I7 920 and 940 really have unlocked multipliers

[TheGuitarist]

So.. I may be completely misunderstand this article, but this is what it says.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/06/shocker-retail-core-i7-cpus-caught-using-ddr3-1600-memory/

 

[Zorg]

Unlocked memory multipliers and QPI, which is still nice.

Exclusive: Retail Core i7 CPUs More Powerful than Originally Reported - linked from Engadget

 

[TheGuitarist]

Ahhh. I see. My mistake.

 

[Shadow703793]

Yep, confirmed. What's really surprising is that no one noticed it earlier.

 

[cjl]

Yep. One thing in that article is wrong though - my 965 definitely does not have variable turbo mode ratios (as mentioned in the article) on my P6T deluxe, but I can directly control the multiplier.