1.3 Duron Unlockable?

[NeoMoses]

I just read a comparison of the 1.3 Duron and the 1.3 celeron at tomshardware http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q1/020121/index.html Not much news there, except for this last paragraph:

An interesting result turned up in our overclocking test: despite the fact that we bridged the L1 contact, the multiplier of the AMD CPU could not be released. So it remains to be seen whether this has to do with a special hand-picked CPU sample, or whether AMD has now made it a general rule to lock the multiplier. This presents a new challenge for us.

Now, I don't think tomshardware is completely inept, so this kinda scares me. Say it ain't so, AMD! don't turn your back on your loyal customers.

Has anyone seen one of these successfully unlocked?

[FerrariF50]

hmmmm... I hope it's not true!

[demon-eater]

That is slighty disturbing to say the least.. wow a Duron at 1.5ghz in the future wouldn't that be something...

[res0r9lm]

the last morgan will be 1.4 before they switch to new core

[FerrariF50]

Originally posted by res0r9lm
the last morgan will be 1.4 before they switch to new core

Whats the new core's name? Was it clawhammer or something like that?

[tbirdkiri]

appaloosa

[res0r9lm]

hopefully they will be going to 133 fsb

[kwoon]

i hope that anyone can lower the multlipier
with an unlock duron

[Cluster]

Clawhammer is the new MP that is pending. I believe its supposed to be 64bit(or is that sledgehammer) to compete with the Intel Itanium. Amd is breaking the corporate seen. HOORAY!!! It'll be good to see them make this advance.

Cheers:beer:

[FerrariF50]

I have to ask..But where do they get these names from?? Geeez Back in the day my pII 450 was called "deutsches" how to you say that anyway... geeez

[res0r9lm]

the next verison of athlon will be mustang still got a while before we will see any sledgehammers

[scorpion4life2]

Actually the sledge hammer is slated next. I pray that they have not locked the multipliers:eek:

[res0r9lm]

isn't there one before the sledgehammer?

[res0r9lm]

Originally posted by scorpion4life2
Actually the sledge hammer is slated next. I pray that they have not locked the multipliers:eek:
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thoroughbred
barton
clawhammer
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amd processor roadmap (http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_608,00.html)

[kwoon]

what about the athlon mp
can lower it the multlipier

[res0r9lm]

yea it's already unlocked

[kwoon]

ok thanks for the reply

[NeoMoses]

ok, it's been a couple weeks since I started this thread. Let's see if anything has changed. Anyone successfully unlocked a 1.3 Duron?

[Inteleron]

don't we all miss the Trusty #2 Pencil? my GF's 800mhz Duron is penciled running at 1050mhz w/ a lil' voltage bump.. no fsb tinkering needed... thats an extremely desirable feature of AMD.. they shouldn't completely lock the mulitplier, thats a great advantage over Intel :eek:

[trey_w]

i have been in close contact with AMD for the last 4 months or so

they are sponsoring a donating CPU's and Engineering testing Mobo's for my hardware reliability class. ]

I have talked to them several times about the locked multiplier issue

an if fact, they are thinking about locking them like intel

they even told me that it wasn't so much because of the overclocking, but they are having problems with people overclocking them and restamping them and selling them as higher speed cpu's, like what happened with Intel

and they said its a pretty big issue becasue they feel that the fact that you can unlock the multiplier gives them an advantage over Intel, but the RMA's are alsp costing them money

[DOCTOR EVIL]

Originally posted by trey_w
i have been in close contact with AMD for the last 4 months or so

they are sponsoring a donating CPU's and Engineering testing Mobo's for my hardware reliability class. ]

I have talked to them several times about the locked multiplier issue

an if fact, they are thinking about locking them like intel

they even told me that it wasn't so much because of the overclocking, but they are having problems with people overclocking them and restamping them and selling them as higher speed cpu's, like what happened with Intel

and they said its a pretty big issue becasue they feel that the fact that you can unlock the multiplier gives them an advantage over Intel, but the RMA's are alsp costing them money That's awful news dude!:mad: Please try to make them change their minds soon ok! I know you can do it trey_w!

[trey_w]

wish i could, buy im not that
important of a person

[SickBoy]

Originally posted by trey_w
i have been in close contact with AMD for the last 4 months or so

they are sponsoring a donating CPU's and Engineering testing Mobo's for my hardware reliability class. ]

I have talked to them several times about the locked multiplier issue

an if fact, they are thinking about locking them like intel

they even told me that it wasn't so much because of the overclocking, but they are having problems with people overclocking them and restamping them and selling them as higher speed cpu's, like what happened with Intel

and they said its a pretty big issue becasue they feel that the fact that you can unlock the multiplier gives them an advantage over Intel, but the RMA's are alsp costing them money

If AMD would just hardcode a string into the CPU code with the clockspeed in it... anyone would be able to tell the chip's true speed and then the remarkers would be caught fairly easily without having to lock multipliers. It's really dumb, frankly. AMD is shooting themselves in the foot for a couple bucks they don't see. :(

SB