Originally posted by: Idontcare
Your statement is false. It implies the CPU clockspeed multipliers will be unlocked, which is not what the linked article is referring to.
The link is referring to the
memory mulitpliers being unlocked. So you can use DDR3-1333 or DDR-1600 even though only DDR3-1066 is the top supported speed.
Frankly I can't believe this was ever in question or doubt, meaning I am astounded that Intel had the audacity to attempt to prevent bloomfield customers from using ram multipliers on anything but an extreme processor.
You guys see what Intel was trying to do here? Not only did they want to restrict CPU overclocking to just those folks who pay $1k for the processor, but they wanted to restrict your ability to overclock your memory too unless you bought their super-expensive extreme processor.
Can't wait for them to decide your screen resolution cannot exceed 1024x768 unless you buy an i7 965. (absurd yes, but think it thru, what was Intel attempting to accomplish by artificially locking out 920 and 940 users from their ram multipliers?) It intentionally artificially inflates the perceived value of that $1k processor when you are forced to purchase it just to be able to use DDR3 memory >1066 speeds.
These are those early signs we knew to be aware of as indicating when Intel's marketing dept was finally getting comfortable and recovering lost ground inside Intel's decision makers. Obviously they pitched this idea for forcing market segmentation on the customers and Intel's higher-ups (Otellini, etc) agreed now was the time to start this crap again as it was the mobo makers and the ram guys (i.e. external factors) that pushed back.
Oh AMD, wherefore art thou?
