So is Dell leading us to a merry chase? As Intel quietly begun the shipping of the clock-unlocked version of its mobile Core 2 Duo T7600 processor, it still is no guarantee that we can be the lucky ones to get a hold of it. Well first not all PC Making companies are likely to take part and those that do may not provide us with the necessary information that we need.
I really wonder why all the secrecy. Dell quietly revealed the
existence of the Core 2 Duo T7600G earlier this week when it announced a Blu-ray Disc supporting version of its XPS M1710 gamer-oriented laptop. Aside from the processor options, they also offered this build-to-order buyers a 2.33GHz T7600G, priced at $275 more than the laptop's standard processor, the T7600, which is also clocked at 2.33GHz. Both CPUs have 4MB of L2 cache and run on a 667MHz frontside bus. Though we cannot find anything on the website that tells us what we exactly get with our $275. And it was later on that we found in another page in a pop-up window that discusses processors that that mentioned the T7600G gives "extraordinary system control to tune and enhance performance".The information are really slow in coming. One staff of Intel revealed to Reg Hardware that the T7600G is a "non-roadmap" part that has frontside bus and core clocks unlocked and ready for overclocking attempts. However, it is known that it's the T7600G's overclockability that the $275 Dell wants for it above the price of a regular T7600 is for. What's so difficult about saying that?
Dell offers hush-hush overclockable mobile Core 2 Duo
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