Pentium 4 EE Multiplier

[Him]

Is the multiplier on a P4 Extreme Edition locked? I'm relatively sure the one on AMD's FX chips isnt, and the EE is the Intel equivalent to AMD's FX.

 

[Elbatrop1]

No, it is still locked just like all other recent Intel CPUs.

 

[Him]

Oh, thats crappy.

 

[Elbatrop1]

Indeed it is crappy. The only way to OC it is to bump the FSB :/

 

[Him]

Yeah, also the difficult way. I was hoping I could bump the FSB AND the multiplier and the memory. That would make the OC sickening.

 

[Elbatrop1]

IMO, every CPU should have an unlocked multiplier. It would make OCing so much easier. Although, that would cost Intel and AMD some profits.

 

[Him]

It would make everything sooo much easier.

Why do you think it would cost them profits? I think it would jack profits, everyone would be burning their chips and getting new onws.

Why do you think they started locking the multipliers?

 

[Elbatrop1]

would be burning their chips and getting new onws.

hahaha, good point.

I think it would hurt their profits because why would you buy a 3GHz processor when you can just OC a 2.6GHz and buy it for cheaper?

I think they started locking multipliers for the same reason. If you want higher performance, you are going to have to pay for it.

 

[Him]

Was i right about the FX mulitplier lock though? Or the lack thereof?

 

[xteam02001]

the FX cpu's have their multipliers unlocked. AMD64's multipliers can be moved down but not up.