x6800 OC versus other C2D

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I was wondering about the benefit of X6800 in o/c terms. It appears that E6600 is much better value in terms of pure overclock, but is there any benefit to the X6800?
That is, will it generally overclock higher given that it starts from a higher point? Is it from higher quality stepping that would tend to allow more overclocking even if the relative gains are not as great?
I've got an X6800, and as a noob overclocker just recently pushed the frequency to 320 to get 3.5GHz. Running S&M tests didn't trouble the system or temps at all, so I was wondering if more is generally available. Or are intel taking advantage of noobs like myself who want better performance with the least hassle?


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The x6800 extreme is likely to be made from better silicon than the lower models, like the AMD FX series so it can probably overclock better. If I'm not mistaken, the chip you have has unlocked multiplier so you can just try increasing that instead of increasing the FSB, max is 14 I think. Doing both wouldn't hurt either mind, greater memory bandwith is always nice!
 
I think it might be my mobo (AW9D-Max), but the limit for mulitplier is 11x. Do you think I would be better off, at higher frequency and lower multiplier? Bearing in mind that I don't want to push temps or cpu lifetime at all. Thanks.
 
btw, what kind of volts (ram/cpu/etc) are you putting through for these settings? I'm crashing above my current 3.5Ghz (on stock) on 3DMark06 and S&M, if I try to clock higher, temps are still the same though.
 
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Ram 2.20volts, cpu 1.5volts only wanted to see if i could get 4ghz out of my cpu and thx to the 1.3 beta bios i got my wish :)

My cpu was good for 3.7ghz @ 1.4v, 3.5 on stock is really good.
 
Interesting. I checked my cpu with Intel's Processor Identification Utility, and it reported each core as 1.91GHz. The AW9D-Max was set to Auto Detect for voltages. I pushed my frequency back down to 300MHz, and it now reports 3.29GHz.
Is there a formula for calculating frequency/volts, or is it just a matter of trial and error?

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is it safe to assume that if PIU reports 1.91GHz, that its simply a matter of pushing more juice into the CPU, to allow it to hit the frequency target? How much does the RAM voltage have to be increased to keep it in line?

should really also point out the obvious fact that its a noob question, but I'm an o/c noob. Thanks for any help.
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