Gigabyte Open Overclocking Championship 2008 - Taipei

[s e t h]

the final event in the Gigabyte Open Overclocking Chamionship 2008 will take place in Taipei on the 25th of September.

Myself and my benching partner TraX will be there along with our skilled friend Neo :cool:

who else is coming?...please post, with a photo if possible, and i'll update a list here.

we're looking foreward to seeing you all there :yepp:

for any errors, omissions or suggestions please post or pm me....thanks

the teams:

Team South Africa: myself and TraX
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/southafrica.jpg


Team Singapore: NightRaven and T_M from Team Au
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/Nightraven.jpg http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/tm.jpg

Team France/Belgium: Boblemagnifique and Pt1t
http://www.syndrome-oc.net/img/articles/ga2007/2ejour/demoesport7b.jpg
http://www.overclex.net/data/images/news/pt1tvolant.jpg

Team Indonesia: Benny Lodewijk, Hazzan and Andre X_X
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/benny.jpghttp://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/hazzan.jpg and Andre X_X

Team India:...harshal and Ankit
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/harshal.jpg
http://www.imgx.org/files/22572_zgum2/Ankit.jpg

Team Thailand?: ZoLKoRn and tor_za
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/zolkorn.jpg
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Team Sweden/Finland?: elmor and SF3D
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/elmorcrop.jpg http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/sampsasf3d.jpg
Team Sweden #2: Ekberg and Mean Machine
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/ekberg.jpg http://www.techsweden.org/main/image.php?id=IEOLBJ&n=meanie_s.jpeg

Team USA #1: boostedevo and G H Z
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/RA1D/g29.jpg and G H Z

Team Iran: ARH and MohammadReza Panahi
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=85014&stc=1&d=1221208085

Team Italy: giorgioprimo and Dimas
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/giorgioprimo.jpghttp://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/dimas.jpg

H.O.T: hipro5
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9339/hipro5pq0.jpg


Team USA #2: FUGGER and Vapor
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/RA1D/g11.jpgand Vapor

Team Russia: DeDaL and NeoForce

http://topmods.net/images_art/rsp/RSP_034.jpg
http://www.topmods.net/dedal/dsc_1217.jpg

Team Türkiye: tosunermc and hey
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/tosunermcheybz2.jpg

Team China #1: Victor

Team China #2 artkobe and hixie

Team.ANZ (NewZealand&Australia): Deanzo and dinos22
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8408/deansmithps9.jpg http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/7150/overclockerwideweb470x3qj0.jpg

Team Hong Kong: Lok and Tat
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=84522&stc=1&d=1220157635

Team Japan: kyosen and CAL930
http://club.gigabyte.co.jp/event/oc-pic/IMG_3573.JPG

Team Korea: Park Joon_sang and Park Sung hae
http://cfs7.tistory.com/image/22/tistory/2008/09/09/18/03/48c63be44256c
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/seikai.jpg

Team Germany: No_Name and stummerwinter

Team Malaysia: sup3rfly and irenic

Team Vietnam: Recoba and tsondt

Team Taiwan: Welder and hyde
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and not to forget the press ;)

The overclocker: Nick and Josh/moloko
Nick and http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4454/img0994aj3.jpg

Muropaketti.com: Sampsa
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/sampsasf3d.jpg

O/C TV: Trouffman

Hardware Canucks: MACMAC
http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image/mac/MISC/me.jpg

Systemshock.co.za : Jason Hartmann
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/jason.jpg

NAG Magazine South Africa: Neo Sibeko
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/neo.jpg

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for any errors, omissions or suggestions please post or pm me....thanks
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Event home page on Gigabyte server: http://gooc2008.gigabyte.com.tw

Hotel details: > Grand Hyatt Taipei < (http://taipei.grand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp) and > Google Earth link to hotel < (http://flytek.co.za/ge/grandhyatt.kmz)
Grand Hyatt Taipei
2, Song Shou Road,
Taipei, Taiwan 11051
Tel: +886 2 2720 1234
http://taipei.grand.hyatt.com/hyatt/images/hotels/taigh/map_taigh.gif

if your taxi ever gets lost just point to the tallest completed skyscraper in the world :D
your hotel situated on the North-East corner of Taipei101
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/skyline.jpg
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/hyatt.jpg


The place to meet is simply called "The Tavern", and is nearby on a corner.
http://www.tavern.com.tw/location.php

Just ask the hotel staff to mark it on a map.
Thats where the first drinks will be flowing and where i will look for everyone once arrive.

tavern map...i think
http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/tavernmap.jpg

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rules have been edited...if you don't see red entres in the text press ctrl. + F5
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it's going to be a great competition :up:

here's a link to the regional competition thread for more history: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=192630

[[XC] gomeler]

Hair dryers will not be provided, so ask nicely and borrow your girlfriend's for the event
Whoever wrote those slides deserves a high five :up: Looks like it'll be a very interesting event, those that go I hope they have fun.

[NightRaven]

i'll be there for Team Singapore. Let me go pull up a picture :D

T_M from Team Au will be my teammate again.

He was my teammate at 2007 aocc for team aussie so we're back! just tt flying my flag now instead :)

the only problem i have with the hardware is 2 4850s...

i'm like.. WHAT!?

[T_M]

The use of the xfire 4850's is gonna make things very interesting.
BIOS mods... in a time limited competition..... dot dot dot......

Anyway yeah ill be there boozing on like an Aussie but flying the Singaporean flag :D

[[XC] gomeler]

The 4850's scale much better if you have the right tools than the 4870's, so the man with the soldering skills will be set. The only problem.. Rivatuner doesn't adjust the clock frequencies so you guys will be stuck with the CCC limitations unless GamerHUD can adjust both cards.

Hard to do a BIOS mod if you don't have an app to flash the BIOS :D

[Pt1t]

My Teammate is Boblemagnifique :D


Edit : :rofl: Bios F3b or Newer ... i prefer newer one :rolleyes:

[Benny Lodewijk]

Me, Hazzan and Andre X_X will attend this competition. Looking forward to meet with you all.

And the interesting parts is we will use non reference HD4850 card ;), it will GiGABYTE own design HD4850 available at the end of this month. GamerHUD support offcourse:D and i don't think we need to re-flash the VGA BIOS.

@Nightraven & T_M : just like old time mate.......

[Planet]

gomeler;3203208']Whoever wrote those slides deserves a high five :up: Looks like it'll be a very interesting event, those that go I hope they have fun.

lol they assume overclockers/geeks have g/fs :D

[T_M]

Gomeler, read the slides again

[Pt1t]

Gomeler, read the slides again

yes .. the usb Bootable drive got Vga Bios Flash utility ;)

[Benny Lodewijk]

gomeler;3203377']The 4850's scale much better if you have the right tools than the 4870's, so the man with the soldering skills will be set. The only problem.. Rivatuner doesn't adjust the clock frequencies so you guys will be stuck with the CCC limitations unless GamerHUD can adjust both cards.

Hard to do a BIOS mod if you don't have an app to flash the BIOS :D

Interesting to find how to mods HD4850 GIGABYTE's own design

[s e t h]

Interesting to find how to mods HD4850 GIGABYTE's own designmaybe the cards have overvolt by software :shrug:

[Benny Lodewijk]

maybe the cards have overvolt by software :shrug:

yes sure, since GIGABYTE mentioned GamerHUD utility. But as we know, software always limited especially related to voltage. Btw, me, hazzan and Andre X_X are from Team Indonesia.

