Exactly! I did that with the 975 and this thing is fail. I could never get it going for 3d benching. This time I'll hang tight to see how this turns out unless I can get one for a bargain and still make money on the sale. ;)

Yeah I have a 975ES chip here that seems pretty good, but havin a real hard time getting it up to speed for 3D action.

Its going to replace my 965XE on my daily driver tho as it does OC better and lower heat out put which wil make it good for a nice Air Cooled system.

Its all pretty depressing dropping 1K on a cpu with the hope you can push it 5.5G through a 3D and waking up from the dream at barley 4.6. FAIL!

I wish I could do 4.6ghz :(

That is mostly the old Giga board I am using, the mod for it is very nasty.

I can't even go there in my head

1K on a CPU ................ not happening ....

I will be packing 2x 480's before that happens ................. :blink:

Every extreme chip I have bought was a complete waste of money.

Just sold my 975 today for $500 and glad to be rid of it

I think the QX9650 and QX9770 were pretty good, but any others I have owned were just complete dogs.

Kal and Bill you better send me those chips or im reporting you to Intel and Dr.Who?!!!!!!!!!:D

LOL, I recieved my through legit sorces !!

u think for 1k you would be guaranteed a good clocker