Quote Originally Posted by Drwho? View Post
This start by excluding ES from the competitions, too often, I see top overclockers bragging about their ES they got under covers ... This is not a sign of an Healthy Overclocker, but more a sign of Mafia ... ;-)
Francois

Prohibiting an ES chip from competition could be made part of the NDA agreement. This would not change the current state of affairs but going forward any new CPU released would be covered. Intel would then be able to legally demand that any site or organization remove said scores from public view.

From a corporate point of view this seems to be the best course of action. The general tone of this thread indicates that users will continue to use these chips in competition. Also most seem willing to make future purchases even though doing so is illegal.