Its all relative. Just shows what you get when you team fairly good memory with a relatively lame processor (especially when you push it just to get another 15%).

Once I realized they were over clocking the processor it occurred to me that they were probably not using an ideal ratio to derive their memory clock (that they are actually running memory slower than it could be).

From the new figures you linked, I'd say they've figured out a way to up the memory clock (or make some other change - like lowering latency).

There may even be some additional tweaks they could make.

Although, now that I think about it, I wonder how reliable this system will be if they're resorting to these tricks?

Enthusiastic or skeptical? I don't know Andreas, I keep coming back to those processor benchmarks. The 460 is still a pretty bad product.