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1333 FSB Conroe Chips?

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Just wondering on the Conroes out at the moment the most FSB I can see is 1066. But the 680i boards etc support 1333 FSB. So are a load of new conroes going to be release soon? If so is it worth holding out till they get realease or will there not be a huge difference in performance?
 
There was talk of a new set of Core2's coming out sometime during 2007, like the E6750, E6650, which are the same clock rate as the previous models, but with 1333FSB. Even possible an E6850, 3Ghz, on a 1333FSB

No clue on dates, of even if its still intels plan to release them.

To be honest, from the 'simulated' results that can be found with the help of google, the change in fsb speed has virtually no impact whatsoever, 1066/1333 performance remains virtually constant. Core2 is rarely bottlenecked by the classic FSB. Intel designed it that way.
 
But you can make the current Core Duo's run at 1333mhz using a conducive pen... I think there was a thread about it on here somewhere. The current Core 2 Duo's are made to run at 1333mhz however it is actully reserved within the chip and the lanes allowing it to happen are cut off, so im guessing that the new ones will be exactly the same but they will have just done the same as using the conductive pen but on the inside.

The link: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=132900
 
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I really don't think they will lock out overclocking not now it has become so big, and it would mean that all the overclocking features on the premium motherboards out currently would be deemed useless.

I could be wrong though...


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I dont get it, cant we just manually raise the FSB to 333 in the BIOS and with say an E6600 @ x9 multi .. bingo 3.0GHz on a 1333 FSB

Or am i thinking its too easy?
 
Stelly said:
I knew about the FSB but never knew that they we locking against overclocking.... evil evil Intel :(

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I'd take it with a pinch of salt, I remember years ago there was a lot of talk about intel potentially locking down the FSB in addition to the multiplier (which started with the Pentium 2) but it never came to anything.

As for whether intel would do it, I think now is as good a time as any in that they have no real competition for the first time since...... the P2, which is the last time they starting locking things down. By locking clockspeed they could boost the sales of their higher end chips, since even though they are expensive it would leave consumer with no option but to buy them if they want something that fast (rather than going for a cheaper intel and overclocking it, or a rival AMD chip as they could with the P3/P4 range).
 
Alrighty then. Seems a bit pointless then, unless if it meant less strain on the board getting to that FSB. Thats what i thought it was for.
 
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tommy_knockers said:
no way intel would ban overclocking. They were close to getting thrashed by amd and will want to keep consumers happy.
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You must remember that the majority of Intel customers aren't overclockers.

Still if this is true i must 'WTF' you intel.
 
HangTime said:
I'd take it with a pinch of salt, I remember years ago there was a lot of talk about intel potentially locking down the FSB in addition to the multiplier (which started with the Pentium 2) but it never came to anything.

As for whether intel would do it, I think now is as good a time as any in that they have no real competition for the first time since...... the P2, which is the last time they starting locking things down. By locking clockspeed they could boost the sales of their higher end chips, since even though they are expensive it would leave consumer with no option but to buy them if they want something that fast (rather than going for a cheaper intel and overclocking it, or a rival AMD chip as they could with the P3/P4 range).
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which would leave a bad taste in many peoples mouths from choosing intel, AMD seem to be brewing something up, as for many people either like overclocking and trying out all differant sorts of things or they just like having
a fast processor, i enjoy both, but not at the expence of either of them, if intel were to lock down fsb speeds then they would loose a lot of sales from their lower end processors which is where they make the most sales.
 
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