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Retail i7-920/940 more powerful than originally thunked

06-03-2009 10:18AM

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kaimera

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So, to sum up, Core i7-920 and Core i7-940 parts have:
Locked multipliers so you cannot exceed their rated top speed (without overclocking the base clock).

Locked Turbo Mode multipliers so you cannot make fine-grained adjustments to the Turbo Mode features.

Have unlocked QPI speeds but are officially rated for 4.8GT/s.

Have unlocked memory multipliers so you can select from 1066/1333/1600/1866 and up.

Just if anyone is thinking of building, the 920 got more attractive as a cpu.

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#2 06-03-2009 10:45AM

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"thunked" I'm sure You mean "thought" :cool:

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#3 06-03-2009 11:20AM

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PogMoThoin wrote: »

"thunked" I'm sure You mean "thought" :cool:

I prefer thunked :P

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#4 06-03-2009 11:28AM

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PogMoThoin wrote: »

"thunked" I'm sure You mean "thought" :cool:

of course I did :P

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#5 07-03-2009 03:30PM

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have to say im very impressed with my 920 overclocks easily ran very cool on my old cooling setup and is just an all round monster

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