unlocked cpus

[eklass]

sorry about the total nub questions, but i've been out of the cpu game for a while.


does intel/amd no longer lock thier cpu speeds? is everything just freely mobo adjusted?

 

[BlueWeasel]

[Edit] As usual, I was wrong...see the post below for the correct answer.

 

[the cobbler]

all A64s and X2s are unlocked downwards ONLY, except the FX series, which are completely unlocked up AND down

Opterons are unlocked UP but not DOWN.

 

[eklass]

what about intel processors ?

and when you say locked.. is that just multiplier?

 

[TankGuys]

Originally posted by: the cobbler

...Opterons are unlocked UP but not DOWN.

?

I don't think so

 

[newtekie1]

A64s and Opterons are multiplyer unlocked going DOWN only(you can lower it but not raise it).

The FX series chips are unlocked both up and down.

The FSB on all the chips are fully adjustable, depending on the motherboard of course.

Almost all the Intels are unlocked going DOWN only.

The Intel Extreme Editions are unlocked going up and down, but only if the board supports it of course.

Again all the intel processors are FSB unlocked going both up and down, also depending on the board.

 

[eklass]

thanks everyone for the swift responses!

 

[robertk2012]

Originally posted by: newtekie1
A64s and Opterons are multiplyer unlocked going DOWN only(you can lower it but not raise it).

The FX series chips are unlocked both up and down.

The FSB on all the chips are fully adjustable, depending on the motherboard of course.

Almost all the Intels are unlocked going DOWN only.

The Intel Extreme Editions are unlocked going up and down, but only if the board supports it of course.

Again all the intel processors are FSB unlocked going both up and down, also depending on the board.

It only took about 5 trys but someone finally got it right.

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: robertk2012

Originally posted by: newtekie1
A64s and Opterons are multiplyer unlocked going DOWN only(you can lower it but not raise it).

The FX series chips are unlocked both up and down.

The FSB on all the chips are fully adjustable, depending on the motherboard of course.

Almost all the Intels are unlocked going DOWN only.

The Intel Extreme Editions are unlocked going up and down, but only if the board supports it of course.

Again all the intel processors are FSB unlocked going both up and down, also depending on the board.

It only took about 5 trys but someone finally got it right.

Yea right??

I'm reading the thing about how "opterons are unlocked UP but not down" and thats a WTF statement. So then how come my 175 is using a 10x multiplyer??

hehe...

 

[the cobbler]

Originally posted by: the cobbler
all A64s and X2s are unlocked downwards ONLY, except the FX series, which are completely unlocked up AND down

Opterons are unlocked UP but not DOWN.

coff er...DOWN but not UP

thanks for the correction, sorry for the inadvertent FUD

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: newtekie1

The Intel Extreme Editions are unlocked going up and down, but only if the board supports it of course.

Uh no. All Intel CPUs are mutiplier locked except ES samples.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Originally posted by: newtekie1
A64s and Opterons are multiplyer unlocked going DOWN only(you can lower it but not raise it).

The FX series chips are unlocked both up and down.

The FSB on all the chips are fully adjustable, depending on the motherboard of course.

Almost all the Intels are unlocked going DOWN only.

The Intel Extreme Editions are unlocked going up and down, but only if the board supports it of course.

Again all the intel processors are FSB unlocked going both up and down, also depending on the board.

All Intel CPUs are fully locked, except those that support Speedstep (P4 6xx, P-D, mobile CPUs) which are are downward unlocked.

Pentium Extreme Editions (not P4EE) and engineering samples are fully unlocked.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy

Originally posted by: newtekie1
A64s and Opterons are multiplyer unlocked going DOWN only(you can lower it but not raise it).

The FX series chips are unlocked both up and down.

The FSB on all the chips are fully adjustable, depending on the motherboard of course.

Almost all the Intels are unlocked going DOWN only.

The Intel Extreme Editions are unlocked going up and down, but only if the board supports it of course.

Again all the intel processors are FSB unlocked going both up and down, also depending on the board.

All Intel CPUs are fully locked, except those that support Speedstep (P4 6xx, P-D, mobile CPUs) which are are downward unlocked.

Pentium Extreme Editions (not P4EE) and engineering samples are fully unlocked.

Ive owned several Extreme Editions and none of them were unlockable. They were all socket 478. I also owned engineering samples (all of which are archived here back in 2004 if you care to search) including this one. And my mobo supported unlocked multipliers.

Now if 775s Extremes are mult unlocked thats news to me, but Intel has had policy of locking all retail CPUs going back to the lowly 233mhz pentium classic.