[[XC] gomeler]

Gomeler, read the slides again

Ahh, missed the bit about the bootable USB drive :up: Hope people bring GPU pots, 1050MHz runs should be do-able with just a vgpu mod :cool:

[Harshal]

I will be there :up:
V-Modding. *looks @ NR* :D

[bazx]

good luck guys

i already know you will have a blast

[hicookie]

The use of the xfire 4850's is gonna make things very interesting.
BIOS mods... in a time limited competition..... dot dot dot......

Anyway yeah ill be there boozing on like an Aussie but flying the Singaporean flag :D



lol..gee, im back, they also prepare amdgpuclock tool & vga bios, then you can flash it , or just use software tool to manage firex over-clock.:), that will be more interesting and more skills.

[hixie]

lol..gee, im back, they also prepare amdgpuclock tool & vga bios, then you can flash it , or just use software tool to manage firex over-clock.:), that will be more interesting and more skills.

Welcome back, you owe me big time :rofl:

[3oh6]

Edit : :rofl: Bios F3b or Newer ... i prefer newer one :rolleyes:
priceless ^^

if you guys need a hired soldering iron monkey...talk gigabyte into firing a plane ticket my way :up:

[jugeen]

GLHF guys! :)

[s e t h]

lol..gee, im back, they also prepare amdgpuclock tool & vga bios, then you can flash it , or just use software tool to manage firex over-clock.:), that will be more interesting and more skills.
welcome back :D ...will you be there too?

[Hazzan]

He he he he :welcome::welcome::welcome: Gigabyte Overclocking Championship 2008 - Taipei....see you all guys in there :).......any participant from other country........??? :):)

[NightRaven]

maybe the cards have overvolt by software :shrug:


well i hope gigabyte did something about it then.. last i used the software. it allowed 0.1v increment. and ovp at 0.15v from default.

i hardmodded to further test. and ovp 0.15v from default.

i went WHAT!?

[NightRaven]

lol..gee, im back, they also prepare amdgpuclock tool & vga bios, then you can flash it , or just use software tool to manage firex over-clock.:), that will be more interesting and more skills.

hicookie! then we go to Luxy this time okay? :D

[NightRaven]

I will be there :up:
V-Modding. *looks @ NR* :D

Goes... HUH!? WHAT?! WHere?! WHO!? hahahahaha~

[NightRaven]

Welcome back, you owe me big time :rofl:

haha will u be there Andrew?

[hicookie]

hicookie! then we go to Luxy this time okay? :D

yup,why not?:up:

[Pt1t]

yup,why not?:up:

Luxy ? what is it ? the disco bar where i wanted to go ?

[hixie]

haha will u be there Andrew?

For the competition? Nope, but i have a buisness trip to Taiwan around that time and i'll see if i can join them up ;)
but i need to know the date, so Mr hot chicks answer my MSN messages :slapass:

[[XC] gomeler]

Luxy ? what is it ? the disco bar where i wanted to go ?

There was a disco bar that we didn't go to?! Oh man.. HiCookie took us to the wrong place :shakes: :D

[Pt1t]

gomeler;3205679']There was a disco bar that we didn't go to?! Oh man.. HiCookie took us to the wrong place :shakes: :D

yeah ... that was where i wanna bought a jeans for pro ^^ where the girls were almost naked :rolleyes:

[[XC] gomeler]

yeah ... that was where i wanna bought a jeans for pro ^^ where the girls were almost naked :rolleyes:

Ohhh that one. We should have got some insulation and made pants for Pro so we could get in :ROTF:

[ZoLKoRn]

:pimp: Hehehe HD4850CF looking very interesting, cool i like ATI overclocking!!! :D see you all guy at Taipei ;)

[elmor]

I'll be there along with SF3D and Sampsa :D

[ryba]

ehh, next event without Poland :(

BTW. ppl from benchmark.pl don't know what is really mean overlclock something.

[hicookie]

ehh, next event without Poland :(

BTW. ppl from benchmark.pl don't know what is really mean overlclock something.

i believe poland has lots of over clocker, also has 3stages builder there.:)

[ryba]

i believe poland has lots of over clocker, also has 3stages builder there.:)

nOOb but not 3stages builder :rofl:

Yes, we in Poland have few great o/cers, but why GB don't invite any one from us? Ok, nvm, I don't like GB boards :cool:

[Achill3uS]

Ok, nvm, I don't like GB boards :cool:

:D:D

good luck for everybody who will be there, 2008 seems the year of a lot's of oc competitions, nice trend :up:

[BenchZowner]

Sometimes I wonder what my contact does...

[Benny Lodewijk]

nOOb but not 3stages builder :rofl:

Yes, we in Poland have few great o/cers, but why GB don't invite any one from us? Ok, nvm, I don't like GB boards :cool:

It's not invitation, as far as i know each region must do preliminary competition and the winner will be invited to Taipei.

[NightRaven]

haha just like old times benny!!!!!

@ thomas and chris... no thats no the one! that one is room 18. room 18 is different. there's also lava club but i didnt like it.

luxy is abit more... well better i think :D

but anyway its quite far into the city guys and i will be changing hotel as usual. If not its really a little too far :D so try to get ur stays extended guys!

[Harshal]

^^^ Ohhh mmn... I gotta make up for lost time in Taiwan :D:D:D

[T_M]

Luxy is a premium club and is full of classy hotties.
Seating is impossible to get on the night, so we should get Tim (Gigabyte) to arrange us a company reservation. Hicookie can you ask him?

[NightRaven]

aye i agree.

anyway i think i suddenly remembered. Competition will be at Hyatt i think. so no more lake hotel and being far from the clubs :D

[massman]

Ok, nvm, I don't like GB boards :cool:

Good thing you love MSI boards that much :D

[sup3rfly]

hi tim, nr, benny and harshal...i hope i can go to goc this time and meet u all again...its time to have fun^^

[T_M]

No noobs allowed SF :P

[sup3rfly]

No noobs allowed SF :P

>.< i hate u!!!!! :mad:
i m gonna kick ur a$$ this time hahaha

[Harshal]

Alrite... we have a war situation with Mal and SG team :p:

[T_M]

OK, i have got some confirmed info that the event will officially be on the 25th (Thursday) September.
Contestants will be flying in on the 24th, and then most will stay on until the 27th (Saturday) after some organised sight seeing and much partying ;)

So far the venue for both accommodation and the event are the hyatt, but the event may move to the new computer market which is still being decided.

I'll be arriving around 9:30pm on 24th, so will catch up with everyone at the bar soon after that.

[TraX]

OK, i have got some confirmed info that the event will officially be on the 25th (Thursday) September.
Contestants will be flying in on the 24th, and then most will stay on until the 27th (Saturday) after some organised sight seeing and much partying ;)

So far the venue for both accommodation and the event are the hyatt, but the event may move to the new computer market which is still being decided.

I'll be arriving around 9:30pm on 24th, so will catch up with everyone at the bar soon after that.Not much time to test the hardware, going to be a lot tougher than the last comp :p:

Looking forward to seeing you guys again & meeting some new people :up:

[NightRaven]

Alrite... we have a war situation with Mal and SG team :p:

what i didnt say anything!!!!

the aussie said it! haha~

[andre X_X]

why not having the event on a night Club then guys?? hahahaha....
that way will be more challenging :D

[[XC] gomeler]

Luxy is a premium club and is full of classy hotties.
Seating is impossible to get on the night, so we should get Tim (Gigabyte) to arrange us a company reservation. Hicookie can you ask him?

