*Official Retail G0 Q6600 Overclocking Thread*

[askimo]

I have been out of the quad core scene for a while and I'm wondering what is the real OC expectation with one of the most recent quad batches? It is the X38 a better platform for this CPU? It is a way to check the real VID without installing the CPU?

[jton219]

I have been out of the quad core scene for a while and I'm wondering what is the real OC expectation with one of the most recent quad batches? It is the X38 a better platform for this CPU? It is a way to check the real VID without installing the CPU?

i read a review somewhere that the x38 does not oc any better than a p35. only real advantage is the sli or crossfire abilities. they used an intel reference x38 board in the review though so its possible that a partner company can make it more OCable. the review basically said if your not gonna sli or crossfile, the p35 will serve you fine. they tested mem performance and everythign and they are both equal if you take a margin of variability into account. its kinda the same as the nforce 680 and 650 chipsets, one is made for sli the other,while capable at 8x, is not "optimized" for true 16x sli. too bad the p35 only does 4x and so is not even worth it.