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ASUS Secretly Overclocking Motherboards?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the not-so-secret-anymore dept.

Hubert writes "It seems that the motherboard manufacturing industry is getting a little bit too competitive now that ASUS and many other manufacturers are secretly tweaking and overclocking the motherboard in default BIOS settings." A front side bus that's a mere 2 MHz faster may not seem like much of a tweak, but it's just enough to gain an edge over the competition.

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  1. Sweet by Bit_Squeezer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Saves me the trouble

  2. Quote of the day by Recovering+Hater · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pair this story with the little quote of the day "It's better to burn out than to fade away." Coincidence?

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  3. Article? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry. Is there an article linked? I saw some preamble and some advertising and some gratuitous web dross, but an article? I'm afraid I missed it.

  4. Warranty by Takumi2501 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cool, now the warranty's been voided out of the box. :)

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  5. 1996 called by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    they've asked their frames-based websites back

    1. Re:1996 called by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      1980 called and they asked for their lame joke back.

    2. Re:1996 called by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      1964 called and they asked for their lame counter-replies back.

    3. Re:1996 called by HD+Webdev · · Score: 2, Funny

      1964 called and they asked for their lame counter-replies back.

      1957 called and wants their genetic material back.

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  6. Re:Reference Clock by Halfbaked+Plan · · Score: 2, Funny

    How do you underclock it to 199MHz?

    You have a little drawer full of 199MHz crystals, or does your crystal oscillator have a knob on it?

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