Company reservations to great clubs? Hrm... *picks up phone* "Why yes, I'd like to email myself to Taiwan"

[boostedevo]

Myself and G H Z will be there :up: Looking forward to meeting everyone :D

[Nosfer@tu]

I cant even qualify because the elimination rounds are held the 23 of this month.

Im in Amsterdam with MSI then HAHAH :D

Tried to get Gigabyte to push the date, But they dont care :)

[T_M]

Thats what you get for using MSI :P

[Benny Lodewijk]

what i didnt say anything!!!!

the aussie said it! haha~


hahaha the war at the clubs ??? :p: MAL vs SG (supported by AU):ROTF:


why not having the event on a night Club then guys?? hahahaha....
that way will be more challenging :D

What event ? It's not PC Overclocking for sure :D


Thats what you get for using MSI :P

:ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF:

Anyway, Team Indonesia (TEAM ID) will arrive at 24/9/2008 3.30 PM, so we are ready for drinking party at night.

[sup3rfly]

hahaha the war at the clubs ??? :p: MAL vs SG (supported by AU):ROTF:



What event ? It's not PC Overclocking for sure :D



:ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF:

Anyway, Team Indonesia (TEAM ID) will arrive at 24/9/2008 3.30 PM, so we are ready for drinking party at night.

dont want war now... want fun :P
tim plz show some mercy ;)

[NightRaven]

hahaha the war at the clubs ??? :p: MAL vs SG (supported by AU):ROTF:



What event ? It's not PC Overclocking for sure :D



:ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF:

Anyway, Team Indonesia (TEAM ID) will arrive at 24/9/2008 3.30 PM, so we are ready for drinking party at night.

5.45pm for me :) so that sounds good :D

[NightRaven]

dont want war now... want fun :P
tim plz show some mercy ;)

u can ask mercy from the Aussie but NEVA from the Singaporean! hahahahahaa~:D

[Amey]

Best of luck guys !!!
Have fun ;)

[NightRaven]

haha James dont make a few of us fly over just to get u up and moving again okay! :) u can do it bro!

i'm serious about the flying over part.. ur not more than a few hours away only afterall! :D

anyway for the guys going to the compy.. pls drop me a pm with ur flight number and what time u arrive on the 24th. i'm compiling a list so we all know when each other hit :)

I'll pass it to trax so he can keep it posted in the first post :)

for now i'll (Singapore - EVA Air- wanted to try something different from Singapore Air :D) be hitting at 5.45pm on 24 sept, indonesia (air china) will be hitting at 3pm and south africa (cathay pac) at 10am.

[M.Beier]

... What a sad turn in the thread :(
What a pitty YP.... Life is often cruel, sadly.... Keeping my fingers crossed for you to get well and react "positive" well to the treatment...

- As for the Gigabyte contest; not going, not making an entry for qualification, cant get time off from work.... Started as IT-Consultant again, so no time for fun anymore :(

[Gautam]

I tackily moved all of the well wishes for James here (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=198226) as I felt it deserved a thread of it's own.

[hicookie]

Update, here is the 4850 mounting distance which will be used for the final taipei,make sure your VGA kits fit it.

http://pic.xfastest.com/hicookie/532.jpg

[TraX]

Update, here is the 4850 mounting distance which will be used for the final taipei,make sure your VGA kits fit it.Thanks - thats goign to help :up:

[Harshal]

Why??? why keep changing mounting specs all the time??? stick to a common pattern for GFX :p:

[elmor]

Why??? why keep changing mounting specs all the time??? stick to a common pattern for GFX :p:

It's not changed, it's the same as 2900XT/3870. Should be the same as many others aswell but those are the ones I know for sure :)

[Harshal]

^^^ yeah man I know[G92 GT/GTS/GTX and 3870 are 58.5mm ] but I think overall companies should stick to one spec to make things like aftermarket cooling solutions more effectively used by all.

Sorry for OT!

[elmor]

^^^ yeah man I know[G92 GT/GTS/GTX and 3870 are 58.5mm ] but I think overall companies should stick to one spec to make things like aftermarket cooling solutions more effectively used by all.

Sorry for OT!

Ok, I see what you mean. Same thing with everything, they just won't use common standards :D

[artkobe]

GOCC China 1st and 2nd winner will go to taiwan jion this contest
GOCC China will finis in 28th this month,so I am trying my best to win this contest:D
i hope we can meet again,hahahah

[hicookie]

GOCC China 1st and 2nd winner will go to taiwan jion this contest
GOCC China will finis in 28th this month,so I am trying my best to win this contest:D
i hope we can meet again,hahahah

i know the rule of china, hope this thread will let you improve scores
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=198651

[artkobe]

i know the rule of china, hope this thread will let you improve scores
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=198651

;)thanks cookie

[s e t h]

Update, here is the 4850 mounting distance which will be used for the final taipei,make sure your VGA kits fit it.

http://pic.xfastest.com/hicookie/532.jpg
thanks for that...will help with block design....do you know if this is the same mounting spaces as the 4870X2?

also if you know...is the core below the level of the shim? or can we make the contact face of the block 50mm square or so and still get contact?

[hicookie]

thanks for that...will help with block design....do you know if this is the same mounting spaces as the 4870X2?

also if you know...is the core below the level of the shim? or can we make the contact face of the block 50mm square or so and still get contact?

4870x2 is much smaller,62mm of crossing,50mm square is too big
you also need to escape PCIe power & Bridge chip:)
http://pic.xfastest.com/hicookie/Gigabyte/4870x2/4870x2_old1.jpg

[T_M]

Just to confirm, there is a shim around the die that we need to avoid?

[youngpro]

there better be more team australia damage like in tims avatar photo at this event ;)

have a few taiwan beers for me PLEASE!

[T_M]

For sure, Táiwān Píjiu all round!

[s e t h]

thanks hicookie :)
T_M i pulled the cooler of my 4870 to find out that the core is higher than the shim so no need to machine an extra small face into the block.

now we just need someone to figure out this bridge chip scenario if the block need to fit X2's as well

edit:...anyone got a naked X2 handy who could tell us which components around the core are taller than the actual core?..and how far from the centre of the core they are :D

[ARH]

Hi guys
I found this topic today, friendly and interesting :) I will be there from team IRAN. I am the winner of the regional preliminary competition in IRAN, looking forward to meet with you all.

[[XC] gomeler]

Not sure if this website has been posted, here's your online home away from home!

http://gooc2008.gigabyte.com.tw/

[s e t h]

Hi guys
I found this topic today, friendly and interesting :) I will be there from team IRAN. I am the winner of the regional preliminary competition in IRAN, looking forward to meet with you all.looking foreward to meeting you in Taipei :up:

[giorgioprimo]

i'll be there with Dimas :)

[T_M]

Will be good to catch up with you this time Georgio - last event no time or luck to hang out :(
Lascia il partito

[ARH]

Is it necessary to use LN2 container for cooling NB ? how are you thinking about default NB radiator of EP47T-Extreme :

http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/articles/2008/2612/radiator.jpg

[andre X_X]

i think no need for LN2 on chipset since we're stuck on 500ish FSB

[hixie]

gomeler;3230186']Not sure if this website has been posted, here's your online home away from home!

http://gooc2008.gigabyte.com.tw/

Wow, i see hixie in the first couple of seconds! :rofl:

[Pt1t]

Is it necessary to use LN2 container for cooling NB ? how are you thinking about default NB radiator of EP47T-Extreme :

http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/articles/2008/2612/radiator.jpg

with stock cooling board pushed my qx to 551 mhz fsb quad core enabled ... and E8500 to + 670mhz . I think if you dont want to do +700mhz fsb, LN2 doesnt have to be used to cool NB :up:

[ARH]

thanks for your reply.
mmm...
can we bring our moded GIGABYTE radeon HD 4850 in the P45 OC contest ? I think that we wont have enough time for this work.

