I so hope to god I get a good stepping and week on my 165. People have been getting 2.8-3.0 on air or slight air upgrades. If I get a good stepping/week I can get 3.0ghz on each core with that freezer 64 PRO and pwn them all... Nutcase would be the only competition
psh i dont believe stepping matters.. its just wishful thinking, just like "burning in". each time they make a stepping it still has chips that can only hit lower speeds, which are the unfortunate ones to be made into like.. A64 3000+ n' shit.. every week, every stepping has its good and bad chips, no one group is unified as a "good" stepping
For computers, buying cheaply and often will only leave you constantly in a world of shit.
so what stepping are they? i do remember something like CABNE vs CAB2E or something, the one with '2' being worse.. but from what i read its due to AMD implementing some limitations or something o.O oh well maybe there is a difference but not because of differentials in production quality
For computers, buying cheaply and often will only leave you constantly in a world of shit.
I probably will... I should still be able to hit 2.7 stable and I dont think a 3800+ is going to hit that with anything short of phase change. And even if we both are at the same clocks, the opteron has double the on chip cache.