hello,just wondering when i buy the I7 930 cpu do i need to unlock few cores? like the amd Phenom needed to unlock some cores,do you need to do it same for the i7 cpus? or its gonna be unlocked when i purchase it?
hello,just wondering when i buy the I7 930 cpu do i need to unlock few cores? like the amd Phenom needed to unlock some cores,do you need to do it same for the i7 cpus? or its gonna be unlocked when i purchase it?
thanks
Only low end Phenoms need to be unlocked. Intel doesn't have any quads turned into dual cores therefore there are no extra cores to unlock.
o1die :
No. Intel cpus won't allow it. Amd does it as an incentive for gamers, but sometimes it doesn't work.
I doubt the unlocking of the triple/dual to quads was AMDs idea. It was probably a side effect of their setup and they just went with it.
It would be the same as them allowing you to unlock a Semprons L3 cache to that of a Athlon and getting tghe exat same performance for less.