[T_M]

No you must use the supplied cards.
Everyone has the same time contraints - so all fair.
Modding within the time limit is actually pretty easy if you pre-prepare your mod components well. Soldering onto board takes only a few minutes.

[[XC] gomeler]

No you must use the supplied cards.
Everyone has the same time contraints - so all fair.
Modding within the time limit is actually pretty easy if you pre-prepare your mod components well. Soldering onto board takes only a few minutes.

Agreed, I can mod an HD4850 in about 3 minutes if I have the wires pre-cut and the resistor connected to the wires already. Hell, I can have the card going at 1.55v in 3.5 minutes ;)

[[XC] gomeler]

Is it necessary to use LN2 container for cooling NB ? how are you thinking about default NB radiator of EP47T-Extreme :

http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/articles/2008/2612/radiator.jpg

I have poured LN2 directly into the water-block built into the board for a decent effect. Would highly recommend not doing this though as the heatpipe is really good at removing heat from everything else and quickly causing the entire assembly to go sub-ambient.

[ARH]

gomeler;3236616']I have poured LN2 directly into the water-block built into the board for a decent effect. Would highly recommend not doing this though as the heatpipe is really good at removing heat from everything else and quickly causing the entire assembly to go sub-ambient.

sorry, do you recommend to pour LN2 into the water block of MB ? it isn't too tall.

I know that we will be rival, but you know that I am newbie here and do not have serious OC exprience, I am appreciate you for guiding me.

[massman]

I know that we will be rival, but you know that I am newbie here and do not have serious OC exprience, I am appreciate you for guiding me.

Welcome to XS then! :D

When it comes to extreme subzero overclocking, don't be afraid to ask questions. Everyone here has had his/her first ln² session and most of them do remember how dangerous it felt :).

[T_M]

Do not pour LN2 into the waterblock unless you have completely insulated all areas around teh entire heasink/pipe assembly.
After a short period of time the entire assembly will coat in condensation and eventually you may have water on the board/components.
For this competition, the standard heatsinks will be more than enough since quad core FSB's do not stress the NB enough to require cooling more.

[ARH]

Welcome to XS then! :D

When it comes to extreme subzero overclocking, don't be afraid to ask questions. Everyone here has had his/her first ln² session and most of them do remember how dangerous it felt :).

hi massman
thanks for your kind reply ;) glad to meet you too.

[ARH]

Do not pour LN2 into the waterblock unless you have completely insulated all areas around teh entire heasink/pipe assembly.
After a short period of time the entire assembly will coat in condensation and eventually you may have water on the board/components.
For this competition, the standard heatsinks will be more than enough since quad core FSB's do not stress the NB enough to require cooling more.

you are right :yepp:, I will use default cooling solution for NB, thanks again for your guide. :)

[hipro5]

I will be there too guys with my teammate "aggressive" (my wife :p: )........ :D

[Charles Wirth]

Oh noes, I get to meet Hipro5

Confirming that I am part of the second USA team.

[hipro5]

Oh noes, I get to meet Hipro5

Confirming that I am part of the second USA team.

Heh, heh, heh...... Yes I will finally meet you Charles ....BUT when we talk each other, PLEASE speek slowly so I can totaly understand what you are saying....... :D :p:

[Harshal]

Man... its going to be a good meet once again :D
Change of Airline means I will be there @ Airport by 11:50AM.

[ARH]

....BUT when we talk each other, PLEASE speek slowly so I can totaly understand what you are saying....... :D :p:

I have this limitation too :)

[T_M]

Great George, i'll enjoy a few cold ones with you too :D

[ARH]

4870x2 is much smaller,62mm of crossing,50mm square is too big
you also need to escape PCIe power & Bridge chip:)
http://pic.xfastest.com/hicookie/Gigabyte/4870x2/4870x2_old1.jpg

So we need two LN2 pot for one 4870x2 card ?

[s e t h]

So we need two LN2 pot for one 4870x2 card ?yes (unless one pot can contact both X2 cores)...but the X2 is not part of the competition...i just want to make sure my new blocks work with the X2's as well as the 4850's.

i will have an X2 this weekend to check out all the surface components to be avoided by the blocks.

also i should be able to post a workable design up for everyone to be able to make :up:

[ARH]

yes (unless one pot can contact both X2 cores)...but the X2 is not part of the competition...
:up:

you are right in P45 OC contest, but what are you planed for Freestyle contest ? can we use our P45 OC contest in freestyle ? I need corsair Dominator memory from the first contest.


i just want to make sure my new blocks work with the X2's as well as the 4850's.

as I understand, they are different and I should build different pots for them. is it true ?

[s e t h]

if i recall all the kit from the p45 oc contest will be available for the freestyle event as well...also you may contact GB if there is anything special you need for the freestyle event.

the blocks i'm designing now will work for most cards...recent nvidia ones, ati ones, crossfire if you have two of them...and will also fit the X2 (possibly a separate holddown will be needed for the X2).
they will not fit with SLI if the slots have only one empty slot between the cards...they are too big to fit tri-sli
i will post full design pictures in a short while...hopefully some constructive comments from the top guns here can be put to good use :up:

[s e t h]

ok here is the design...any and all comments welcome...please bare in mind this is not yet final as we'll only be checking the naked X2 this weekend.
i'm not wild about the mounting design but it should work and we couldn't think of something better while still getting as much mass in.
surface area is over 150cm2 and for a modern gpu block it will be heavy.
the holddown for the X2 is not ready and may not be needed at all...it depends what might be in the way on the X2 pcb.

[ARH]

why you don't want to use default Base hold down ? in this picture (http://www.ixbt.com/video3/images/rv770/hd4850-scan-back.jpg) shows that it seems enough strong ( picture dedicated to 4850)

[Oliver]

Going to be a blast, its surely going to be fun guys

[s e t h]

ARH - i can't see your link
that holdown on the drawing sits between the block and the card....there is no backplate
the idea is to not have to remachine the block every time someone changes mounting hole spacings

it has been dry ice tested on an 8800ultra but i think this block will have to be narrowed to miss the capacitor on the standard 4850:
can anyone get the dimension indicated in the pic (horizontal distance between the centre of the mount bolt and the edge of the capacitor indicated)...scuze the quality :P

[Mean Machine]

I'll be there along with SF3D and Sampsa :D
And Ekberg will be there harassing you as well. Even possibly myself. :)

[Donor]

Russia also will be there :)

http://topmods.net/images_art/rsp/RSP_034.jpg
DeDaL

http://www.topmods.net/dedal/dsc_1217.jpg
NeoFroce

[Kriller]

An article from the Swedish final:

http://www.techsweden.org/index.php?view=IEOLBJ

It's in swedish, but many pictures.

