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Just wondering here - Current PCF mag talks about a new 3.2Ghz CPU from Intel at a cool R10,000.

If one was to o/clock a R2,500 Q6600 to 3.2 Ghz (many people of this forum achieve this easily) would it's real performance be equal to the R10,000 chip?

Perhaps this is a bad example as I know the new CPU has a 45nm architecture and a 1600 FSB but assuming this was equal and the rest of the system was equal?

To make it simpler, lets say a 2.4 Ghz Q6600 overclocked to the stock speed of a 2.66Ghz Q6700? Will the two be equal in performance on all levels?

Sometimes it will be better.
As I can recall PCF clocked a Dual Core 2160 to equal some or other MUCH more xpensive chip, and still beat it !

if we couldnt match higher priced and better performing chips why would we oc?? lol yeah it will match it and sometimes be a whole lot better... i took my e2180 to 3.80..... and it creamed most cpu's in benches but for gaming it sucked cos of the piddly 1mb l2 cache

Yes. In most cases the oc'd system will be faster because of the increased fsb.