On 06/18/2012 08:01 PM, William Brown wrote:
When a cpu is made, they test it's ability to run stable at the
max
frequency of that die. If it passes, it gets shipped at say, 3.8Ghz.
AIUI, if the design spec is 3.8Ghz, that's the highest they check.
Thus, chips shipped at that speed may be able to go faster, but nobody
tests for it. If so, that'd mean that if you plan on overclocking, you
have to start out with a top speed chip, but then, it's hard to see why
you wouldn't anyway if that's your plan.