D975XBX2 good for overclocking?

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Looking at Bad Axe 2 not too many differences can be seen from the outside, but for those looking for a challenge take a look at the image above and see if you can find any differences. If you'd like to compare the above picture to the original take a look at this thread in the forums with Intel D975XBX pictures. The major component change that stood out for LR was the fact that Intel moved from a Silicon Image (SiI) 3114 chipset to the Marvell 88SE6145 controller. (The black chip on the left hand side of the board with an M on it.) With that said all the other important changes that will impact enthusiasts can be found in the BIOS and we got a chance to take it for a test drive.

[...]peaking of voltages this BIOS version goes from 1.2875V to 1.600V on the vCore, but ours was manually set to 1.5375V as we are overclocking the Intel Core 2 Quad QX6700 processor as you will see in a little bit.

[...]Then we saw the voltage options. Anyone that owns or has read reviews of the Intel D975XBX motherboard knows that it only goes up to 2.2 Volts in 0.1V steps. The new Intel D975XBX2 motherboard goes from 1.80 to 2.80 in 0.04V steps, which is something we are all happy about. Intel claims that Bad Axe 2 will allow for better memory overclocking than the previous generation due to a number of changes that have been made. The memory dividers remain the same and give users an 800MHz, 667Mhz, 533MHz, and 400MHz option.

After looking at the 'Processor Overrides' and 'Memory Configuration' sections that leaves the 'Bus Overrides' the last section to talk about. Here the PCI and PCI Express Bus can be locked down or overclocked per the end users liking. Intel said that while PCI Express Bus freequncy doesn't play a big roll now it will in the future when GPU's need more bandwidth.