Intel to Stunt Overclocking on Sandy Bridge CPUs

[WyomingKnott]

"Intel to stunt overclocking..." I opened this in hopes of seeing an Intel-sponsored overclocking stunt competition! Should have known better.

 

[hundredislandsboy]

"Intel to stunt overclocking..." I opened this in hopes of seeing an Intel-sponsored overclocking stunt competition! Should have known better.

Puh-leeze. Intel has never promoted overclocking. Look at their brand of motherboards, nothing in BIOS to overclock.

 

[Syndil]

[citation][nom]JonnyDough[/nom]I buy the CPU that has the best performance for the money. Performance/value ratio is everything. Why should we even care about overclocking if the chip is already capable and a solid purchase?[/citation]

Exactly. All these people whining simply because they won't be able to make the chip run faster than the manufacturer says the chip is supposed to run, regardless of what that speed may be. That's like buying a Hummer over a Prius, because you can slightly improve the gas mileage of the Hummer, but not the Prius. Thinkfail.

 

[Twist86]

Well if Intel does in fact do this I will go AMD just to lower their sales. Sadly all these years later my Q6600 still performs to par on any game I play so with luck I can skip right past all of this

 

[jowunger]

@Syndil

My Q6600 (original 2.4Ghz) is overclocked to 3.2Ghz. Why should I buy another more expensive CPU which just gives me the same speed at higher price then the lower price overclocked?

Don't talk about things you not understand, especially overclocking.

 

[cmd-x3m]

You fail to see the bigger picture.
Overclocking means better price/quality ratio (and that's what a overclocker generaly seeks) and that can be found at AMD.
Intel KNOWS no dude who wants a good price/quality ratio would buy their effin' expensive processors, and that those who realy need performance(big companies) will never overclock, so they're focusing on quality. My guess is that they're overclocking them in the fabric so they can get more bucks from the same product.

 

[cmd-x3m]

Corrections to above post by me:
By price/quality I meant performance/value
I was reffering only to their new proccessors such as i7 980X as effin' expensive, not things like celeron, pentium, Core2Duo, Core2Quad, i3, i5 nor i7 920.

 

[Guest]

Dear TA152H, I think your too self~absorbed with your head too far up your a@@ to see the big picture. If you're going to add the words "make mobo cheaper" and then say "the intel will overclock past the amd" do you also want to add which processor will cost you more? Do you?

Yea thought so. AMD may not always over~clock past an Intel BUT it costs tons less than an Intel. And before I hear the "omg AMD fanboy" asshat, I do use an I7-940 I paid a lovely $100 for. Otherwise I'd have gone AMD and used the savings for a beefier psu and gpu.

Yea I like speed but I ain't made of money and see no reason to keep paying Intel for high price units when an AMD would perform just as well for the majority of what I do and I can enjoy a better gpu.

 

[Redhand_9]

Just on Principal F&^% Intel... Screw me once Shame on You , do it Twice...
Shame on Me~