Quote Originally Posted by Hornet331 View Post
Well im not exactly sure if QPI clocks are really the culprit here, cause of the slowmode some boards offer. QPI clock is a lot slower then with this option, yet still the cpu has the same QPI limit.

Also we dont know which clock generator everyone uses, but the chance is high that all board manufacturors use the same clock generator from the same company. Ci7 is new teritory and usually suppliers of components are limited at the beginning of a new product.

Anyway, its just a random idea. We'll see soon enough i guess.
Well, I decided to inquire about this and according to one of my hardware engineer friends it is very likely that the clock generator is actually located on the CPU itself which would eliminate this as the possiblity.