ZOldDude :
Well we don't know if it OC's further and we don't know for sure if it uses the same /more/less power....put we should expect the same.
What we do know is that the TLB "bug" which has only showed up in a -lab- so far is fixed.
To be honest this "bug" has never been seen outside of a -lab-.....so good call for AMD fixing the -bug- anyhow after first recalling past shipments.
Perhaps near end of the year they will ship a 3Ghz product.
No matter the maker in real life after you hit 3Ghz only a benchmark can tell if a game runs any better...and almost all software is still P4 rated.
Well we know a little from this article.
We also know a little from AnandTech's Article.
If you read the article, Tom's did do some testing.
They found that the 2.4 used a little more power than the 2.3 version.
Clearly with such a small bump in speed if there was any power savings to be found the results should have been the same or less power used.
Tom's also stated that the 2.4 showed an increase n performance that would be expected in a bump from 2.3Ghz.
AnandTech's article which was more indepth revealed the same things.
The only performance gain you can claim is that you don't need to have the TLB Errata fix enabled in BIOS.
Note: Most home users did not enable this since it mostly effected Virtualization stuff. So if you want to claim B3 is faster since that BIOS patch is not required, I will agree but most sites reviewed the Phenom w/o than enabled for most tests and provided seperate results for when the patch was in place.
The Exciting news for AMD with the B3 is that they will be able to start shipping Server CPUs now.
The B3 is of little importance to the Deskopt Market since at most it will usher in a new 2.4Ghz vs 2.3Ghz Phenom.
Some point down the road a 2.5Ghz Version may also come out on the B3 Stepping.
However, AMD has stated that faster Phenoms will not ship until 45nm comes out.
I wish the B3 had done more as it would help curb Intel prices.