stupid noob questoin

[swimmingstone]

I've seen this go stepping around and can't find much about it all i know is it uses less power when not used and that you probably want it for overclocking. so any info would be nice and how do i tell if a CPU has it thanks

[George Hallam]

yes it does help with OC'ing..... less power -> less heat -> more speed.

[swimmingstone]

well i see on newegg they don't tell you if it has it or not so how can you tell and is it real important in performance

[George Hallam]

this may help aswell

to tell
A) it will say like with the new Q6600 it has "SLACR Stepping"
B) well this 16 page article (http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/07/11/energy-efficiency-intel-left-out-in-the-cold/) should explain the others

[swimmingstone]

so would i see a difference in gaming performance or just the temp

[George Hallam]

hmmm just temp maybe a very very very small difference in performance but not really

[swimmingstone]

ok well that all i needed thank

[saphalline]

By the way, it's the "G0" stepping. That's a zero, not an oh.

[swimmingstone]

o i didn't know that