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It was never any big deal, imho. Even when talking at the low level coding/config of hardware I knew what was implied no matter the term in use. Very rarely is the actual clock frequency implied when talking MHz. It's just a generic measure of rate.

Nice find!

Intel always had control of this. Intel is the one who decided to keep loosening the limits for each new generation. The website specs were getting more and more hazy each generation. Who knows what Intel was feeding the board makers. Conclusion: Intel owes end users a refund for false...

Intel owes all end users a refund for creating false expectations. After all, Apple has had to fork out for down-clocking iphones already.

There's no such thing as MB specs. Intel has changed its specs is all.

It can't possibly be used for more than single function after all.

I suspect it's 16 threads, not cores. It's not for high-end applications.

Oh, man, what a huge let-down. I had my hopes up it was the general instruction pipeline that was up by 40%. But alas not it seems. Zen4 AVX512 is already a huge winner the way it is. It single-handedly turned the AVX512 ship around. It didn't need any measurable extra power to do amazing...

Only because those are Intel's conservative settings.

Default settings are always conservative as per Intel's detailed settings. If Intel misjudged how sensitive some CPUs are then it's on them to resolve and pass on to the board partners. Or provide replacement CPUs free of charge.

Reports are it's actually only individual CPUs having a problem, and a replacement CPU solves it. Which suggests that any tweaking of BIOS settings is really just hiding the problem.

Motherboard makers don't just make up whatever they feel like. Intel provides a shit load of technical requirements for them to follow. Given there not being any one board at fault, it's not hard to conclude the blame goes at Intel's feet. Maybe it's a weak batch of CPUs like a poorly attach...

No. Read this - https://www.radgametools.com/oodleintel.htm

Hmm, those aren't high wattages. I presume the CPU actually excurts well beyond that setting. That same document says swapping the CPU has worked too. There's a lot of guessing going on.

Thanks for link. Good read. Amusing that warranty replaced CPUs have proven an effective fix.