mobiles or desktop?

[Rilian]

Are any chips on the XP line other than the mobiles factory unlocked at the moment?

 

[Drec]

all desktop XPs before week 39 of 03 are unlocked, if you want an unlocked barton get a mobile.

 

[Sjaak]

The mobiles are selected for lower voltages, (to preserve power in laptops)

those lower voltages give you more options of oc'ing - the chip runs cooler and the vcore can be bumped more (in %)

 

[K4mui]

those lower voltages give you more options of oc'ing - the chip runs cooler and the vcore can be bumped more (in %)

Why's that?
Afaik the mobile- bartons are just selected desktop- bartons which can run at 1,45V- the limit of VCore is the same to me.

As it wasn't mentioned yet, you can mod every locked barton out there to a mobile- giving you free multis

 

[Rilian]

well 1 reason I ask is because a friend of mine is planning on a build and he was gonna get an Athlon XP 2200+ I told him if I was gonna replace the chip for my system Id choose the Athlon XP 2500+ mobiles because I thought the XP line was factory locked now? is this true?

 

[Sjaak]

Why's that?
Afaik the mobile- bartons are just selected desktop- bartons which can run at 1,45V- the limit of VCore is the same to me.

As it wasn't mentioned yet, you can mod every locked barton out there to a mobile- giving you free multis

what i am saying is that you can increase the vcore more, in percentages you start lower, thereby you can increase more percentage-wise.

And AFAIK nobody succeeded in modding a locked Barton - correct me if im wrong

 

[K4mui]

what i am saying is that you can increase the vcore more, in percentages you start lower, thereby you can increase more percentage-wise.

Ah, sure, now I got it

And AFAIK nobody succeeded in modding a locked Barton - correct me if im wrong

You are wrong

Click! Have fun!

 

[Sjaak]

You are wrong

lol, good to hear

 

[lucas81]

Ah, sure, now I got it


You are wrong

Click! Have fun!

Anyone tried that on a nf7 board? I read the whole article and the faq. It sais that it sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't. So anyone with first hand experience?