31/12/99: Last post of the year I guess :). 

Firstly, I'd like to thank all our customers for helping us get FreeSpeed off the ground. It has exceeded all our expectations both in interest and clocking results, and to our knowledge, everyone who has bought one from us has been really pleased they chose FreeSpeed..

Also I'd like to thank Alpha Design in Poole, who have kept supplies of FreeSpeed cards flowing out the door and have helped us right from stage one, to bring a great product to the marketplace.

One last thing to add. As we are getting some reports of huge speed increases on Athlon core speeds using FreeSpeed, we have decided to run a little competition. Whoever can send us evidence of the highest stable clock speed increase, will get free upgrades to any new revision boards or new models we bring out, they can then keep there old card or sell it if they want. If there winning speed is broken by someone else, the prize will simply move to the new winner..........and so on. 

Currently the highest speed we have seen so far is from Tommi Heinonen, who posted evidence on our message board of a stable 824Mhz from a Athlon 500 :)) , truly impressive. (and no Thumper, your 650Mhz doesn't quite cut it :)

Hope everyone has a great new years eve (don't drink too much :).........take care Fluke

29/12/99: We would like to apologize for our site being down for nearly a hour. Our ISPs Web Server seems to be up again, but very slow. If these pages seem too slow to load please try our emergency mirror site here

We are getting some good feedback from customers who have successfully overclocked their Athlon CPUs. As soon as we have a good amount of information, we will post some of their findings. As a rough guide, even early week Athlon 500 CPUs are reaching 650Mhz easily with only around 0.1V extra needed for Vcore. Later 650Mhz core 500s are achieving some extremely high clock rates. Stay tuned. Fluke

27/12/99: Hi all. Hope everyone had a cool Christmas, and now we just have new years eve to go :)). Shipping of cards starts up again on Wednesday and so far we have shipped every private order we have received payment for. Bulk orders from resellers will be leaving soon also.

Have added a Message Board now. Please follow the link on the left and feel free to post comments, questions, suggestions or just plain abuse :) , I will respond to any posts that need reply. 

Have a great new year, take care, Fluke

24/12/99: Just a quick note to explain about our Rev2 FreeSpeed Card. This card has no real additional features. It mainly is just a reworking of our PCB layout, though we have added a power LED indicator to ensure you can tell FreeSpeed is powered up and ready to rock & roll. This card will just replace the older card on most orders from now.

As many people start to use FreeSpeed to clock there Athlons, we would be grateful is anyone who has any good ideas on how to improve it further. Anyone who has a idea that is included in a future revision will get the new card for free :)  Fluke

23/12/99: A big thanks to John Carcich for pointing out a error in our truth tables. 

Well, Xmas is nearly here and it's been a great 1st week for our FreeSpeed card, thanks for all your support. As most companies are shutting down for a few days, we will use this short break to plan a Rev2 FreeSpeed card, this card will automatically replace the old card. Also a unit is planned with nice new features (can't reveal any details yet :) 

One more thing to add....... Quake 3 ROCKS :) , happy fragging Fluke

21/12/99: At last! , here are the photos of the production release of FreeSpeed Pro. Hope it looks ok :). As you can see from the pictures we decided to mount the power connector on the rear side. This allows for just about any heatsink and fan combo we know of to fit without interfering with the card.

Updated benchmark page to show a clocked Athlon running at 800Mhz :)

We are also pleased to announce that the card is from today, shipping in quantity. Fluke

Front View (actual size is only 55mm wide by 40mm high)

Rear View

20/12/99: Hi all, I am afraid the photos won't be up till about 12pm GMT tomorrow (due to our PCB subcontractors having a Xmas party :). Hope this is ok. Stay Tuned. We can't wait to get some feedback from you all on the card.

Shipment of all orders who's payment has been received will be during the next two working days. I just wish that it wasn't Xmas as it slows everything down for us all........HUMBUG :) 

As always, no money will be taken from anyone till your card is ready to be dispatched. Fluke

19/12/99: Photos of FreeSpeed should be up tomorrow and at the very worst, on Tuesday. 

A few forums on the web have expressed concern over how we are operating, and the quality of FreeSpeed. We feel this is slightly unfair as they have not yet seen our card :) . 

Also our postal address is not where I can be contacted, and should not be rung, as they only receive our mail and dispatch our cards from their. I have now added a number in the contact page.

Please come back soon and check out the card. Hopefully this will settle all doubts and rumors with a photo of a great looking product, well built, and totally professional. Thanking you all, take care,  Fluke

16/12/99: As demand for FreeSpeed is initially outstripping supply and Xmas is here, short delays on orders are expected. We are however still accepting orders, and are confident we are still the best and quickest supplier of Athlon OC Cards. 

Cheque orders we have received will NOT be cashed until we have your card ready. If your card still has not shipped after five days of receipt of your payment, you will be informed via email with a projected lead time.

Buying FreeSpeed cards in the future will be alot easier. We are currently setting up a worldwide network of resellers, which should make things much better for everyone :)

We will try to keep any delays to a absolute minimum. Thanks Fluke

15/12/99: Big apologies to all Netscape users. Half this text didn't show. *icrosoft have a lot to answer for. :) 

14/12/99: We cannot believe we would of got such interest in FreeSpeed. It's good to see that overclocking is getting so popular. Thank you all for your emails. 

We can now also reveal the exact dimensions of the FreeSpeed. It measures just 40mm high by 55mm wide (less than half credit card size). 

Pictures of FreeSpeed Pro will be posted Monday. (at last :)

Our Frequently Asked Questions page has now started to be added to. Please check it out...

12/12/99: A lot of people are asking for pictures of FreeSpeed. They will be posted on the site in around one week. Please come back and check it out, you won't be disappointed  :). In the mean time, if you have any questions about the card, please feel free to mail me. Thanks, Fluke.

02/11/99: Production Units ready in around two weeks, Pricing also will follow....

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