Quote Originally Posted by BeepBeep2 View Post
Well, I can see why the Thuban chip would fail since 4 Ghz is a high number to hit on the stock cooler and to make sure its stable in all environments...

But seriously, 3.7 Ghz Deneb wouldn't be out of the question, my 565BE did 3.8 Ghz at 1.31v
Yay, AMD just launched a 3.6GHz Deneb, the 975BE

One step closer :p No, seriously, the reason why I say so is because of Phenom I--> Phenom II. Sure, some tweaks may of helped, but I'm willing to bet 65nm-->45nm was the bigger difference for why Phenom I CPU failed to clock very high - even with insane voltage bumps, yet Phenom II was able to at least match Conroe/Wolfdare (and their MCM combos) SKUs by sheer clock speed advantage.