Intel Releases 3 "Upgrade Cards" for Sandy Bridge

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Isn't it bad enough that Intel attempts to bribe every company not to use AMD chips? Isn't it bad enough that Intel tries to scam thousands of dollars out of customers for their fastest CPU's? Isn't it bad enough that they came up with that nonsense about "creating a $300 million fund to make scambooks?" (oops, I mean ultrabooks)
Nope, now Intel's latest trick is to sell $50 sucker cards! (uh, I mean upgrade cards")

Whenever Intel uses any of these words: "ultra," "upgrade," "extreme" or anything new but similar, BEWARE! :)
 
[citation][nom]mister g[/nom]Then don't go and insult everybody who you disagree with. That's the job of FOX news.[/citation]I'm here to enlighten ya. Maybe if people thought about what they said, before they said it and realized that this wasn't the intention of Intel then I wouldn't have to open my mouth. The only thing happening is people getting an argument they can't handle. Another words, grow up.
 
I don't really see the issue here if you already own these processors. Are you saying you'd rather buy a whole new processor or a new machine for an upgrade? Sure cache and and frequency are small upgrades, but they also mentioned enabling hyper-threading which essentially moves the processor up a class. That's probably worth a $50 upgrade.
 
[citation][nom]mlopinto2k1[/nom]I'm here to enlighten ya. Maybe if people thought about what they said, before they said it and realized that this wasn't the intention of Intel then I wouldn't have to open my mouth. The only thing happening is people getting an argument they can't handle. Another words, grow up.[/citation]
mlopinto2k1 - When are you going to realize its time to stop commenting and making an idiot of yourself?
 
Its a nice idea given you can sell some cpus at a cheaper price to say of course with it alot of times, but of it the most does usually lack access for it rather known or not.

Probably for many reasons but of them though which finds its place for say better interest on the idea of one would seem to be in lack. But some thoughts would say only some interests but of which ones the most fall for the interest of use is anyones guess to say. Marketing would probably need to be more stated on the interest of what is marketed.

This in the coming yrs of newer releases of products might find there interest at times more then not of course sense ideas of marketing seem to be new and old all the same. The cards seem to come and go, which would make sense but then wouldnt as well.

But in terms of interests for consumers to say they would be more to work with then not, but of course in terms of marketing would seem to vary of course. Rather Intel or not taking the place of interest does not seem to be the lack or of lack to say, but of it though to say any different would be to say something else other then Intel??

False advirtising to say seems to lose its place of issues of arguments on ideas of more for whatever reason. But still, why argue if you was going for a core setup with more cores to just get more cores?

But seems to be an issue everywhere if found to be one, so to say anything better of the say of options for use of anything would probably be of the interest, but don't worry, the 5 minutes in a christmas rush hour might find its place of say interest for the idea of it for whatever reason. Somehow in this all, what comes in the "box" is still a lose, if its suppose to come in it. Not saying a card would be any reason but still.

But again though, on some ideas it is something to look forward too despite many things. Not a bad idea, just one that seems to only be in one place when theres more places involved at times.
 
[citation][nom]mlopinto2k1[/nom]I'm here to enlighten ya. Maybe if people thought about what they said, before they said it and realized that this wasn't the intention of Intel then I wouldn't have to open my mouth. The only thing happening is people getting an argument they can't handle. Another words, grow up.[/citation]
People insulting each other along with the argument is nothing new. However what you emphasize isn't that the other person is just wrong, but that they are wrong because they are stupid, incompetent, or just haven't done the research. This is a COMMENTS section for Christ's sake this is supposed to be an open place where people can freely air their thoughts. If you're going to correct everybody then go ahead an enlighten people, but don't go around and mock their intelligence as well. This is what I see in high school students an adults I have no respect for who have a superiority complex over others, not what I expected here.
 
[citation][nom]neblix[/nom]If someone is smart enough to do that they wouldn't bother.THEY WOULD OVERCLOCK IT THEMSELVES. ("-_-)[/citation]What about the models with locked cache? You should do both, unlock it and then overclock it. Unless it's a laptop... then you're probably stuck just unlocking it.
 
this kind of sweet, the software will be released on torrent sharing and so will the activation code hacks.
it sure beats trying to/cutting/soldiering a circuit on the AMD XP cpu's or adding a 256bit buses on the vid cards bottle necked by 64bit/128bit buses on video cards that had the faster ram.
it's the equivelent of getting an 8 cyclinder motor in your car with only 2 cyclinders activated unless you "purchase the unlocking code at $50 per pair of cyclinders" so to speak.
it beats having to drop the motor and throwing a whole different motor, and if you can't do it yourself paying the added fees of the mechanic and shop!
all it requires is a hacker and it will be seriously cheaper.
 
