After actually reading. It's quite simple. VID = The biggest OC boost. Believe it, you get much better OCs from low VIDs than high ones.
I am the one who did the research myself on 10 different chips. I know. I use my 1.2000 VID q6600 to bypass the natural noisy-ness of NVidia chipsets, as well as the Vdrop and droop.
Anyone else running 3.6 Ghz on an NVidia chipset with a q6600 at 1.312 Loaded?
You think a 1.3000 VID that needs 1.43 volts loaded is gonna OC better than the lower one?
I mean, read and use common sense! Look around you. All the trouble is from the high VIDs, because people are scared of Voltage! Not to mention the higher the VID, the more VCore needed, the more Heat it makes, the less efficient it becomes, it creates more interference within the chipset for supporting a higher VCore. (usually only seen on NVidia junk.)
So believe me, your VID will make alot of difference. I have plenty of processors that I have tested this on. 1.2000, 1.2500, 1.2625, 1.2750, 1.3000, 1.3125, 1.3250. That was my VID range from my testing on my chips.
And look at the other guys results... a OEM vs Retail. The OEM chip he has will reach 3.6 at 1.34 volts loaded!!
His other a.3250 will need 1.45ish. Owww!
See any difference? Now when you have a huge vdrop and droop, that Low VID will play GOD! Could you imagine what I would need on an NVidia chipset? I need 1.4000 to get 1.312 Loaded, with Droop disabled! It still has a .08ish VDrop!!!
If I had a 1.3000 VID chip, I'd need 1.5750 in the Bios to get my 1.43-.44 loaded!! And as you may not be aware, higher VCore causes other problems!
--Lupi