[badge56]

Its confirmed. The 2600+ Bartons are locked. No way to change the multiplier. Stuck at 11.5 This is the model I tested.. AQZFA0341TPMW

[Surfeit00]

if your going to get a chip with a locked multi, get a 2.4c

[br408408]

Originally posted by Surfeit00
if your going to get a chip with a locked multi, get a 2.4c

I second that To heck with AMD (and I bought a lot of their CPU's in the past)....they won't let us LOWER our multi so that we can get the most out of our motherboards and memory...to heck with AMD.

Bill

[Bon3thugz43v3r]

Ya TO HECK WITH AMD! GO INTEL!


but..i love amd

[SF101]

they will see how there locked cpu experiment works if half there market drops moslty ive just seen alot of happy overclockers with amd

[kayl]

that sucks they started locking week 39 25oo's locking 26oo's week 41 so i wonder if week 43/45 they will be locking the barton 2800's, seems like the trends going to be all bartons locked sonn

[br408408]

Originally posted by Bon3thugz43v3r
Ya TO HECK WITH AMD! GO INTEL!


but..i love amd

I love them too...thats why I'm mad...oh well. AMD's work best with a high FSB...one higher than they offer (my XP2500 is at 227...memory wont go any higher ) ...so why are they stopping us from using a high FSB. We can still o/c a "Locked" AMD...just can't run a high FSB to keep it fed.

[kayl]

that sucks they started locking week 39 25oo's locking 26oo's week 41 so i wonder if week 43/45 they will be locking the barton 2800's, seems like the trends going to be all bartons locked sonn

[dguy6789]

my guess for this, is so people wont be able to get a system that competes with an athlon 64 by buying an athlon xp.