Locked or Unlocked!!!

[tvfreakazoid]

I'm a nub so here it goes lol. I read that the multipliers are locked upwards for opty's and x2's. I believe it's true because from the forums I read stated that they are (DFI-street) and among others. The only ones that aren't locked upwards are the FX chips that's why I guess they make such good OCer's I assume. SO why does everyone rants and raves about the opty's? They are pretty much the same as the x2's except for chip quality right? and the x2's are a little cheaper. I mean you can only OC without spending tons of cash to get decent cooling (vapor or water or whatever). Beside how much can it last if you OC let's say a opty 165, 170, 175or x2 4200, 4400, 4800 to 2.6 or higher? Since the multipliers are locked on optys how can they OC soo much better than the x2's??? I mean between the 2 it might be a tiny, minute difference. I'm thinking about getting a opty but I need to know why they are soo much better than the x2's.
Here are some links to confirm they are locked if someone doesn't beleive it is.

http://www.xtremeresources.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25378

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/430658.html

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26642

http://forums.amd.com/lofiversion/index.php/t65425.html

 

[Shimmishim]

I think i'm safe to say most people know that optys/A64/blah blah are all top locked except for FX chips and the occassional freak A64 chips.

optys are tested differently than X2's are.

in general optys have been doing better o/c wise than the X2. but i've been reading that the newer stepping X2's have been overclocking pretty well as well.


also taht xtreme resource thread is for the socket 940 opteron, not 939 (check the date of the thread)

 

[tvfreakazoid]

Originally posted by: Shimmishim
I think i'm safe to say most people know that optys/A64/blah blah are all top locked except for FX chips and the occassional freak A64 chips.

optys are tested differently than X2's are.

in general optys have been doing better o/c wise than the X2. but i've been reading that the newer stepping X2's have been overclocking pretty well as well.


also taht xtreme resource thread is for the socket 940 opteron, not 939 (check the date of the thread)

How do they find out if the multiplier is unlocked for the few that has been lucky to get one?