maverik-sg1
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Okay, I heard boardy when he said sold bugged - and I was slightly disappointed to find mine was bugged, even though I managed to pump the temps up (cheating by using too much volts though is not recommended) and getting better FSB.
Having said that - I still got the quickest scores in 05 and 06 (by a mile with 'old' cards) so it was worth it and it also means that with the unlocked multiplier you learn to tweak other settings to compensate for the lack of direct bandwidth (having the LDT Multiplier on x5 and using the RAM mulitplier on the DFI board for example).
I would say it's a good chip - it's just not great yet, but then how many people have cold bugged FX's and Opterons - I guess we are all waiitng for the next batch of 'olden Samples'.
Also, I have to say you seem to be unlucky when it comes to cold-bugged x2's mate, unlike current single core offerings, the majority of x2's are not bugged.
Intels' saving grace in all this is that none of their chips are cold bugged - running toasty has it's advantages
Having said that - I still got the quickest scores in 05 and 06 (by a mile with 'old' cards) so it was worth it and it also means that with the unlocked multiplier you learn to tweak other settings to compensate for the lack of direct bandwidth (having the LDT Multiplier on x5 and using the RAM mulitplier on the DFI board for example).
I would say it's a good chip - it's just not great yet, but then how many people have cold bugged FX's and Opterons - I guess we are all waiitng for the next batch of 'olden Samples'.
Also, I have to say you seem to be unlucky when it comes to cold-bugged x2's mate, unlike current single core offerings, the majority of x2's are not bugged.
Intels' saving grace in all this is that none of their chips are cold bugged - running toasty has it's advantages
