Intel Charging Extra $50 To Unlock Full Power Of CPU

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Intel Charging Extra $50 To Unlock Full Power Of CPU

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Intel Charging Extra $50 To Unlock Full Power Of CPU In Some New PCs

http://www.slipperybrick.com/2010/09/in ... rformance/

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HP Z800 Workstation
CPU : Dual Xeon 5690 3.46GHz
RAM : 192GB RAM
GPU : NVIDIA QUADRO P5000 16GB
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Re: Intel Charging Extra $50 To Unlock Full Power Of CPU

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Sounds like a good reason to tell Intel to f*** off and buy AMD instead...

...which is exactly what I've been doing ever since Intel said they would not replace Pentiums with the divide bug back in the late 90s.
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