[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] vo_vesa fixes for some cards

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 12:32:54PM -0400, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> > 475MHz AMD K* (I don't remember the specifics), with IIRC 192MB of RAM -
> > not spectacular (except in that I've never even heard of another machine
> > with such a strange processor speed number), but should certainly have
> > been enough for the purpose.
> 
> you're right, it is a strange speed. afaik it was overclocked. the
> highest speed available for most k6 processors was 450. one model also
> had a 500mhz version, but that was rare. so i expect whoever sold it
> to you overclocked it (or lied about its speed so you would overclock
> it yourself).

one more comment... 475 mhz is a lot slower than 450 mhz. (you need
very slow bus speed to get a multiplier that gives you 475, instead of
the 100mhz bus you get with 450 (4.5x)).

rich