Along the same lines, I was under the impression there were a significant number of people who only get ~360 out of 6970's... Is that not true? Am i doing something wrong? I followed all the advice in this thread, but phoenix only boosts it to ~370-380.

I thought it was my newer pcb design causing my comparative slowness. I found there are two reference board designs, and the second generation seemed to be the only thing i could get toward the end of may when i bought. Ideas?