The contest was to overclock an QX9650 as high as possible and verify the "stabilty" with Pi 4M (The time don't matter).

[hicookie]

An article from the Swedish final:

http://www.techsweden.org/index.php?view=IEOLBJ

It's in swedish, but many pictures.

The contest was to overclock an QX9650 as high as possible and verify the "stabilty" with Pi 4M (The time don't matter).

cool, now another team comes out for the final taipei :)

[Oliver]

Going to be a blast, and i can see Razzz also was at the place where the final competition round was hold

Time to go push it guys soon ;)

[Barr3l Rid3r]

Nice event, but 5k doesn't pay even the flight ticket...They realy assumes overclockers sux w/ this.... any other world sport competition prize it's a lot higher... An its not related w/ bilionaire hardware brands like gigabyte, Intel and corsair...

Rise the price!

[Mean Machine]

Nice event, but 5k doesn't pay even the flight ticket...They realy assumes overclockers sux w/ this.... any other world sport competition prize it's a lot higher... An its not related w/ bilionaire hardware brands like gigabyte, Intel and corsair...

Rise the price!

It's not like you'll have to pay for the flight and hotel yourself. $5K USD isn't exactly bad when you can do whatever you want with it. Not that everyone will receive that kind of money, but the worst thing that can happen is that you get a nice, paid experience. :)

[Mean Machine]

An article from the Swedish final:

http://www.techsweden.org/index.php?view=IEOLBJ

It's in swedish, but many pictures.

The contest was to overclock an QX9650 as high as possible and verify the "stabilty" with Pi 4M (The time don't matter).

Yeah, and that last picture of me with my mouth open never happened.

[ARH]

ARH - i can't see your link
that holdown on the drawing sits between the block and the card....there is no backplate
the idea is to not have to remachine the block every time someone changes mounting hole spacings

it has been dry ice tested on an 8800ultra but i think this block will have to be narrowed to miss the capacitor on the standard 4850:
can anyone get the dimension indicated in the pic (horizontal distance between the centre of the mount bolt and the edge of the capacitor indicated)...scuze the quality :P

do you sure that your card will not hurt without backplate ? why you wont use default backplate of the aircooler. (shown in the attachment)

seems no one have a 4850 card in this topic to help us for designing precise pot. I can access the one but at least in the weekend.

[Vapor]

Looks like it's gonna be me and FUGGER for the second USA team :D

[dinos22]

Heh, heh, heh...... Yes I will finally meet you Charles ....BUT when we talk each other, PLEASE speek slowly so I can totaly understand what you are saying....... :D :p:

hahahahah as long as there is no discussion on anything computer related you're in luck hehe

man all these competitions are going off big time
MSI, GB, Asus lol it's going off

i'm liking the freestyle comp they have in Sept but only 2 hours

[andre X_X]

why usa has 2nd Team and other coutry not? :D:D

[s e t h]

do you sure that your card will not hurt without backplate ? why you wont use default backplate of the aircooler. (shown in the attachment)yes...i've not used a backplate on a gpu for years so i know its ok...but sure it looks like it will fit fine so it can work.



seems no one have a 4850 card in this topic to help us for designing precise pot. I can access the one but at least in the weekend.looking foreward to the dimms :)

[Trouffman]

why usa has 2nd Team and other coutry not? :D:D

France and Belgium seems to have One team ;) (French-speaking tema:jap:)

[Gautam]

hahahahah as long as there is no discussion on anything computer related you're in luck hehe

You mean like pushingtheclocksofcomputerhardwareusingadvancedcoo lingequipment?

[emo]

Hong Kong's qualifying round will start at 30/8... soon i will be confirming to go. XD

Be my team having no advantage on the qualifying round since only watercooling is allowed and low temp. CPU seems to be the best for the qualifying which i don't have. I will do my best to make myself joining you guys party in TW

[hicookie]

Hong Kong's qualifying round will start at 30/8... soon i will be confirming to go. XD

Be my team having no advantage on the qualifying round since only watercooling is allowed and low temp. CPU seems to be the best for the qualifying which i don't have. I will do my best to make myself joining you guys party in TW

go go go ....lol

[sup3rfly]

Hong Kong's qualifying round will start at 30/8... soon i will be confirming to go. XD

Be my team having no advantage on the qualifying round since only watercooling is allowed and low temp. CPU seems to be the best for the qualifying which i don't have. I will do my best to make myself joining you guys party in TW

emo good luck and kah yau
hope to see u there again xD

[hey]

me and tosunermc will be there, hope to meet all of you guys :)

[ARH]

it has been dry ice tested on an 8800ultra but i think this block will have to be narrowed to miss the capacitor on the standard 4850:
can anyone get the dimension indicated in the pic (horizontal distance between the centre of the mount bolt and the edge of the capacitor indicated)...scuze the quality :P

here you are:

[moloko]

Hey guys,

Nick and I will be there once again working on The Overclocker. We'll be sure to find out who has the amusing last names (we love ya, no really, we do), who can talks the fastest, who can avoid talking about pink bits, who likes tweaked nipples and all loads of silly stuff that tends to happen while 'on tour'.

For those of you that haven't met me before, I'm the lucky fellow below ;)


http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4454/img0994aj3.jpg


Peace,


-Josh.

[Gautam]

Nice rack on the far right.

[ZoLKoRn]

Hey guys,

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4454/img0994aj3.jpg


Peace,


-Josh.

Give me one Josh :D:D:D

well now here we have the winner from Thailand on GIGABYTE OC VEGUS is will come with me, well i'll post pics of event later ;)

[Sampsa]

I got my flight tickets, I'll arrive to Taipei 24th of September around 6 pm.

[Mean Machine]

I got my flight tickets, I'll arrive to Taipei 24th of September around 6 pm.

And I guess I'll be seeing you there, so you'll have someone to speak finnish to, except SF3D of course. :)

[giorgioprimo]

I got my flight tickets, I'll arrive to Taipei 24th of September around 6 pm.

KLM via amsterdam ?

[andre X_X]

Nice rack on the far right.
you have good eyes gautam :D....

looks like we wont be using 4850, its 4870 ref card now....

[blind_ripper]

LOL dubble post or something like that :D

[Monstru]

Any news about this competition in Romania? :)

[boblemagnifique]

My Teammate is Boblemagnifique :D


Edit : :rofl: Bios F3b or Newer ... i prefer newer one :rolleyes:

Yeah baby (and Trouffman , yet !! :D )

we have arrived to Taipei 24th of September around 10am :up:

[Pt1t]

Yeah baby (and Trouffman , yet !! :D )

we have arrived to Taipei 24th of September around 10am :up:



Welcome Trouffman :rofl: , now we can take pics of your ass on 101 tower :up:

[Oliver]

Lol guys, and moloko is good fellow :)

[artkobe]

1.time and me, Victor and CD-Key will go to Taiwan,hahah
CHINA's qualifying round just be finished yesterday,and i got 2nd this time:D

[s e t h]

congrats...i remember your bench table from HK for being totally neat even with the rest of us making a huge mess...i'll try to emulate your tidyness this time since it clearly made a big difference :D

[giorgioprimo]

you have good eyes gautam :D....

looks like we wont be using 4850, its 4870 ref card now....

what do you mean ?

they will change 4850 crossfire for 4870 crossfire ? or wath ?

[Harshal]

Yeah... can some1 clear what GFX are we finally using for Compy??

