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No idea ever thought out can be unthought again. No workaround of artificially imposed restrictions, once it was leaked, can be canned again. In this case, the name of Pandora's box is PAT and its content are the bits of information necessary to keep the additional pipeline stages out of the loop that are activated at the 800 MHz PSB for stability, and performance throttling. ASUS were the first to come out with their version, now called HyperPath but ABIT are close on their tail with what they call Game Acceleration Technology.
The innocent victim of new performance settings like Street Racer and F1 is the IS7, currently still known as a rather home style performer. Does GAT have what it takes to turn Dr Jeckyll into Mr. Hyde? Well, take that one back, nobody wants Mr. Hyde in his or her office but the new BIOS does have a few surprises, to say the least.
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