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Originally Posted by chucker
Chip manufacturers use various tricks to maximize yield. For example, if a dual-core CPU has a core that failed tests, it'll be rebadged and sold (cheaper) as single-core. The failed core will be shipped, but disabled; the other core will work fine, and the customer will never know. Likewise (and I think that's what you were asking), if a CPU fails tests at a certain frequency but passes them at a lower one, it'll be rebadged as well, and sold (cheaper) at that lower frequency.
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That's what I thought. Now, does that mean overclocking is taking in a CPU spec'd for lower frequency and allowing it to run at higher frequency, which it had failed the test prior to sale? Or is there such thing as overclocking without going against manufacturer's recommendations?