The Great Texas Overclocking Competition
by Wesley Fink on March 9, 2005 12:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Overclocking Rigs
The equipment required to reach this performance pinnacle is the kind of stuff that most of us will never use. However, there are enthusiasts out there who live for the next breakthrough in Cascade cooling, and seeing how these extreme overclockers reach these incredible overclocks is a lesson in itself.
So, how extreme is extreme with these three overclocking legends? Try ATI X850 GPU clock rates of 800MHz to 850MHz, X850 memory at 680MHz to 700MHz, and the FX55 running very near at 4GHz (from a default of 2.6GHz). Fugger’s goal was 4GHz during the weekend. He didn’t reach it, but he came very close.
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ceefka - Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - link
Hardly any of these guys has a case (?) They won't have Lian Li or Chieftec sponsoring this event anytime soon :-)#27 I liked AMD's fishtank. Though you're right about working in there. You can only guess what kind of goo goes in there. LOL.
Jeff7181 - Sunday, March 13, 2005 - link
So does overclocking count as a sport now? LOLstephenbrooks - Sunday, March 13, 2005 - link
I wonder how many Athlon FXs and video cards they were allowed each? 1. Performance ceiling probably varies from chip to chip and 2. I guess if something went wrong they could burn a few up!SDA - Friday, March 11, 2005 - link
#25, no, but then it's not as if any hardware enthusiast in their right mind would trip into Best Buy for most of their computer needs as it is. All you really need to know is how to put tube A in socket B and so on.. the amount of skill involved in setting up a completely custom cooling system still isn't all that high. I'm not saying that anyone who can use a keyboard can do it, just that it's easy enough that being among the world's best overclockers probably doesn't require all that much skill. Kind of like being among the world's best soda can stove makers.Like I said: no real objection to this kind of thing at all, and no offense meant to the people who took part in this, but overclocking just doesn't seem like something you could really have a competition with.
ThanosOfTitan - Friday, March 11, 2005 - link
The thing that piqued my curiosity the most was the mineral oil fish tank computer AMD was showcasing. I'd hate to have to work on that thing after it was submersed in oil.ThanosOfTitan - Friday, March 11, 2005 - link
MadAd - Thursday, March 10, 2005 - link
but these guys have to develop, build and test their own cooling system- i mean its not as if you can trip into best buy and walk out with the necessary freezer accessories preassembled in a rack like mr OPP has there.SDA - Thursday, March 10, 2005 - link
#21: Sorry, but I thought that cooling system would also go under "parts choice" (as in, choosing what parts of the system to buy; cooling is a vital part, no?).. my fault for not being clear enough.JoKeRr - Thursday, March 10, 2005 - link
and the worst part is when your new 1000 dollar processor (or what ever it is )dies..JoKeRr - Thursday, March 10, 2005 - link