Overclocking is stealing

[SunSamurai]

Flawed analogy. My Q9550 overclocked to 3.4Ghz is every bit as "high quality" and "long lasting" and "good" as a $1000 QX9770. There is nothing special about the QX9770 besides the unlocked multiplier. The silicon is the same quality, the processor is the same quality, everything is the same.

No youre wrong because the electrons are not traveling as they would in a CPU tht was running stock that speed why do you think they have different BINs noob, obviously the signal to noise ratio is different.what a noob.

 

[Kraeoss]

So, if you buy a volkswagon, are you stealing from cadilac?
If you buy as Mustang, and soup it up, are you stealing from Ferrari!
If you buy a microwave are you stealing from the oven manufacturers?
If you buy grass seed and plant it in your yard, are you stealing from god?
If you buy hookers and blow, are you stealing from ... Uh, that doesn't work.

Rofl

 

[bamacre]

my logic: you buy it, you can do whatever the hell you want with it.

Not only is that your logic, but it's also the law, in this case at least.

 

[videogames101]

Not only is that your logic, but it's also the law, in this case at least.

This is a point of much contention. Soon, everything sold will in fact be "licensed", not sold.

 

[i5user]

I feel so ashamed, I OCed my i5 750 to 3.3ghz. Will the OC mafia come for me? Good thread

 

[OCNewbie]

That's why chicks have always gone for overclockers. They love when we let that badboy side of us out. It gives em that sense of danger, they love it.

 

[Zensal]

This is a point of much contention. Soon, everything sold will in fact be "licensed", not sold.

You cannot license physical objects. It has been already been fought in court over renting VHS and DVD and you can do whatever you want with a physical object. EULAs do not apply to actual things, only IP.

 

[aigomorla]

JUST GOT MY I7 920 TO 9.8 GHZ INTEL HAS CONTACTED THE AUTHORITIES

yeah... because you blew up your neighborhood with Liquid Hydrogen.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

So, if I underclock my cpu, then they are suppose to give me that difference back.

 

[zod96]

lol

 

[JACKDRUID]

Think about this, you overclockers - when you overclock, you're stealing. Say you bought an AMD 955 X4 CPU, and you wanted more power. Well, if you overclocked your chip, and then ignored the launch of the 965 CPU, you're stealing. You cost AMD a sale. IF you hadn't overclocked, you would have bought the new CPU to get to a higher speed.

You "unlockers" are just as bad. Paying for a dual/triple-core, and getting a quad-core. Costing AMD untold millions of quad-core sales.

It's no different than downloading and burning a DVD, or borrowing a buddy's DVD and copying it, rather than buying your own.

Each one of these examples is costing companies untold millions in lost sales.

Let this be a warning to you all, once the industry starts taking note of rampant "CPU speed piracy", you're all in trouble.

Then again, so am I.

no. you are wrong.

OC = trading CPU life to extend performance.

say suppose your CPU is designed to last 10 yrs. you OC and its likely to decrease its durability to 5 years...

The reason behind OC is in 5 yrs, its likely you will have already upgraded, as the cpu would worth $0 to you.

 

[SunSamurai]

OC = trading CPU life to extend performance.

MURDERER

Overclocking is more horrible than I first suspected!

 

[JACKDRUID]

MURDERER

Overclocking is more horrible than I first suspected!

lol its more like smoking or doing drugs... lol

instead of living until 100yrs old, you trade the last 30 miserable years for 30 years of high. I'd say its well worth it.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

Thats the dumbest sh*t I've ever heard, I love it!

It had to be a lulz post, no one could believe that nonsense....or could they? :Q