Intel plans to deliberately limit Sandy Bridge overclocking

[saaya]

We continue to expect major performance increase with each new architecture, but want Intel to maintain the elements that allow us to change the internal workings on a whim.

no, we want them to allow us to change it... at all... it doesnt have to be easy, id actually prefer it to be tricky like i said, and i think every real overclocker thinks the same

Being limited to "tweeking" means that we can continue to have the performance enhancements we enjoy.

your contradicting yourself... we are limited to X but will continue the same perf enhancements... if that was the case then X wouldnt be a limit now would it?

A lot of it simply comes down to the architectural path. The steps made nehalem, which has some pretty amazing overclocks, led to those in sandy bridge.

huh? it started overclocking worse than the previous gen and then caught up with it

The writing was on the wall as it were. We all enjoy overclocking, but I doubt we want to be the "old goats" that put up a fight when things change. I say let things roll and enjoy the ride.

sure!... its not like we have an option anyways heh

SandyB + Wimax = Wroooooooooooooooooom ;-)

its great unless theres a wall and the wimax signal goes BOOOOOOM and crashes into the wall
i tried wimax in taipei and its a joke... great signal, enter any building and its very weak or even dissapears...
theres a reason intel spent billions to get on board of lte