Sharky Extreme: There's an important distinction to be made between TNT2 and UltraTNT2...

Hercules: "We will use UltraTNT2 parts for our Dynamite TNT/2. These parts will run at faster core and memory speeds than the TNT2."

Sharky Extreme: What sort of clock speeds will you be doing for your products? What reasons do you have for choosing those? This includes memory and of course the graphics clock.

Hercules: "Clock speeds will be competitive with ANY other TNT2 Ultra card currently announced. Our intention is to provide the TNT2 Ultra based card with the highest performance potential."

Sharky Extreme: For the Ultra TNT2, will you be putting a fan on so that people can overclock and 'find out' if they can attain what they want?

Hercules: "A fan is certainly a better cooling device than a passive heat sink. We plan on incorporating a fan into our Dynamite TNT/2 design."

Sharky Extreme: There's more to it than meets the eye in terms of 'clock speed'...

Hercules: "Absolutely...memory and clock speeds must be fine tuned to ensure maximum performance AND stability. Under some extreme conditions, we've even seen an actual decrease in performance from overclocking. Generally, this is not the case, though."

Sharky Extreme: Can you talk to us about certain yields at certain speeds and how and why this is done? Is it really beneficial to the end-user or is it just essential to validate the warranty?

Hercules: "Communication between the board and chip manufacturers is important in determining the ultimate clock settings on a board. Board manufacturers tend to be conservative in qualifying their parts from chip manufacturers. Different batches produce varying yields at a given speed. It is absolutely essential to qualify a broad range of parts to ensure that warranties can be validated.

Customers ultimately determine what default clock settings board manufacturers ship. Offering more than one speed model gives customers more choices, but it can sometimes be tricky to determine which model is right for you."