View Full Version : Country with most overclockers per capita
WxChaser
05-28-2003, 02:00 PM
I nominate Belgium!
Haven't seen any hard core overclockers from Luxembourg in here, lol. But for now, it has to be Belgium well in the lead. :toast:
Johnny Knoxvill
05-28-2003, 02:03 PM
a lot of the people here are from belgium, even my friend in england is from belgium and he has a vapo.
WxChaser
05-28-2003, 02:05 PM
Yes, it's a country full of mad overclockers, for sure.
Not to mention some of the best in the world also.
Method Man
05-28-2003, 02:05 PM
USA Baby!!!!!:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
the USA folks have much earlier/cheaper acces to hardware, that's a pity :(
but anyway, in Belgium there are quite a lot of OC'ers
too bad manufacters often forget about belgium, lotsa stuff here comes from germany/the netherlands :mad:
e.g. when the first 1700+/1800+ JIUCB's showed up here, some guy elsewhere in europe already had a JIUHB doing 2.8 or so. that sux
DR. YT
05-28-2003, 02:13 PM
% wise id agree belgum is it total # of overclockers id say u.s.
WxChaser
05-28-2003, 02:13 PM
I'm from the U.S. but no way we have the highest ratio of overclockers (per capita, that is). That's why I nominated Belgium, although we have a ton of overclockers here over the pond.
Originally posted by Method Man
USA Baby!!!!!
he didn't say most OC per country :p
"overclockers per capita"
Belgium is ranked pretty high imho, lots of prometeia & vapo users here =)
and we have like 30 milj. peeps only here =)
Peckers
05-28-2003, 03:29 PM
I think Sweden has a quite good ratio aswell.
sweclockers.com has over 21k members, that forum has gone lame lately thougt. Not so many "hardcore" OC'ers mostly n00bs there nowadays.
There's LOT of Belgians at Xtreme atleast.
saaya
05-28-2003, 04:21 PM
germany too , rate of pcs per citicen is increasing incredibly fast. right now theres at least one pc in 80% of all households if not more, i personally only know 3 people without a pc...
faruquehabib
05-28-2003, 07:36 PM
us takes it, because not only do we oc computers, but also cars, lawnmowers, etc., etc. hehe
Creative
05-28-2003, 07:37 PM
Myself, Niko, Ragnarok, CodeRED, MCWB and Alphav7 keep up the Aussie prescense here on the forums and imo we do a pretty good job :)
We have proven the theroy that Australia gets the ยงยงยงยง ocing chips over the last few years also :p
hahahaha
I think the Europeans would be the highest per capita.....afterall, its under 25dc for 2.3 of the year ;)
hehehehe
Ruantic
05-28-2003, 07:38 PM
I'm from the U.S. but no way we have the highest ratio of overclockers (per capita, that is).
Nod, I agree, WAY to many Sheeple here in the US buying Dells!
wdd1040
05-28-2003, 08:25 PM
What about Asians? I know that there are quite a few Japanese that OC very well....
Ruantic
05-28-2003, 08:27 PM
Originally posted by wdd1040
What about Asians? I know that there are quite a few Japanese that OC very well....
Hehe, there are quite a few Asians period! per capita I don't think they would win though....
GVCryan
05-28-2003, 09:28 PM
I'd say Belgium, the Swedes, and the New Zealand folk are tops.
US has to have the most, but not per capita.
Same with Japan and Mainland Asia.
Evil_Spork
05-28-2003, 10:02 PM
germany has a pretty good showing from what ive seen.
Bleam!
05-28-2003, 11:25 PM
Sweet home, Belgium.
