Nehalem 101 part1 - 1366 and X58

[saaya]

yeah, very similar... the only difference is that on k10 you can actually ramp up the l3 cache clock independantly from the imc, right?
and yeah, 3x2gb is what everybody will run, except for benchers and xp fans who stick to 3x1gb.

the interesting part is that k10 cant get a ref clock much above 230 and i7 seems to be stuck at about that speed too, even lower actually... i wonder if there is some reason for this or its just a coincidence and the i7 bclock is really just limited by qpi and nothing else...
and if thats the case, then maybe amds ref clock is limited by some other clock that gets derived from the ref clock?