EDIT: Josh, I am sure many guys here envy you :D

[M3 CSL]

Give me one Josh :D:D:D

well now here we have the winner from Thailand on GIGABYTE OC VEGUS is will come with me, well i'll post pics of event later ;)


I'm so be uncomfortable because in Gigabyte Open Overclocking Chamionship 2008 have many Overclocker stars. But I'm Baby overclocker. :D

[boostedevo]

Oh noes, I get to meet Hipro5

Confirming that I am part of the second USA team.


Looks like it's gonna be me and FUGGER for the second USA team :DI didn't know there was going to be a second team, that's awesome! Looking forward to seeing you again Charles...and meeting you Vapor :) Any chance we'll all be on the same cross-Pacific flight??

[s e t h]

i checked with GB....the cards are switched to 4870 CF for the competition according to them.

[giorgioprimo]

i checked with GB....the cards are switched to 4870 CF for the competition according to them.


well..... now I have 2 gigabyte 4850 bought about 1 week ago, still sealed, to sell :(

[s e t h]

hmmmm....not very clever to change cards so late...i hope they don't change their minds again

[RyderOCZ]

Nice rack on the far right.Amazing what push up bra's can do.

[Trouffman]

Yeah baby (and Trouffman , yet !! :D )

we have arrived to Taipei 24th of September around 10am :up:


Welcome Trouffman :rofl: , now we can take pics of your ass on 101 tower :up:

I'm in :p:

So that mean you guys will have a live broadcast (if there is an internet connection @ the competition place...) and a dedicated O/C TV episode !

looking forward to see you again my friends !

[dinos22]

congrats to Deanzo on last night's win

me and Dean had to go to extra round and he took it out.........

first round was great with me and Dean trading shots after i changed to a new board as my first one died separating us by 0.400s at final time............2m00.3s vs 1m59.9s

second round deanzo had to back off more than me on 4 cores and i took 3DMARK06 with about 22140 point score with a GTX280 on air.................deanzo did 212xx i think in the end

extra time was supposed to be 3DMARK01 but the file we had was corrupt so we went to 4M SuperPi instead....my machine could not boot to windows.........just couldn't get it going.......when i did it was at some supermediocre clocks.....board had enough for the night i think hehehe :rofl:.....it was an up and down night for both of us :up: hheheheh.............shame we couldn't battle it out in the end but it really didn't matter....we had a lot of fun and finally put a name to a face....great event by Gigabyte once again :up:

Team.ANZ(Australia&NewZealand) will see you all in Taiwan in September :D

went to a few places to drink up a bit.......had a snack to eat and noticed an unusual sign hehehehe

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9110/kpyu8.jpg


after that we went back to the original venue but not it was clubbing time

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl10KnC8UVY
bit loud turn volume down a bit heheh

my ears are still ringing.....:banana::banana::banana::banana: i'm getting old :rolleyes:

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7688/homebardt0.jpg

[dinos22]

i checked with GB....the cards are switched to 4870 CF for the competition according to them.

actually i would not be 100% sure on that either........i've been told last night that it may even be 4850 X2 lol

[G H Z]

congrats to Deanzo on last night's win

me and Dean had to go to extra round and he took it out.........

So it will be you and Deanzo hitting Taipei? Nice! :D :clap:

[s e t h]

Hicookie - any confirmation on the gpu's?...also maybe you have a pcb design for this 4850X2?

[Mean Machine]

I'm in :p:

So that mean you guys will have a live broadcast (if there is an internet connection @ the competition place...) and a dedicated O/C TV episode !

looking forward to see you again my friends !
Woah, cool. I remember chatting with you a bit on the NordicHardware IRC channel a while back (a year or so), and also a rather strange picture of you eating Pimousse.

Guess I'll see you in Taipei. :)

[Benny Lodewijk]

As far as i know, the card will change from HD4850 CF to HD4870 CF.. wait for official confirmation from GB

[4Qman]

Dinos22, dude that club looks alright., If i went i would have to be pulled from the club as i would never want to leave :p:

[giorgioprimo]

actually i would not be 100% sure on that either........i've been told last night that it may even be 4850 X2 lol


Hicookie - any confirmation on the gpu's?...also maybe you have a pcb design for this 4850X2?


As far as i know, the card will change from HD4850 CF to HD4870 CF.. wait for official confirmation from GB



c'mon guys, let we know something sure....

don't think that 4850X2 is a good choice........

[Benny Lodewijk]

c'mon guys, let we know something sure....

don't think that 4850X2 is a good choice........


Wait till monday, they will inform it officially.

[Deanzo]

congrats to Deanzo on last night's win

we had a lot of fun and finally put a name to a face....great event by Gigabyte once again :up:



Thanks mate,

It was great to meet you along with kayl, hicookie, Josh, Lili (Gigabyte), Eric (Western Digital), Nick and all the guys from Atomic (I wont name you all, just in case I miss someone :))
Oh, and the two hot Gigabyte girls :up:

I had alot of fun (Gigabyte really looked after us, big thanks Lili, your the best), and am really looking forward to Taipei.



So it will be you and Deanzo hitting Taipei?


Yep :D,
It will be very cool to meet you.



Dinos22, dude that club looks alright., If i went i would have to be pulled from the club as i would never want to leave


It's the first club I have ever been asked for ID at.......I'm pushing 36 :rofl:
Then they security wanded (metal detecter ) and my pockets were padded down.
Don't get any of that where I live.

[hey]

actually i would not be 100% sure on that either........i've been told last night that it may even be 4850 X2 lol

change as 4850X2 or 2*4850X2 ?? :)

[Benny Lodewijk]

Congrats to you Deanzo and Dinos22, looking forward to meet you in Taipei.

[dinos22]

heh

yeah let's wait for next week for final confirmation but one thing is for sure
it will be ATI heheheheh

time to learn how to OC with ATI i guess hahahah

[emo]

:clap:Hong Kong - Lok and Tat is coming

[Harshal]

Congrats Lok & Tat. :clap:
See you guys in Taiwan :)

[andre X_X]

congrats team anti-x.... looks like we'll meet again in taipei :D

[artkobe]

:clap:Hong Kong - Lok and Tat is coming


:Dsee you in HK next week and see u in TW next month:rofl:

[TraX]

Congrats guys see you there :D


change as 4850X2 or 2*4850X2 ?? :)2 x 4850x2 = 4 x gpu pots :p: This will be interesting, how many guys have 4 blocks? Does anyone know how well the 4850's are responding to LN2?

[sup3rfly]

:clap:Hong Kong - Lok and Tat is coming

gong hei gong hei ah lok.... i missed the AOCC this time we will meet again :D

[giorgioprimo]

I was thinking about the power-line wich is 125 volt in taipei,
All my tools ( solder iron, hot glue gun, hot air gun) work @ 220 volt , i think is the same for most of people.

How is possible to solve it ? any chance to get there an inverter ( 125 to 220) ?

[ARH]

I'm so be uncomfortable because in Gigabyte Open Overclocking Chamionship 2008 have many Overclocker stars. But I'm Baby overclocker. :D

Don't worry, we are too :up:

[ARH]

i checked with GB....the cards are switched to 4870 CF for the competition according to them.

very bad, we have designed our GPU containers :down: dose it's mounting space change with 4850 ?
GB also wrote about 4870 in official website.

