Why doesn't AMD unlock their desktop processors?

[demiurge3141]

Originally posted by: taltamir
and a wolfdale is the most OCable CPU ever made.

where do you pull that one from? not even mentioning the celerons of yesteryears the e2xxx series still beats wolfdales hands down. my 2140 runs at +115% OC.

 

[Martimus]

Originally posted by: ShawnD1

Originally posted by: Nathelion
The reason they couldn't unlock the lower end processors even if they wanted to is because unscrupulous 3rd party vendors would OC the chips and sell them as high-end versions.

What is to stop a company from doing this now? If I go to a local computer store and have them build a computer for me, there's no assurance that they won't use a cheaper CPU, and overclock the FSB to make up for it.

While it does make sense that Intel and AMD would get flack when vendors overclock without telling anyone, Intel and AMD currently get bad rep for crashes that aren't even caused by the CPU.
For quite a few years, I thought AMD made shit processors that couldn't overclock, but it turned out that all of those problems I experienced were caused by the VIA chipsets in all 4 of my computers. Increasing the FSB would also overclock the AGP and PCI, and there was no way to stop it; my Athlon 2200+ computer would crash if the FSB was increased by 5. I posted about it on this forum, on other forums, and I told people in real life. I spread a lot of negativity about AMD, and in the end it was actually VIA that was to blame. Friends and family come to me when they need help with computer problems, so when I go around saying AMD processors can't do <something>, they remember that negativity when they're in Best Buy thinking "I won't get that HP because Shawn said AMD processors are bad."

This actually happened quite a bit in the 90's. I remember hearing about it in the news on multiple occasions, where a bunch of computer builders were being sued for fraud. I am pretty sure that was the primary reason the manufacturers started locking the multipliers.

 

[Pelu]

All of this debates about AMD going the crap way and Intel taking the good way is kinda old and boring omg....

brb next year when the new processor series are out...

Yeah I know Intel > AMD this year and the past one and maybe the whole life... but the story is the same BS over and over... get over it at last and forget it... AMD is sucking... sit down and hope for better the next year...