Official Bulldozer "Zambezi" date: August-September

[tajoh111]

my AMD Thuban at AIR got 5 GHz too. Some validation etc doesnt nothing...I said in other therad. I have/had 3 SB retails and no one hit 5 GHz stable. One 4.7 GHz, second 4.8GHz and the best of them 4.9x GHz.

Info from Intel:
here is a 50% chance that a user will reach 4.5GHz speeds without reaching the multiplier wall, while there is a 20% chance for 4.7GHz, and a 10% chance for 4.8GHz to 5.0GHz. Finally, there is about a 2% chance the user will be able to overclock past 5.0GHz.



Why not? E series is very good, Llano is A series, perfect for family PC and notebooks, because there will be notebooks with great "IGP" performance.

According to this thread.
http://hwbot.org/forum/showthread.php?t=18897

That 5ghz was using sub ambient temperature. I have a hard time believing you used chilled air cooling on Thuban and Intel and achieved such low clocks for the intel, while crazy results for the thuban. Its very widely known SB OC better on air than Thuban. 5 ghz is exceptional for Air on thuban. IF I google 5ghz and thuban and air, threads where it is your chip popping up shows how rare this overclock actually is.