crn@NOSPAM.netunix.com> wrote:
[snip]
>The fact that you have got away with it so far does not indicate that this 
>is a reliable practice. If a 466 could be reliably run at 582 then
>Intel would label them as 550 and charge more money for them.

Not necessarily - this isn't how the clock rate markings work.

There *are* sometimes differences between CPUs (and other components)
rated at different speeds, but often the components are made using
exactly the same methods and are simply rated after the event.  The ones
which run happily at 600 are rated 550, and the ones which will only
run happily at 500 are rated 450.  However, it can happen that the
demand for 450s outstrips the supply of chips which have failed the
600 test.  In this case chips which work perfectly at the higher speed
will be stamped with the lower one and sold at the lower price.

The price a CPU chip is sold at has nothing to do with the cost of
manufacturing that individual chip.  Chips can only be sold at the
higher price if there are buyers there wanting to buy them.  If all
the buyers want the lower specced chips then that's how they'll be
labelled and priced.  This is why Intel have been so keen of late
to build in mechanisms to ensure you only run chips at the speed
you paid for.

John
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