3.5 ghz :grum: :o

That IS exceptionally, no ? I'm stuck @ 3.25ghz, 250mhz fsb (IS7 - pc3200 corsair, SLK900)

3.55Ghz with air & 1.55v is very good indeed, i'm not complaining about the overclocking capability of the chip. I'm complaining that even at 3.55ghz it isn't faster than my xp1800+@ a lousy 2ghz.

I'll try dual channel before i replace the motherboard, but i don't know which one i should replace it with.

200$ for a p4c800 is way more than i want to spend on a motherboard. 150$ max:

- abit is7: 125$
- abit ic7: 150$
- asus p4p800: 125$
- MSI 865PE: 115$
- MSI 875P: 166$
- Gigabyte 875P: 145$

The gigabyte is the cheapest 875P mobo and has 6 instead of 4 memory slots. I was happy with my gigabyte 845PE motherboard, but asus / abit or even msi are probably better for overclocking.

Does anyone know whether the GIGABYTE GA-8IK1100 has any trouble running at 275FSB? I'm not planning to push my 2.6C much higher, because i will need phase change cooling or +1.55v for that.

Are any of the above motherboard a definite yes/no? I need S-ATA (no raid), 5.1 sound and 10/100 Lan. I don't need CSA GBit lan, integrated s-ata raid, firewire, ...

try other benchmarkes besides 3dmark, dont fix on 1 item
try different ones.. might just be the software

I know for fact that a P4 @ 3ghz IS faster to work with then an AMD @ 2ghz

Same results with other benchmark apps.

-edit-
I don't want to bash intel, i just want to know what's wrong. We've already established it's too low.

fsb: 273mhz
mp: 13 (=> 3550mhz)
mem div: 4/5
mem: 218mhz
mem timings: 2.5-3-3-6
AGP: 8x
Catalyst: 3.5 i think
R9800: 425/375
Dx: 9
Latest intel chipset drivers

is it a clean install, or did you change mobo/cpu and kept the OS install?

clean install on formatted disk. As clean as it can be. :)

the fact is that sth is terribly wrong, cuz I have the exact same comparison with a 2ghz (10*200) xp and my gamerig (3.6), same amount of ram, and the difference is catastrophic for the xp.

or it could be your special program "clockgen" that isn't working verry good :p

cool, didn't know about clockgen

http://www.cpuid.com/clockgen.php