:banana:
Arent many of us UK guys, majormav and marci here
Belgium has JC :D But the US has OPP, TheDude etc
Craig
T@nker-xXx
05-29-2003, 12:17 AM
France
Ovrclockers inside :D
Pedro Rocha
05-29-2003, 02:45 AM
I would say Portugal, we are a small country (less than 10 million) and we have 4 or 5 Orb top 25 scores ...:D
Tettejaak
05-29-2003, 03:52 AM
Originally posted by jmke
he didn't say most OC per country :p
and we have like 30 milj. peeps only here =)
30 milj. peeps?? I used to learn that there were about 10 milj. peeps here:)
antipop
05-29-2003, 04:30 AM
Originally posted by T@nker-xXx
France
Ovrclockers inside :D I doubt that france has some major oc'er at least none like JC, OPP marci, and a few hundred more. We don't get good oc gear and they're sometimes too expensive. I've bought nearly all my cooling gear from the us because that's were there is the most choice at the best price
Holst
05-29-2003, 04:39 AM
Originally posted by CCW
Arent many of us UK guys, majormav and marci here
Belgium has JC :D But the US has OPP, TheDude etc
Craig
The UK has me too.
ohhh.....
I see your point :P
You defiantley see more high profile overclockers from belgum compared to there population.
There are allot of overclockers in the uK, but it seems that most of then just go for small OC's
Everybody in my UK CS clan was overclocked (maybee that was my influence lol )
Happy birthday as well Craig :D
I hope you get something that clocks nice.
antipop
05-29-2003, 05:36 AM
Nowadays a lot of guys who knows a bit about comp has tried to oc, but very have made overclocking a true hobbie. I've a friend who tried it but only oc'ed his comp by a few MHz, nothing impressive
saaya
05-29-2003, 05:37 AM
Hehe, there are quite a few Asians period! per capita I don't think they would win though....
japan and north europe definately win in xtreme ocing, about gerrmany... thougt about it again, there are about 85million people over here, compared to that we have a rather small ocing comunity at least REAL ocers not people who set their fsb to 140 and call them 1337 pc freaks :p we have a lot of those guys though! :D
TheDude
05-29-2003, 06:13 AM
I would have to say Belgium :D
Per capita wise....plus they are very Xtreme!
:toast:
One vote for Finland from me. 5 milj. people and many crazy overclockers. Including macci. :)
LN2 and Dry Ice are popular here. And not to forget the cold winter air. ;)
Penguin4x4
05-29-2003, 06:59 AM
Finland, Sweden, and Belgium are my guess. Wasn't there a guy from Finland that 3DMark raced against MrIcee last year?
Must agree on Sweden and Finland.
We have quite a bit of hardcore overclockers, the reson you don't see us high up on the orb etc is because we usally get all the nice hardware late and when it comes its expencive as hell :(
Originally posted by Holst
The UK has me too.
ohhh.....
I see your point :P
You defiantley see more high profile overclockers from belgum compared to there population.
There are allot of overclockers in the uK, but it seems that most of then just go for small OC's
Everybody in my UK CS clan was overclocked (maybee that was my influence lol )
Happy birthday as well Craig :D
I hope you get something that clocks nice.
Your one on the UKs best :toast: Wish I had a BArton like yours that clocked to 3GHz! :D
Thanks, my parents have refused to buy me stuff for my computer :( I already have enough apparently. I got a digital camera though :)
Craig
NyCUndaGrounD
05-29-2003, 07:39 AM
YEai would also say those european countires have the most overclockers per capita.
Originally posted by Tettejaak
30 milj. peeps?? I used to learn that there were about 10 milj. peeps here:)
we tend to grow :p
JCviggen
05-29-2003, 09:49 AM
Finland is up there too.... Belgium is 10 million inhabitants... thats nearly nothing. but the scandinavian countries like Norway and Finland have roughly the same population as Belgium....
so percentage wise I think its a lot compared to the US or asia
WxChaser
05-29-2003, 10:11 AM
JC - I've been waiting for you to weigh in on this and figured we'd hear from you soon. You're one of Belgium's (and Xtreme's) finest.
when it comes to overclocking...
dont forget to add that part, please.
DJ_Datte
05-29-2003, 11:48 AM
Sweden would be my bet
/DJ
Gig4moller
05-29-2003, 12:40 PM
Well I'd say Belgium :D
We've got many many oc'ers down Born2oc, madshrimps, ...
