your cpu is still top noch mate...btw you should push it a bit...I have my i7920 on stock volt at 3.5Ghz (HT off in BIOS)....it helps for CLOD (and youll get optimal combo with your GPU)...

I've attempted to do stuff in the past, but I always get a 'bad overclock' fail at boot. I've got stock cooling on the processor.

stock ain´t the way to go trying ocing, though i did this once on a P2, sigh, i miss that old monster :D

I only have problems over London at low altitude, 25 FPS
stock airfan is bullshit

I think that is a good guess..

That and when you consider that a lot of these 'users' can not even figure out where the game is installed on their PC. Well you have to wonder just how well the PC is configured for gaming.

You know the types of which I speak.

The types that 'feel' the need to dl a MOD for IL-2 and not only have trouble trying to figure out how to unzip the mod, but where to unzip the mod due to not knowing where IL-2 is actually at on their hard drive.

At which point they blame the MOD for the 'problem' never stopping to consider the fact that PC gaming in general requires a little more from the user than being able to hit the ON switch. I suspect that a lot of the squeaky wheels here fall into that category.