hold or sell?

[eits]

should i keep my p-m 760 or sell it?

if i sell it, i'd buy a p-m 730.

the only thing i'm worried about is if asus puts out a bios that will unlock the multipliers. should i hold my breath?

 

[Furen]

If you are using it for a desktop and you plan to overclock with air then I'd say sell.

 

[eits]

i was afraid of that...

hopefully, someone will make me feel better and tell me that asus is going to come out with a bios to unlock the multipliers.

 

[Furen]

If it could be done, they'd already done so. I was under the impression that certain parts of the cpu are laser-cut to restrict your multipliers, this was made to stop them from being remarked.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Furen
If it could be done, they'd already done so. I was under the impression that certain parts of the cpu are laser-cut to restrict your multipliers, this was made to stop them from being remarked.

The P-M has SpeedStep though, which if manipulated correctly should let you control the multiplier at least paritally.

 

[eits]

it has come to my attention that all pentium m cpus are unlocked by default and will only allow downstepping. i guess it's the motherboard manufacturers that won't allow the change in mutlipliers.

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: Furen
If it could be done, they'd already done so. I was under the impression that certain parts of the cpu are laser-cut to restrict your multipliers, this was made to stop them from being remarked.

The P-M has SpeedStep though, which if manipulated correctly should let you control the multiplier at least paritally.

Couldnt that allow for the possibility of a Pin-trick or Pin-mod to force the motherboard to detect a different multiplier?

 

[eits]

bump

 

[eits]

i'm still conflicted

 

[eits]

bump

 

[AristoV300]

Asus already put out a BIOS for the unlocked multi on the P4C800-E. You need the 479 adapter to use it on the board though.

 

[eits]

why do people get better overclocks with a 730 than with a 760? i'm an overclock newb.... i know jack crap about it.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: eits
why do people get better overclocks with a 730 than with a 760? i'm an overclock newb.... i know jack crap about it.

can someone help answer this quandry?

 

[eits]

please?

 

[n7]

1. Sell.
2. Buy DFI Lanparty Ultra-D
3. Buy Venice 3000+
4. OC like crazy
5. Profit

 

[eits]

dothan spanks venice.

regardless, i'm selling.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: eits
dothan spanks venice.

regardless, i'm selling.

Really, eh?

Try reading the review AT did recently...i'd say the A64s spanked the Dothans pretty bad.

 

[eits]

at is amd-biased. check the test setup and see if it's fair. also, link me to the review...

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: eits
at is amd-biased. check the test setup and see if it's fair. also, link me to the review...

ROFL! :laugh:

AT is not AMD-biased.

Here on the forums, most of us like CPUs that have the best price/performance.
And nope, Prescotts & Dothans don't fit that description.

Don't get that confused with bias though.

Linkage.

 

[eits]

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2382&p=12

how can you say venice beat dothan? all i really care about is gaming performance...

furthermore, this review was done in march and is a lower overclock than what i'm hoping to achieve.

 

[Fox5]

Originally posted by: eits
dothan spanks venice.

regardless, i'm selling.

Not for the price.

Personally I wouldn't buy anything but a dual core cpu now, but only because it's performance that mobile cpus can't even come close to matching.(I spend very little time playing games on my computer, so the fact that dothan is a kick ass gaming cpu at a high price does little for me)

 

[Shimmishim]

from what i understand... when you install a p-m into the asus board with the adapter, it sets the mult to 12x.

so 12 x 200 gives you 2.4 ghz.

i hear these dothans overclock nicely on air and especially for gaming are AWESOME chips!

if i didn't have my setup now... i'd definitely do... dothan + adapter + asus p4c800-e for my gaming rig since that's mostly what i do anyway.

my vote... KEEP IT!

it's also a 533mhz fsb chip so... yeah definitely will be a 12x mult...

i think it'll default to 12 x 133 when you stick it in the system.

 

[render]

whatever