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Originally Posted by Arnie
@ovale
No, not exactly. All the features are already on the card but are locked. To unlock the features that you want you buy an extra licence for those features.
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I understand the HW is present. I'm saying it is not tested above the minimum specs.
He has written "...especially the cost of testing if a CPU is overclocking-stable - correct.".
So the savings comes from standardization, less testing, ability to use 2nd choice memory. Then it is just a game of probablity and product placement.
I think it is really clever. It would be interesting if he can comment about probability of not having a feature work after unlock. This would prove or not my guessing.