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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. As far as I know... by Yaa+101 · · Score: 0, Troll

    As far as I know, ASUS always was overclocking friendly... What's the big deal here? they only use what they have carrieng on their boards for years...

  2. Re:So what? by cloudmaster · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, it [generally] does. Home Theater equipment and computer stuff available at Best Buy is marketed at the typical mass-market consumer. Most people don't care about high-end stuff, and those that do, don't shop at Best Buy for that high-end stuff. Ergo, Best Buy doesn't *carry* that stuff.

    As a rule of thumb, look for things that commonly ship in rack-mount equipment.