[ARH]

I was thinking about the power-line wich is 125 volt in taipei,
All my tools ( solder iron, hot glue gun, hot air gun) work @ 220 volt , i think is the same for most of people.

How is possible to solve it ? any chance to get there an inverter ( 125 to 220) ?

we have this problem in team IRAN, can I ask some one who live in 110v country to buy 110v solder iron for us ? :rolleyes:

[hey]

I was thinking about the power-line wich is 125 volt in taipei,
All my tools ( solder iron, hot glue gun, hot air gun) work @ 220 volt , i think is the same for most of people.

How is possible to solve it ? any chance to get there an inverter ( 125 to 220) ?

yea sure the same problem here :)

[G H Z]

How is possible to solve it ? any chance to get there an inverter ( 125 to 220) ?

Check this slide giorgio, it gives you the info on Taiwan power - 3-pin Type B

http://flytek.effectivehosting.co.za/pics/taipei/regulations.jpg

[Trouffman]

adapter is only a part of the questions, All the European guys are in 220V, and U.S.A and america in general use 110V... Taipei is 125V....

The problems isn't about the power plugs but the 125 -> 220V power :D

[giorgioprimo]

found solution, bought 2 of those:

http://www.fratellidelpiano.com/images/img/45FV.gif

is not just an adapter but a power converter, and is good for 50 watt, wich is enough for solder iron and hot glue gun :)

[Sampsa]

I'm hoping to update my status from media to media/overclocker :)

[Benny Lodewijk]

we have this problem in team IRAN, can I ask some one who live in 110v country to buy 110v solder iron for us ? :rolleyes:

simple solution. Bought a solder iron with 110 ~ 240v, my country using 220v volt too but it's easy to find solder iron 110 ~240v specs here.

[Benny Lodewijk]

Today i just talking with GB person, they said it's 100% confirmed we will use HD4870 (reference card) in CF mode. They will release the new rule today.

[Harshal]

Ohh so 2 * 4870s now??

[T_M]

Those converters can be bought from most electronic shops in Taiwan FYI

[Benny Lodewijk]

GB already changing the VGA spec. on GOOC site (http://gooc2008.gigabyte.com.tw/index_en.html). But the funny thing, picture shown still HD4850 and the detail info is HD4870 with GDDR3 memory. :D

[Sampsa]

GB already changing the VGA spec. on GOOC site (http://gooc2008.gigabyte.com.tw/index_en.html). But the funny thing, picture shown still HD4850 and the detail info is HD4870 with GDDR3 memory. :D

Is it reference 4870 or their own design?

[Pt1t]

Is it reference 4870 or their own design?

info on gigabyte website said GDDR3

But box said GDDR5

http://www.gigabyte.fr/FileList/Image/vga_productimage_gv-r487-512h-b_big.jpg

[dinos22]

maaaaaaaaaaaaaan i hate the fact we are going to use quads

it would have been so much better if they used E8600 CPUs but i guess that's what they've decided :(

[hicookie]

very bad, we have designed our GPU containers :down: dose it's mounting space change with 4850 ?
GB also wrote about 4870 in official website.

man, the distance is the same ;)

[Benny Lodewijk]

Is it reference 4870 or their own design?

After re-check again with them, its HD4870 reference board with GDDR5. So... they will update it again for specs.

[dinos22]

man, the distance is the same ;)

lol

hey hicookie

can you confirm if they will be GDDR3 or GDDR5 cards

reference or non-reference design

btw can you beat someone up who decided to pick QX9650 CPUs lol
we got no chance to break any records whatsoever with those things lol................why not go E8600....we could have been benching at 6GHz+ easy...would have been more exciting hehehehe

[hicookie]

lol

hey hicookie

can you confirm if they will be GDDR3 or GDDR5 cards

reference or non-reference design

btw can you beat someone up who decided to pick QX9650 CPUs lol
we got no chance to break any records whatsoever with those things lol................why not go E8600....we could have been benching at 6GHz+ easy...would have been more exciting hehehehe


bro, it's reference design, GDDR5;), and say it again , not x2 its CF
i pretty sure most guys already have pots for graphics.

[hicookie]

lol

btw can you beat someone up who decided to pick QX9650 CPUs lol
we got no chance to break any records whatsoever with those things lol................why not go E8600....we could have been benching at 6GHz+ easy...would have been more exciting hehehehe

you can bring your own e8600 for freestyle and break some wr

[Deanzo]

Is the freestyle event only for "Global" WR's, or are "Hardware" WR's counted and score points ?

[hicookie]

Is the freestyle event only for "Global" WR's, or are "Hardware" WR's counted and score points ?

Hardware Records.

[Pt1t]

Is the freestyle event only for "Global" WR's, or are "Hardware" WR's counted and score points ?

yes HW WR , I m waiting this contest to pu 6.3ghz to my qx ^^

[dinos22]

bro, it's reference design, GDDR5;), and say it again , not x2 its CF
i pretty sure most guys already have pots for graphics.

heh between me and Deanzo we could bench Xfire X2 cards no probs lol

[Deanzo]

Hardware Records.

Ta :)

ATI and Nvidia Gigabyte cards ?

[hicookie]

Ta :)

ATI and Nvidia Gigabyte cards ?

woop, only ATI graphic can join that.

[dinos22]

yes HW WR , I m waiting this contest to pu 6.3ghz to my qx ^^

?? QX
are you saying you have a QX that can hit 6.3GHz?

[Deanzo]

heh between me and Deanzo we could bench Xfire X2 cards no probs lol

+ the NB, We could have 6 pots going :rofl:


woop, only ATI graphic can join that.

Ta :)

[Pt1t]

?? QX
are you saying you have a QX that can hit 6.3GHz?

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=340546

i still have it :D

[T_M]

Ill be benching dual x2's hopefully ;)

[andre X_X]

if its not global WR's than i'll bring my X300SE and any other old vga :D http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/images/smilies/rofl2.gif

[Deanzo]

if its not global WR's than i'll bring my X300SE and any other old vga :D http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/images/smilies/rofl2.gif

I saw in the first post it says it must be Gigabyte M/B and VGA.

So those old vga's would need to be ATI/Giga cards.

Is that right hicookie ?

[T_M]

correct, must be Jiga

[ARH]

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=340546

i still have it :D

what was your cooling in this work ?

[ARH]

Hi all

do yo u know which version of Everest Ultimate Edition will be used in the p45 contest ?

[Benny Lodewijk]

I saw in the first post it says it must be Gigabyte M/B and VGA.

So those old vga's would need to be ATI/Giga cards.

Is that right hicookie ?

Yes must using GIGABYTE VGA. Hmm i will bring X1550HM, X1650 :rofl::rofl:

Maybe GB must define the chipset category, otherwise many many HW Records with old GPU will break :cool:

[hicookie]

I saw in the first post it says it must be Gigabyte M/B and VGA.

So those old vga's would need to be ATI/Giga cards.

Is that right hicookie ?

that's why gigabyte want you guys send the equipment list for freestyle first.
must be gbt HW and no such lowe end card, they will check the list

[Pt1t]

what was your cooling in this work ?

not cascade :rolleyes: LN2 , -140°

[Deanzo]

that's why gigabyte want you guys send the equipment list for freestyle first.
must be gbt HW and no such lowe end card, they will check the list

Interesting, no low end cards, is that going to be the same for the cpus (ie: no low end old cpus ?)




