thx man. ya my friend brian (who i mentioned earlier) has a x2 4400 which is the dual 2.2 and he runs his at 2.6 cuz his chip doesnt OC very well. mine on the other hand, apparently loves it. i got lucky. and being the san diego core helps. i got around 7300 on 3dmark05 and my average FPS on the source stress test is 168. so it's not bad. i OC'd my x850 to 600 core 1200 mem, and the shit is working awesome.