Intel to Stunt Overclocking on Sandy Bridge CPUs
This could be the end of the line...
Are you a fan of Intel CPUs but also love overclocking? Then there may be a reason to not look forward to the upcoming Sandy Bridge.
According to slides shown by Hong Kong-based HKEPC's YouTube channel, Sandy Bridge will have a single single internal clock generator issuing the basic 100MHz base clock that'll run for the USB, SATA, PCI, PCI-E, CPU cores, Uncore, and RAM.
The clock generator will be a part of the P67 chipset and will transmit via to DMI bus to the CPU. This means that the user won't be able to tweak the CPU speed without affecting the entire system.
Bit-tech claims to have spoken to one of its Taiwanese motherboard sources, and early tests show that even upping the base clock by a measly 5 MHz caused the USB to fail and SATA bus to corrupt.
We're sure that motherboard makers are doing everything they can to come up with a way around this, which could make for a huge competitive point that'll cater to the enthusiast market.
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hear that? thats the sounds of 10 million people suddenly becoming AMD buyers...
Load of *****, i cant see any benefit to this except to monatise an already lucrative market and to bend their consumers over and pay PAY for the privilege of OC'ing
They said the same about Bloomfield/1366 i7s being unable to overclock, too.
Does anyone remember this?
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Int [...] 4019.shtml
I'll believe it when I see it.
In first place.. Why would people bother to get a Sandy Bridge motherboard?
darn.. the abusive intel
trying to sell their 900$ chips when 250$ (i7 920)can easily be overclocked to reach that potential (no more)..
Brilliant move.
Somebody give these guys a Nobel prize!
/sarcasm
There is always option two -> AMD
in further news, intel today announced they are allowing for only a single RAM slot on their new mobos, No PCI expansion slots, and no longer supporting aftermarket coolers.
they are also creating a new oATX spec, using an octagonal shape only supporting dodecahedronic case, built specifically by a guy named borris who works in accounting.
OC'ing is pointless anyway, and it has been for years. Flame away.
^ obvious troll is obvious.
WOW! Intel must be very confident that Sandy Bridge at stock will beat heavily OCed hex Bulldozer?????? Anyway, it's of no concern to me, because I am pretty sure that my i5 will last long enough so that SandyBridege/Bulldozer are meaningless to me.
OC'ing is pointless anyway, and it has been for years. Flame away.
I side with you somewhat because overclocking only benefits very few people in real application use. If you get your rocks off to doing synthetic benchmarks all day and night, then you might want to consider a new hobby. Overclockers probably make up about less than 5% of the market anyways.
What the article didn't say, was that the stock line-up of Sandy bridge will DESTROY any overclocked AMD product yesterday, today and tomorrow.
I side with you somewhat because overclocking only benefits very few people in real application use. If you get your rocks off to doing synthetic benchmarks all day and night, then you might want to consider a new hobby. Overclockers probably make up about less than 5% of the market anyways.What the article didn't say, was that the stock line-up of Sandy bridge will DESTROY any overclocked AMD product yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Overclockers may only make up %5 percent of Intel's revenue, but you can't deny they have great influence on friends and family when it comes to purchasing PCs.
Lol, AMD is now my official stay with company XD
ay caramba !
They said the same about Bloomfield/1366 i7s being unable to overclock, too.Does anyone remember this?http://news.softpedia.com/news/Int [...] 4019.shtml I'll believe it when I see it.
Have slides from intel... what more do you need to tell you that sandy bridge is a FAIL! ? Besides the link you posted doesnt even have proof.
What the article didn't say, was that the stock line-up of Sandy bridge will DESTROY any overclocked AMD product yesterday, today and tomorrow.
That's a big claim you have there. I hope you have the balls to say that same statement 5-10 years down the line.
AMD! Hearing that? Provide overclocking and people will have a good reason to buy your CPU over Intel's.
I believe this piece of news is a well-guided rumor released by intel itself, after hurrying up sandy bridge launch, intel needs something to rush people to jump into the bandwagon and buy their current CPUs instead of waiting for the new ones, thus clearing up current inventories. My bet is the next CPUs will OC very well seeing that they'll be 32nm.
This is a good way to drive up 980X sales today. By 'leaking' a rumor there's no OC'ing SandyBridge, marginal buyers can be pushed to buy 980X today. Then when it does ship, it can come with OC features and a big, 'WE never SAID it wouldn't OC. Those slides with our name on it were under NDA anyways...'
in further news, intel today announced they are allowing for only a single RAM slot on their new mobos, No PCI expansion slots, and no longer supporting aftermarket coolers. they are also creating a new oATX spec, using an octagonal shape only supporting dodecahedronic case, built specifically by a guy named borris who works in accounting.
gotta enjoy the humur! i'v turned my head to amd in my new builds
Overclockers may only make up %5 percent of Intel's revenue, but you can't deny they have great influence on friends and family when it comes to purchasing PCs.
Prices effect buying decisions far more than the opinion of overclockers.
Doesn't really matter what some kid says about his insanely overclocked processor, if the person he's babbling to simply can't afford it.
That`s why Intel is stopping overclocking. Why should you purchase sandy bridge when you have a i7-920 overclocked witch will server you for years? This is why they are trying to stop overclocking, so people need to buy need CPUs.
Now we all will buy K series =D
Gonna need a .5 usb multiplier
They said the same about Bloomfield/1366 i7s being unable to overclock, too.Does anyone remember this?http://news.softpedia.com/news/Int [...] 4019.shtmlI'll believe it when I see it.
^^^ this
Let see if that is true but even if that is true still exist Intel fan boys that prefer buy a $900 locked CPU just because is Intel
Sounds like a marketing gimmick to me. They'll come out with K series that will unlock Sandy Bridge later on and charge $100 more for "overclocking". Or force anyone who wants to to buy an Extreme.
I have faith in the motherboard companies though. They turn dual and tri cores into quad cores by unlocking the sleeping cores, I'm sure they'll figure something out!
The people complaining don't seem to understand Intel is making the right moves, because they are so self-absorbed they fail to see the bigger picture.
This should simplify motherboard design, and make it slightly cheaper and simpler. This will work out better for the 99%+ people who don't overclock, or even know what it means.
So, for most people, it's a good thing. They will almost certainly offer a version that allows overclocking as well, for only slightly more, or for specific models.
So far, AMD isn't an option anyway. You can run a base i7 930, and it will still beat an overclocked AMD processor, and use less power doing it. Sandy Bridge should be faster (although, nothing is ever certain), so, until AMD comes out with something faster, looking at an AMD platform for overclocking still won't make any sense, except where it does now - below where Intel sells their Bloomfields.
Sounds like they are tired of people getting more performance out of the $200 i7 920 (if bought at MicroCenter
) than the $1000 i7 965/975 lol
There may still be overclocking people....it will just have to all be multiplier based
I totally hope Intel does it. They will just be shooting themselves in the foot. All the enthusiasts will flock back to AMD in droves.