AMD Has An Ace Up Its Sleeve

[Guest]

Taipei (Taiwan) - AMD has pulled a rabbit out of its hat to increase the performance of its existing Phenom triple-core (8000-series) and quad-core (9000-series) processors.

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[Guest]

wtf, this make no sense at all? are you on drug or something?

 

[SEALBoy]

I'm still trying to make sense of this article...

 

[mr roboto]

Huh? A physical button on your motherboard? Seriously re-write the article for human comprehension.

 

[zenmaster]

Ummm, Weren't the BE Chips already Unlocked?

 

[cletus_slackjawd]

I think the article is referring to the new "Turbo" button that is making a comeback. I think I read somewhere this will be a retro feature to increase performance when needed. I think it is MSI that will start using this feature. What did you guys find so hard to understand about the article?

 

[LoboBrancoTimido]

Now lets hope Intel doesn't roadkill the rabbit...
The Turbo button, now that's a thing I don't miss that at all!

 

[Pei-chen]

Do you mean that the CPU speed is depending on the motherboard? For example, a 2.5GHz CPU on an $80 board is 2.5GHz, 2.6GHz on a $150 board and 2.7GHz on a $200 board.

 

[onearmedscissorb]

lolocaust on a stick

 

[Dalyinx]

yeah. where are these extra pins? are they in the mobos? I don't get it at all.

 

[joefriday]

Black Edition Phenom at 2.8GHz? I've heard no word of such a beast. Theo gets too excited. Lay off the AMD Cool Aid.

 

[aznguy0028]

lol this is awesome, makes it sound like a Nitrous Oxide button in a car or something.

 

[dv8silencer]

wow... wtf?
rewrite this article please

 

[xx12amanxx]

Ok...it's not nice to play with our emotion's like that!

But if this turn's out to be true and offer's some kind of performance increase then maybe i will not buy the new Intel offering's and stay with AMD?

 

[Lozil]

What the Hell...?
That article is just way over my head... Can you tell it in simple terms...?
http://free-and-useful.blogspot.com

 

[Zorg]

No comment :lol:

 

[spongebob]

"It just does not get any more better than this." ????

Sounds more like a sales pitch than an impartial article. Are you long on AMD stock?

 

[Guest]

I guess we just should not expect too much from the author of this article, after all he's originally from The Inquirer.

 

[christian summer]

all your turbo buttons are belong to us...

-c

 

[lopopo]

hmmm ...the Inquirer does suck...

 

[erekp]

"It just does not get any more better than this." More better??? Please learn English or even American English and then re-write this sad excuse for an article.

 

[caskachan]

:sighs:

so let me get this.. somehow.. AMd has a plan up its sleeve to sell "crippled" cpu for people to think they couldnt overclock or go further than 3ghz, BUT, now they will release the motherboards with the capability tounlock the hidden feature and overclock past what they wherent suposed to do.... SHIT THE FUCK

OK on the good side, this means that we can actually buy 3.6 GHZ PHENOMS (given we use the right mobos/cpus combos)

 

[randomizer]

What next? File off the pins and the Phenom will work in an LGA1336 board?

 

[Reynod]

Thanks Theo.

As usual your in front of the other hacks.

I notice that you and Charlie and Fuad still get the news days in front of the rest of the journo's around.

See their whmperings above ... pipped again at the post !!!

heh heh

 

[extechguy]

I agree. Everyone I knew left the turbo button on all the time. It reminds me of "This is Spinal Tap":

This amp goes to 11!
Couldn't you just make 10 louder?
But this one goes to 11.