'An Overclocker's Dream'

[Warbie]

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/09/12/pentium_dual_core/index.html

Worth a read. This'll probably be my next chip to tide over untill newer gpus and better, cheaper quad cores come out.

 

[giant384]

that oc isnt guaranteed on every one of those

 

[Asus]

For $89 that would be great to have that OC. I probably would go that route if I just gamed on my PC.
(But I need the stability and warranty.)

 

[Warbie]

that oc isnt guaranteed on every one of those

Sure, but something similar is very likely. 3.2 is not uncommmon.

Check out this huge thread of people overclocking these chips:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17728458

 

[hool10]

I OC'd my quad core to 3GHz on that fancy cooler. I could go much more but I like 3GHz. Heck I didn't even add any extra voltage, just changed the multiplier to 2x.

 

[Kyorisu]

I had a bit of trouble getting past 3.2 with my first 6600 but I traded it with a mate who got one of the first shipments of chips and had no problem getting past 3.2.

Success isn't guaranteed and any overclocking benefits are only a bonus.

 

[Warbie]

It seems as though the unlucky people are being limited to around 2.8 gig, which i'd be perfectly happy with. Most are getting better results, which would be a bonus. I'm only considering one because they're so cheap and, even if you get a 'bad one', will more than equal the performance of a 6600 at stock.

There have been quite a few chips in which substantial overclocking benefits are pretty much guaranteed - T-Birds, mobile Bartons etc. These look even better.