The real reason behind the Hammer delay is the problems they are having with SOI: the chips aren't reaching the desired speeds. AMD is using Microsoft as the fall guy, and it will turn around and bite them in the ass, mark my words.
The Barton 3000+ has been OC'd to 2.4 Ghz with the stock (read: sh!t) cooler at one of the reviewing sites. From reports, it clocks as well as the newest 2100+/2400+ chips. The issue isn't overclocking, it is whether the 6-7% improvement is worth 600% the cost: it isn't. The reason they dropped the speed down is a puzzle, but I would suspect it gives them headroom to release higher rated and more expensive chips in the future without tipping their hand too early. If that is the case, then they have really fuxored teh goat this time: enthusiasts want high benchmarks for those top-end chips, and AMD helped hamstring themselves in their eyes. It was bad marketing.
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