I bet he changed ISP's.. that's probably why an IP block wouldn't keep him from posting here..
anywho, I tend to agree with the problem Athlons having today is mostly heat, becuase as proof, all those AXIA cores hitting 2ghz+ with great cooling (liquid Nitro?) definetly means that the core is capable of those speeds, when heat isn't the issue..
which is probably one reason why AMD concentrated a fair amount on keeping the core cool for the Palomino..