Quote Originally Posted by qcmadness View Post
HT Assist, as I recalled somewhere, can be turned on or off by BIOS.
So no big deal.

Using different mask will be a huge waste.
Even Intel does the same thing (server / mobile / desktop - 1 mask for all).
Yes it can be turned off in BIOS, but by not laying out the circuitry and reducing the paths, what if you can get to higher clocks?

There is enough variance that I know you can't take a lisbon and make it a thuban, and vice versa. That is all I can say.