Not to forget our xtremest JCViggen :D
antipop
05-29-2003, 01:08 PM
Originally posted by JCviggen
Finland is up there too.... Belgium is 10 million inhabitants... thats nearly nothing. but the scandinavian countries like Norway and Finland have roughly the same population as Belgium....
so percentage wise I think its a lot compared to the US or asia How you've been? We haven't seen you for a while! Are you playing with that r9700pro?
WxChaser
05-29-2003, 01:18 PM
when it comes to overclocking...
dont forget to add that part, please.
jmke :D
Hognert
05-29-2003, 01:37 PM
My guess would definitely be Finland. That is if you look at the really extreme stuff.. Finland got lots of it and only about 5 million inhabitants.
zakelwe
05-29-2003, 02:16 PM
If you want to see the best people at video card overclocks then Vietnam leaves everyone else in the dust.
1) They don't get the latest kit due to lack of money and international barriers.
2) They live in a hot AND humid country ( double whammy).
They still manage fantastic overclocks on their cards. When they get up to the western standard of kit you can all kiss your great scores goodbye ..
Regards
Andy
Originally posted by WxChaser
jmke :D
what?
WxChaser
05-29-2003, 02:37 PM
jmke - I thought it was funny how you clarified about when it comes to overclocking. That's all.
Kamerat
05-29-2003, 02:39 PM
I think the Scandinavian countries, Finland and Belgium has a great overclockers/population-ratio. Denemark is the homecountry of the Vapochill and the Prometeia you know ;)
deeznuts
05-29-2003, 03:30 PM
Originally posted by zakelwe
If you want to see the best people at video card overclocks then Vietnam leaves everyone else in the dust.
1) They don't get the latest kit due to lack of money and international barriers.
2) They live in a hot AND humid country ( double whammy).
They still manage fantastic overclocks on their cards. When they get up to the western standard of kit you can all kiss your great scores goodbye ..
Regards
Andy
can you clarify? how do you know this. i just visited their last year (i am of vietnamese descent) and am interested in this. they do tinker a lot over there, i figure, but i haven't heard anything about this at all.
Holst
05-29-2003, 03:36 PM
Japan and Taiwan have some very good overclockers, but its just a bit hard to communicate with them.
The few that I know dont speak good english they just send me 330fsb 875 screenys :D
Originally posted by WxChaser
jmke - I thought it was funny how you clarified about when it comes to overclocking. That's all.
he is indeed Belgian's finest when it comes to overclocking, but it stops there.
just wanted to clarify that.
WxChaser
05-30-2003, 10:32 AM
Cool. I guess Van Damme takes Belgium's finest title then (NOT)!
I nominate Calantak as Belgian's finest :)
WxChaser
05-30-2003, 01:07 PM
Ok, you got me. WHO is Calantak (not googling it, lol)! Thanks.
Edit - I figured out who Calantak is, aka of MadShrimps fame.
Ocbench
05-30-2003, 01:56 PM
Well I would like to nominate Denmark however I dont think we will win.....
But at least we build Prometeia and VapoChill. So thats go to count for something..
WxChaser
05-30-2003, 02:12 PM
Speaking of Denmark - just got off the phone with Tats at xtwerkz. We talked about the Mach II's, had some questions on the new prommie.
They aren't taking pre-orders but should arrive in July as previously discussed elsewhere.
Denmark has got to be right up there. Now if the exchange rate between Denmark and the U.S. was better, I'd be better able to afford a Prometia! :D
Ocbench
05-30-2003, 02:38 PM
Originally posted by WxChaser
Speaking of Denmark - just got off the phone with Tats at xtwerkz. We talked about the Mach II's, had some questions on the new prommie.
They aren't taking pre-orders but should arrive in July as previously discussed elsewhere.
Denmark has got to be right up there. Now if the exchange rate between Denmark and the U.S. was better, I'd be better able to afford a Prometia! :D
Hey thats the way it always is....
But for some reason Prometeia is more expensive in Denmark. If I wanted to order the new Mach II I would import it back to Denmark to save myself some money.
The price here is Approx 763,-dollars US.
What are your prices btw?