Quote Originally Posted by Zucker2k View Post
I'm actually surprised AMD is pitting PII against the low end C2D, aka Q9300/Q9400. That should tell a lot about the expected performance of these chips. It's kinda surprising how low they're clocking (stable) tho; at least that was the case with the Tech Report. I mean 3.5Ghz was max stable? Maybe we will some some redemptive 6Ghz+ runs by the usual suspects to help AMD save face. Dr. Who? was right, manufacturer demos should always be taken with a grain a salt.
I was surprised at the TR numbers as well, but Anandtech got 3.9ghz with stock cooling (1.52v).

Quote Originally Posted by Anandtech
Our 940 topped out at 3.9GHz, which is not bad, but after reviewing AMD’s results and seeing some early retail numbers on the forums, the expectation level for air-cooling is now set to the 4.1GHz range with the 920 hitting 3.8~3.9GHz on the right motherboard.