Just ordered Phenom 9950 BE

[Titan7171]

why would i update the BIOS the next ones up introduce the TLB patch and disable settings

i'm saying not every chip AMD puts out is a hand picked oc'ing chip some of these 9950s will oc like crazy some will oc just like the 9850 its luck of the draw.

i plan to stick with my B2 until 45nm phenom is released what performance advantage do i get moving to a B3 i have seen tons of them fail at coming close to the clocks on my B2. i'm not about to blow $200 on a chip to get a couple mhz more or hell less

and why aare you telling me what to stick with i see a 6400BE in your sig my B2 is right up there with you in everything but super pi and if all you want to do is run single threaded apps i have a 5000BE that does 3.488ghz that i'm sure i could push to 3.5+

Dont one of the newer bios let you turn on and off the TLB fix?

If you had read from the begining of the thread Im going to get a 4870X2. This cpu will bottleneck that GC so Im starting my upgrades. Believe me if this cpu was stronger I wouldnt upgrade.

Also this 6400 does 3.6ghz+ not a bad cpu but Im ready to go quad. I hope its an improvement in performance. I do run enough programs to warrant a quad so its not just for the sake of the upgrade. Between this and the upcoming 4870X2 I need to move to something a bit more powerful.

The point is theres nothing to get over......Im making an upgrade and I dont even know how this cpu will do, I recieve it today.