'Blue Copper' AMD at atacom.com...what is this?

[GregRad]

I was under the impression that all high speed TBirds, specifically the 1200 mhz 266 bus chips were made in Dresden and were all copper interconnects. At the atacom website they are advertising 'blue' copper chips and selling them for slightly more. I called in and asked about this and was told that the 'blue' chips run cooler....
So, is it a bunch of blue smoke or is there something no other retailer knows about??

 

[Dark4ng3l]

the blue sealant on the core means it was made in dresden.

 

[yodayoda]

blue = dresden
green = texas

no significance other than that, from the mouth of an AMD tech rep.

 

[DarkMajiq]

All chips 1GHz+ are made in Dresden though, so if they're charging more for a 'blue core' 1.2 than a 'regular' 1.2, they're just trying to rip you off.

 

[GregRad]

Thank you for confirming what I suspected. That ends my interest in doing business with atatcom.com
Interestingly enough, they also claim to have retail boxed versions of the 1.2 (266) cpu. I kept asking "It come sealed in an AMD box with a fan and warranty", the reply being, "everything warrantied".
Cheers