The first DDR3 modules are starting to come out at speeds of 1066MHz and 1333MHz, but Gigabyte announced a memory overclocking record attained with one of its P35-based motherboards that puts those stock speeds to shame. The board in question is a P35T-DQ6, which oddly enough isn't listed on Gigabyte's own product page along with the seven P35 boards it introduced yesterday. Nonetheless, Gigabyte boasts that the P35T-DQ6 was able to crank a 1GB module of Micron DDR3-1066 memory with from its stock 1066MHz to a blazing fast 2080MHz with 10-10-10-24 latency timings. Wow, that's fast! That overclock was achieved with a yet-unreleased Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 processor, which was pushed from its stock speed of 3GHz to 3.64GHz via a 519.99MHz front-side bus speed.

In related news, TweakTown has an exhaustive look at the Intel P35 platform:

DDR-3 is not for today! DDR-3 is for tomorrow! Price drops, new 333MHz FSB processors from Intel, X38 chipset, reworked timings, and more speed means that it is eventually going to be the ultimate choice for enthusiasts. Like it not, if you are a high-end user, you will be forced to buy DDR-3 memory before much longer.