Wasnt the same thing said with i7 tho?
A bad move if its true. Although a lot of people dont care about overclocking, the few % that will id say are more likely to switch to amd.
This isn't going to be the same story as the i5's//i7's. There is now only ONE clock generator for the USB, SATA, PCI, PCI-E, Uncore, Memory etc... And the multi's will be locked. They are most likely goign to release CPU's with unlocked multi's for overclockers, for a premium price.
upcoming mainstream LGA1155 Sandy Bridge CPUs
Greater range than SNB mainstream expected due to PEG/DMI ratio mechanism
If this is true, and if bulldozer is AM3, AMD could do very well this generation....
This news is far too speculative to make predictions with though