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[andre X_X]

that's why gigabyte want you guys send the equipment list for freestyle first.
must be gbt HW and no such lowe end card, they will check the list

why not just give us limitation to what GPU is minimal? for example, must be minimal a 256bit/256mb gpu's, any lower specs is not allowed. that would be easier for us to decide which card to use

[TraX]

S e t h & I have decided that the time has come to upgrade our GPU block. Last competition we swopped one of our old revision blocks for a temp probe (thanks JMax & Damian), knowing that we would have to re-design for GOOC.

We have used our usual approach to surface area & mass. The block is machined from solid copper base with an aluminium tube over. Total surface area is around 200cm2, and the mass I will need to confirm a little later. The block will fit tri sli setup as well as 4870X2's.

Please consider it open source & available for all. Any comments would be welcome :)

>Click for PDF< (http://www.knowhere.co.za/Cooling/GPU/GPU Block 34mm rev.B.pdf)
http://www.knowhere.co.za/Cooling/GPU/GPU_34mm.png

This diagram was to look for obstructions on the 4870X2's, it may be useful to some?
>Click for PDF< (http://www.knowhere.co.za/Cooling/GPU/GPU Block Obstructions 34mm - Rev.B.pdf)
http://www.knowhere.co.za/Cooling/GPU/GPU_34mm_OBS.png

[T_M]

Since the interface is on one side of the block, i dont see much point in the second row of 'surface area' holes

[s e t h]

leaving out the second row would reduce the surface area and increase the mass...while the mass would be welcome the speed of the pulldown and loadholding ability would be reduced.
but yes 100cm2 of surface area would likely be enough and one can really never have too much mass.
we just went with 200 as we know it will be enough for DI and LN2 and considering the holes are so deep we'd rather be safe than sorry :)
an aluminium ES version has been built and tested perfect on DI.

if i had to decide which set of holes to leave out i'd remove the ones closer to the face as i find cold mass close to the core more important when using ln2.
the cold spreads through the copper very quickly and a more than half the time the block has eaten the ln2 and is running dry with just the mass soaking the heatload.

[boblemagnifique]

yes HW WR , I m waiting this contest to pu 6.3ghz to my qx ^^

and 6.8/6.9ghz for my E8600 :D

[Harshal]

Looking good, TraX!!
Good Luck guys!! :up:

[Mean Machine]

Got my tickets, I'll be landing in Taipei on Wednesday, 11:50. Looking forward to it, but I'm curious what'll happen during my two days in Bangkok prior to the event, doesn't look too tempting.

[T_M]

Plenty to do in Bangkok ;)



Soi Cowboy


BTW for anyone that didnt know yet, the SuperPI test will be 1M, which to me is a bit rediculous given the recent discussions about lucky CPU's in benching competitions. At least run a test that uses some memory tweaking/speed!

[TraX]

Looking good, TraX!!
Good Luck guys!! :up:Thanks Harshall & thanks for the advice as well :up:

[elmor]

I have the same flight as Mean Machine, actually the two days in Bangkok is perfect to reduce jetlag so it's ok. Looking forward to meeting many of you (some of you again :D).

[DeDaL]

Can we change tha CPU at competition ?

[TraX]

seth & myself will be arriving @ 10:55am on Wednesday 24th :D

[Benny Lodewijk]

Indonesia Team changing the schedule, we will arrive at Sept 23 @ 15.50 PM. Plenty of time to take a rest and relax before the battle.

[giorgioprimo]

Dimas and me will land in taipei sept. 24 @ 6:15 PM .....

[Mean Machine]

I have the same flight as Mean Machine, actually the two days in Bangkok is perfect to reduce jetlag so it's ok. Looking forward to meeting many of you (some of you again :D).

So, I take it you're stuck with me and Ekberg for the two days in Bangkok. Is SF3D on the same flight as well, or just us three? Anyways, looking forward to it, just hope we don't get blown to bits by whatever is going on there.

[Charles Wirth]

4870 reference design without GamerHUD, confirmed.

[SF3D]

Dimas and me will land in taipei sept. 24 @ 6:15 PM .....

Me too. Are you flying with KLM or with something else?

[ARH]

Can we change tha CPU at competition ?

no, you can not do this in P45 OC contest, but you can bring your own processors for freestyle and change them for breaking different hardware records.:cool:

[ARH]

IRAN Team will be arrive at Sept 23 @ 21.00 like Indonesian team we have Plenty of time to take a rest but have to charge hotel for one additional day.:shrug:

[giorgioprimo]

Me too. Are you flying with KLM or with something else?


KLM via amsterdam ..........

[dinos22]

IRAN Team will be arrive at Sept 23 @ 21.00 like Indonesian team we have Plenty of time to take a rest but have to charge hotel for one additional day.:shrug:

23rd?
where are you staying on 23rd...i thought they wanted us to arrive on 24th

i will probably get flights to arrive around noon on 24th :)

bringing my speedos over >> it's ridiculously cold and miserable in Sydney atm hahah

[Benny Lodewijk]

no, you can not do this in P45 OC contest, but you can bring your own processors for freestyle and change them for breaking different hardware records.:cool:

According to the regulation, you can change each hardware once for Battle of the best P45 OC. For freestyle competition, you must use your own CPU.

[CAL930]

kyosen goes with me from Japan :)

http://club.gigabyte.co.jp/event/oc-pic/IMG_3573.JPG

[dinos22]

kyosen goes with me from Japan :)

http://club.gigabyte.co.jp/event/oc-pic/IMG_3573.JPG

wow awesome

can't wait to meet you guys

[ARH]

23rd?
where are you staying on 23rd...i thought they wanted us to arrive on 24th
i will probably get flights to arrive around noon on 24th :)
bringing my speedos over >> it's ridiculously cold and miserable in Sydney atm hahah

we have not book any hotel for 23th yet, of course we should find an economy hotel because we are not rich men :(
maybe we are going to Indonesian hotel :cool: (may be they are rich but I know they booked economic hotel for 23th)
Benny, would you please let me know hotel name ?

[ARH]

kyosen goes with me from Japan :)


Looking forward to meet you there.:up:

[dinos22]

we have not book any hotel for 23th yet, of course we should find an economy hotel because we are not rich men :(
maybe we are going to Indonesian hotel :cool: (may be they are rich but I know they booked economic hotel for 23th)
Benny, would you please let me know hotel name ?

yeah benny is a rich guy he will shout everyone on 23th :rofl::D

[G H Z]

kyosen goes with me from Japan :)

:clap:


bringing my speedos overh

dinos don't you have some shorts? :D

[dinos22]

Speedos is the way to go for me
i'm old school :D

[s e t h]

kyosen goes with me from Japan :)

awsome...will be nice to see you again :cool:

the rules have been updated in the first post everyone ...if you don't see red entres in the guidlines texts press ctrl. + F5

[Harshal]

kyosen goes with me from Japan :)


:up: Neat!! so we meet again :D

[hipro5]

kyosen goes with me from Japan :)

http://club.gigabyte.co.jp/event/oc-pic/IMG_3573.JPG

NICE.....I WANTED to meet kyosen a LONG TIME now..... :D :up:

[T_M]

CAL this time we will go drinking together :D

No budgie smugglers please Dino

[artkobe]

Looking forward to meet you all again:D

[emo]

kyosen goes with me from Japan :)

http://club.gigabyte.co.jp/event/oc-pic/IMG_3573.JPG

:clap:Looking forward to meed legend kyosen