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I've never had a problem with my old 680i LT, but then again I could have gotten lucky. what I HATE about nVidia boards is that their RAID performance is totally non-existent and their overclocking leaves a lot to be desired compared to boards that are half/quarter of the price!
 


Ok, I read it twice, did they really jsut say they hit 3.8 Ghz on the 940 WITHOUT an SB750?! If so, wow!
 
i cant say much running a 780 lol. never had a single problem! i bought one with expectations of trouble and it never came. the notable on it seems to be occupying 4 DIMM's seems to be problematic for some so of course i will try that next. overclocking with it...never went much past 4 Ghz with my e8400. that was more than i expected and never tryed to go higher. 3.82 24/7 so its been good to me. better than it is for alot of people lol
 
To The_Blood_Raven, I thought someone claimed that AMD claimed (in other words I don't have a source) that the SB750 wouldn't be as important for Deneb since they included some or all of the optimizations in the chip itself. I have no idea if what I just said is true, but I thought I saw that somewhere.
 


Tri SLI with an extra physics devoted card, nice!
 
In the vid, they give them all of 30 minutes to oc. I suspect others buying a P2 will have more time than that, and after a few bios tweaks, right cooling etc, Im thinking we will see alot of near 4 or 4Ghz ocees
 
I don't think that there's that much about a native quad that makes it hard to OC - look at i7. It is one of the easiest overclocking chips available right now, with all models easily able to hit at least 3.6-3.7. I think it was more to do with the specific Phenom I architecture than anything else that made it hard to overclock. This is definitely nice though - it's about time that AMD had something even remotely competitive. Hopefully the launch parts will be just as good as the demo ones.
 
OK, what I mean is, compare the older gen non native Intel quads and their ocees to i7. They havnt gotten better, whereas the conroes cant oc as well as the penryns, but the penryns may jusy edge out i7 for top clocks
 
Maybe, but it's pretty close. Keep in mind that Conroe -> Wolfdale (for duals) and Kentsfield -> Yorkfield (for quads) was a die shrink, while Yorkfield -> Nehalem is at the same rough die size and transistor count, with the same process node. It's an entirely different architecture, but roughly the same peak clocks makes sense, as both have the same rough design philosophy and manufacturing process. I would bet that once Westmere comes around, there will again be significant clock improvements.
 
Going from 65 to 45nm may mean the main difference in top oc clocks, but even at both at 45nm, pens slightly outclock the i7s. Plus, they dont heat up, and thats just part of the native quads makeup, with everything on board 1 chip, like AMD has been doing for awhile. Having SMT effects all this, as well as a IMC structure. Really, whats amazing here is P2 doesnt get near as hot as i7, being so similar, tho, at same loads, we will have to see, once Denebs released, if at the same load, i7 gets hot or not
 
Im just going by where most the osers are, at XS. The yorkys are a lil faster overall on oc. The Q6600 doesnt aveage 3.6 or higher like the Yorkys do, and Im talking an average here, over hundreds of systems, not exceptions. I believe it 3.5 for i7s, and 3.6+ for the yorkys, while Q6600 was 3.3 . Im talking 24/7 useage BTW, and everyones MMV, but thats the averages
 
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