Batmang:That's probably because your running a 96BE and the1.4 Bios is applying the TLB fix. I haven't seen that kind of hit with 1.4 and the 9850...

Don't get me wrong, I'm kind of fond of 1.1B3 myself..
But the P-States thing can be a little confusing for a rookie...

Just didn't want folks with a B3 stepping to be afraid of version 1.4.
I don't see any performance hit with it on my chip. It's actually very stable and easy to use with a B3.