gfd

[justjones]

what is a GFD, and what does it do?

KA7
Athlon 750 with retail h/s
256 Megs corsair p133
sound blaster live
promise at66
10x dvd rom
hp cdr
viewsonic 19"
supra express external
altec 500 speakers

 

[Zephyr]

it's a small device you mount on top of the Athlon (after cracking the case open), which allows you to adjust the voltage and multiplier settings of the cpu.

 

[0div0]

gfd is a gold finger device. This unlocks the athlon so you can change the multiplier. For example, since you have a 750mhz you're multiplier is 7.5 and the front side bus is 100.
7.5 x 100 = 750(actually since the bus on the athlon is ddr its 3.75 x 200 but you won't see that in any of the gold finger descriptions)

With a gfd you can overclock your athlon by changing the multiplier anywhere from 3.5-10.5 (350-1050). One drawback is that you have to take the plastic case off your athlon and plug it on a row of pins near the processor. There is a chance of damaging the processor while opening the case. check out http://www.k7oc.com for more information.

 

[Technonut]

Here is a link page with many GFD reviews:

http://www.jathardware.com/english/athlon.html#gf