Thanks - I'm curious beacuse I was looking to see if Spread Spectrum was ENABLED or DISABLED in my BIOS but I could not find this setting in the F6 BIOS on the Gaming 3. Thought it might be buried somewhere.
Don't know much about Spread Spectrum but here is what I read:
"The only reason we implemented spread-spectrum was to reduce manufacturing costs. That allowed us to be more competitive and It allowed us to more cheaply meet the technical FCC requirements for "home" and "office" FCC emission rules. The "rule" of the regs if not the "spirit". TEMPEST is a whole other deal.
Anywhere a manufacturer can save a nickel or more in BMC (Base Manufacturing Cost) it's highly desirable (esp when you're talking about millions of units). Spread-spectrum could save multiple BMC dollars per unit, even after factoring in the cost of implementing spread-spectrum control circuitry and firmware.
Spread-spectrum allows manufacturers to continue to have relatively high RF emissions which SUBSTANTIALLY reduces the cost of manufacturing (reduces need for physical shielding, EMI "fingerstock" and "braid", wear-resistant plating and conductive paints (in the case of plastic cases), case fitment tolerances, case vent mesh, wiring shielding, cable RFI ferrite cores (clip-ons or permanent), and so on. If you look at pre-spread-spectrum PCs with plastic cases, you'll find some that used very thick copper and other metal-based painted coatings on the inside surfaces specifically to meet FCC regs...this was very expensive stuff and it required special handling and disposal during manufacturing (also added to the cost).
By simply spreading out the emitted RF energy over a wider frequency range in which peak and mean values were generated manufacturers are able to more easily comply with the RF band-specific FCC regulations."
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