Quote Originally Posted by Drwho? View Post
A manufacturer demo of extreme Overclocking is rarely representative to what the CPUs are on the market.
Due to all respect, what makes you think AMD used some cherry picked CPUs? Probably they did, probably they did not. They say they didn't. For the next official Intel demo, they will pretend the same with only a few people knowing whether that is true or not.

First of all, as a skeptic enthusiast I don't trust any manufacturer. I want solid proof from people I know and respect knowing where their stuff comes from. What you are trying to proof with your "experience" is beyond my horizon. Looks to me AMD hit a nerve and Intel has to react, even if your plan is entirely your private ambition, still do I get that picture as an outsider. That aspect aside, your experiment will have an impact on the benching scene.

On the one hand, it is exciting to see how far the very cherry, cherry picked CPUs can go, on the other hand, I won't even bother benching Nehalem knowing my CPU is crap and that I would have to buy/get 10.000 or more CPUs to find one that is way better than average and still does not watch what people with inside sources can get.

Now bring it on, show us 7 GHz and discourage AMD and the rest of us ordinary overclockers! =)