[citation][nom]bak0n[/nom]So if I'm understanding this correctly, Intel is selling a faster CPU that you have to pay extra to fully use?[/citation]

And you thought Apple was bad....
 
Personally, I don't see a problem with this. Of course Intel is here to make money. What they are doing with this idea is completely legal. Most of the people commenting on this article aren't going to buy these chips anyway, so I pose a question to all of them... what's the big deal?

The idea for these upgrade cards is not "lets suck as much money out of our customers as possible"... well, that is certainly part of it, but a company that doesn't think that way usually isn't in business long. The idea is, "lets target the specific segment of our customers who don't know anything about computer hardware, and give them an easier option to upgrade their processor without ever having to open open their PC". The people falling into this category are the older generations, and the younger people who have no interest in learning about their computers. These people simply want a tool to use to do a certain job, and then they go do something else. The majority of the posters here on Tom's Hardware are much more technically savvy than the average computer user.

All of the people whining on this thread about how the evil Intel is intentionally retarding their products and then telling their customers to give them more money for more performance are at the very least very uninformed, as others have already said. This is actually a clever idea from Intel on how to make it easier for their customers to "upgrade" their processors without having to void their warranty by opening their computers up. With that idea comes the opportunity for more profit.

Intel is a very large company, and as far as large companies go, they aren't going to give you something without wanting something in return (i.e. money). Again, companies that give away something for nothing - when it's not used as a marketing tool - usually don't stay in business too long.

That all being said, I should point out that I am not employed by, or affiliated in any way with Intel. For those viewing this on the forum, the Core logo from Intel in my avatar is simply me saying I like the company.

Now then, can we get back to having a civilized discussion? If not, the comments thread for this article will be closed.
 
Fine, I agree with most of your points. It's just that anything created in software can be cracked by software. I also think it sets a bad precedent where companies deliberately lock down their hardware and then send consumers the chip (almost like how Microsoft installs Windows 7, everybody already has the ultimate version except that different keys activate different features) that need more money to fully activate.
 
this is the kind of crap that really makes me not want to buy anything intel regardless how good their product is. They dont deserve my money for pulling absolute bullcrap like this. This is the most retarded concept i have ever heard of in the computer industry.
 
Let's see...

i5 2520M 2.5GHz $250
i5 2540M 2.6GHz $280
i7 2720M 2.2GHz $400
i7 2820M 2.3GHz $600

How dare they raise an i3 by .4GHz or more and only charge $50 for it.
 
Incredibly stupid...

However, if they can convince people that Sandy Bridge is light years ahead of Phenom II(or even Core2), then they can convince people that this is a must-have upgrade. Tom's recently concluded that in the real world, Intel has a whopping 10-20% IPC advantage. The fanboys pretended that's a noticeable gap and swooned over how Intel (barely) won every real-world graph, and how they dominated all of the ICC compiled synthetics.
 


You know how many other companies are doing this? I only have 3 more words for you...

Windows Anytime Upgrade
 
Wow! Now that I think to it, why would I want to buy an 8GB usb key for $8 at walmart when I could buy one of those upgrade cards that could change my entire life? It's got a thin clock raise and a full Megabyte of cache for ONLY 50$... evolution always go forward ^-^
 
[citation][nom]big_BDS[/nom]This is the dumbest thing ever, will just go with AMD then I know what I'm paying for is what I'm getting.[/citation]
Yeah, you AMD fanboys know that you are paying for ripoff. Oh, maybe not...

Remember 1090T cost about the same as i7 (which is much superior) for a long time? Remember what tripe core AMD was made of? You know that you have to pay full price to upgrade your 1090T to 1100T? I bet you also thought Intel's "Turbo Mode" as CHEATING before AMD implemented it.

The dumbest thing ever is the existence of AMD fanboys like you!

I paid $125 less for i5-750 and it easily wipe out any HIGH-END "AMD"(that is "OCing-handicapped") after I OCed 750 to 3.6GHz (which can be easily achieved). You wanna argue that some Sandy-Bridge is unOCable? Sandy-Bridge doesn't need OC to beat up any current AMD CPU. If you want a cheaper and OCable CPU, LGA1156 is there for you.

At the moment, Intel is the best no matter in cost-performance ratio or purely performance aspect. Now shut up and leave!
 
So what happens when people crack this and get the full performance out of a cheap CPU? If they are hypothetically able to tell somehow, is Intel going to go after these people for "unlock piracy" despite the fact that people own the CPU?
 

I am hoping that someone can release a crack to unlock the popular 750 to 880! 😀
 
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