Quote Originally Posted by s7e9h3n View Post
Yes, each successive stepping makes improvements on the cpu's but - like you say - the improvements are most likely reserved to fix erratas. Even production/retail cpu's contain erratas which may or may not be corrected. That being said, performance in b1 cpu's are basically identical to successive steppings with the exception of performance in VERY specific applications. B1 is not necessarily reserved for DVT as they're found in many OEM machines as well. By chance, do you have a pic of your cpu's? Just want to compare "notes" vs. the ones I have on hand
all my cpus are thermal'd but the 2347s are week 27 and the 2344s are wk 24

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dave