OC with EIST enabled ... does chipset determine max OC ?

[NoobyDoo]

OK, I know most of you disable EIST.

There's a article here where a E2160 (with P35) is OCed to 3.33G but idles at 2.22G with a 6x multi. Seems to be a pretty good OC with EIST enabled, doesn't it ?

 

[myocardia]

No, the processor determines how high you can overclock with EIST enabled. So, if they got to 3.3 Ghz with it still on, they'd have gotten higher with it disabled.

 

[NoobyDoo]

OK, thanks.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

I see no improvement with max stable FSB with C1E/EIST ON/OFF. System is E4300 @ 3.46GHz with default multi.