
Originally Posted by
unclewebb
KURTZ: For the i7-920, the Asus boards would let you select a 21X multiplier in the bios even though the maximum default multiplier for an i7-920 is only 20X. It was just a trick by Asus. As soon as you selected 21, it would automatically enable turbo mode at the same time.
Some mainboards might do the same thing with i7-860 / X3460 CPUs. If there is an option in the bios to use a 22X multiplier then selecting this will automatically turn on turbo mode at the same time.
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