Overclocking Comp mk2 is go!!!

[SoddemFX]

Will the "drag" round still give 10 points to the entrant with the highest percentage overclock?

Tom

[Highland3r]

Will the "drag" round still give 10 points to the entrant with the highest percentage overclock?

Tom

It will indeed yes

@Sparky yes thats right

[don_vercetti]

Count me in.

I'm not sure what CPU i'll be using by august (or motherboard...my Asus P5WDH is close to being brutally murdered) but i'm sure i'll be using my X1800XT. Oh and i'll be in the air/water section please.

Great comp btw, good timing. Ready for the summer, with no pressures on me at all. Woo.

[jrw]

To avoid anyone wasting a lot of hard work, not supplying a satisfactory screenshot, please verify if this screenshot is acceeptable?

Does a 14.55% increase in score qualify for anything?

(The below screenshot is made during testing tweaks, and does not count as a submission by me )

[Highland3r]

Yup thats ideal mate. Can everyone else use this format please?

JRW am i ok to use this pic in the other threads?

No, you have to hit the exact percentage. Miss it and it doesnt count.

[jrw]

Yup thats ideal mate. Can everyone else use this format please?

JRW am i ok to use this pic in the other threads?

No, you have to hit the exact percentage. Miss it and it doesnt count.

Feel free to use it in whatever manner you like

So, we're talking exact percentages down to a single point in the benches?

[Highland3r]

Feel free to use it in whatever manner you like

So, we're talking exact percentages down to a single point in the benches?

Yup thats right.

[jrw]

This is not a 3D contest. It's a patience contest.

[Highland3r]

This is not a 3D contest. It's a patience contest.

Stop yer whining :P

[don_vercetti]

it's true though. Getting that much accuracy is near impossible. It will involve just re-running 3dmark over and over again, hoping this time you get the right score.

Just think, for a minute.
Theoretical situation.

Stock GPU Scores (3dmark05);
9703
so i need to score;
10%; 10673.3
15%; 11158.45
20%; 11643.6
25%; 12128.75

Now i'm not complaing about the height of the scores, i'm sure the ball park's are all achievable. But look, they're ALL decimals, added to which, they are all really obscure numbers. For instance, i just searched the ORB, and no-one has EVER scored 12128. 12129 and 12127 but NEVER 12128.

If you want to make this fun, and fair, then you should have it at least in a certain range. So say 14.5% > score > 15.5% then it is way more interesting. That way, we have to score between 11109 and 11206, which gives us far more to work with, yet still makes it reasonably tough to achieve. That would be a lot more fun imho.

Just my (rather long) two pennies worth, of course.

[jimwah]

So, we're talking exact percentages down to a single point in the benches?

Yup thats right.

Thats gonna have to be some precise benchmarking skills needed! I thought it would be banded scores, like 0-10%, 10%-15% etc etc. The method Don mentioned sounds like a sensible compromise, still quite a challenge.

Don't get me wrong, I'll do badly whatever the scoring mechanism I'm deciding between my old 9550 agp, or my pci-e 6200tc at the moment, but I'll be in the runnning soon with something; maybe even that 'orrible 9600se from the last comp

[jrw]

I totally agree with don_vercetti.

Well put and sound arguments.

[Highland3r]

Ok further rule updates. To stop people whining (:P) you now have a 100 point +- cushion over each set %

[don_vercetti]

Any updates on this? 1st August is rapidly approaching.

[farksy]

1 thing .... i noticed that you can underclock your cpu for round 1 and then overclock it for the other 2 categories.

Shouldn't the cpu and ram speeds be the same in both cases ? That way i won't downclock my chip to 1Ghz and run 01SE then clock it to 3Ghz to run the benchmark.

Once i get my card Vmodded, i'm in.

[metro.cl]

hmm interesting might get in

[Highland3r]

1 thing .... i noticed that you can underclock your cpu for round 1 and then overclock it for the other 2 categories.

Shouldn't the cpu and ram speeds be the same in both cases ? That way i won't downclock my chip to 1Ghz and run 01SE then clock it to 3Ghz to run the benchmark.

Once i get my card Vmodded, i'm in.

This is where the pi times come in

@ Don - People need to have their rig specs posted by 1st Aug to be in.. So get em sorted guys

[don_vercetti]

gotcha, i'll write mine up in the near future.

[thomas66]

Category AIR
CPU:805 D
GPU:7900GT
Motherboard:ASUS P5W DH
Ram:2 GIG MDT DDR 667
Cooling to be used:AIR

[Waxman]

Category: Water
CPU: Operon 146 CABNE 0530 APMW
GPU:ATI X1800GTO
Motherboard: DFI Venus #731
Ram: Geil BH5 PC4000 2x512
Cooling to be used:Water

[hixie]

Category: Air
CPU: Socket 478 3.0E
GPU: Radeon 9800SE
Motherboard: P4C800E-Deluxe
RAM: Corsair XMS DDR400

[ZX7891]

conroe e6300
gigabyte ds3
7900GT
ocz pc2 6400
other category

[phelan1777]

Category: Water
CPU: opty 170
GPU: 7900GTX non SLI
Motherboard: DFI ULtra-D
RAM: 2GB G.Skill PC4000HZ

[m0da]

Category: AIR
CPU: P4 550 or if my conroe comes in time, E6600
GPU: X1900XT
Motherboard: ASUS P5W DH
Ram: 2x1GB MUSHKIN DDR 800

[madgravity34]

throw me on the list, i want to enter!