Benchers' Meetup Michigan

[dpa]

dpa's guess is the best so far

i did guess

[Viss]

EVGA's answer to Asus Mars

[Vivi]

EVGA's answer to Asus Mars

evga ln2'ed out of the box edition?

[knopflerbruce]

My guess: 2 dual-PCB GTX295's EVGA OMG edition with 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 and the core of the standard GTX285 (P/N: 01G-P3-1281-AR)

What's the prize for this "contest", btw? Kingpin F1/Tek 9?

[dinos22]

think outside the square

[Movieman]

My guess: 2 dual-PCB GTX295's EVGA OMG edition with 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 and the core of the standard GTX285 (P/N: 01G-P3-1281-AR)

What's the prize for this "contest", btw? Kingpin F1/Tek 9?

nope..

[k|ngp|n]

[dinos22]

very very nice

looks like there is no point pushing the CPU any more cause the GFX score is trailing CPU score

[3oh6]

is that it? here i thought i was missing something
this blows being here watching...if i would have biked back down i could have been there by now easily

What's the prize for this "contest", btw? Kingpin F1/Tek 9?

Gomeler won a Tek9 5.0 and i was lucky enough to get a W3540 from Andre's stash i believe. i just put it under the single stage (-33C evap during run)
for a quick test and first couple boots show it is a nice one

[nn_step]

I know what's there!..

I certainly know what was there... Mostly because I saw it in person

[Winzeler]

You guys are such a class act. I'm so glad I got to go. I went expecting to meet some phenomenal benchers, but I got so much more. I actually met some phenomenal people. I think I'll be taking the leap into LN2 this fall after the house remodel is done.

Watching Andre's BIOS fingers was crazy. (Is he making this up on the fly, or does he really know what he's doing? ) Watching k|ngp|n and shamino destroy Vantage records is something I'll not soon forget. Should it really take 5 hours to prep a board, or is that just what you put up with when you're running super secret record destroying gpu's?

Quote of the weekend:
"I felt dirty just watching that."
-3oh6 after gomeler's iPhone hit the floor, after which gomeler said, "I guess it's time to upgrade to 3GS." I hope someone cuts you a deal on the upgrade!

@Vince, I'll definitely take you up on the offer to come down again, but next time I'm bringing $275.

k|ngp|n, shamino, philly boy, 3oh6, andre, gautam, gomeler, vapor, thegoat; you guys are awesome. I can't thank you guys enough for letting me go.

[stangracin3]

nope..

its gotta be a gainesy

[Winzeler]

Gomeler won a Tek9 5.0 and i was lucky enough to get a W3540 from Andre's stash i believe. i just put it under the single stage (-33C evap during run)
for a quick test and first couple boots show it is a nice one

You took out the 920?

[3oh6]

You took out the 920?

yup, it came out after we were playing around with it last night. no sign of moisture anywhere, like last time. this kneaded eraser works like a champ the way i have it. two really long runs without taking the chip out seeing sub-zero temps everyday and not a spot of moisture anywhere near the socket

[dinos22]

i bet ya you'll do 5.2Ghz on SS with it
push it some more

[[XC] gomeler]

Damn, that could be a very nice chip Jody, now I'm kicking myself for not trying harder The AM3 contest was a lot of fun, I blame me benching two rigs at once as my downfall

It's been a hell of a lot of fun here the last 3 days, I've got another 16 hours till I fly out but I doubt I'll be benching again, I'm beat. Probably time to take count of where all my stuff is, it is scattered all over the place

Watching Vince and Shamino was some great stuff. I filled in as LN2 boy, amazed at how much LN2 those GT200 cores burn through at those speeds. Now that I've got a Tek 9 5.0 I'm going to search for a dual-pcb GTX295 and try to have my own little GT200 fun

Huge props to Vapor and Gautam, they've diligently been tweaking Vista and I've learned a lot from them just watching. Huge stuff there guys

Time to go grab some food, we keep forgetting to eat.

[eva2000]

wow awesome w3540 cpu there Jody

so all this talking of Andre's bios fingering action has me curious - is it really that fast or you guys just too slow ?

[[XC] gomeler]

wow awesome w3540 cpu there Jody

so all this talking of Andre's bios fingering action has me curious - is it really that fast or you guys just too slow ?

I thought I was fast on Gigabyte boards.. Andre is stupid fast on that Classified. It is a sight to see

[TheGoat Eater]

Gigabyte boards at an evga event lol who was that? I was stuck trying to pull something off with my shamino modded 7600gt :p

[Movieman]

Sounds like you guys had one hell of a weekend!
I hear rumors of some super special board and also a Roman God I think making an appearance?????
Wish I could have been there with you.

[Star_Hunter]

I would like a moment of silence for the EVGA classified that died along with the Xeon and the other nehalem that died (of hardware I remember dieing on Saturday). I wonder if Shamino found the spot that burnt on that board as that smell from the board didn't leave for hours.

Gigabyte boards at an evga event lol who was that? I was stuck trying to pull something off with my shamino modded 7600gt :p

Did you end up putting some ln2 on that 7600gt on Sunday? You were only getting around 860ish core although you had it much higher earlier but forgot what voltage it was at. The 7600gt wr had the core at 933 so you also would have needed something other than EVGA precision as it maxed out at 915.

[eva2000]

I would like a moment of silence for the EVGA classified that died along with the Xeon and the other nehalem that died (of hardware I remember dieing on Saturday). I wonder if Shamino found the spot that burnt on that board as that smell from didn't leave for hours.

Any dead hardware photos - for the memorial

[Russian]

Im pretty sure i know what this is, but really... its quite tricky.

[TheGoat Eater]

Any dead hardware photos - for the memorial

My 8800gts512 went up in smoke lol and my 8600gt stopped booting :S oh well at least I learned to use ln2 and was decent... I benches the jiggabye rig for like 4-5 hours w/ oh so much ice in and on the pot

[Philly_Boy]

This was a really fun weekend! I got the chance to break in the Vantage rig for a few hours on Sunday with Shamino coaching me on the ins and outs of the Classified. It was like taking a cool crash course in the Classified board! Thanks for the lesson, Peter!! And also mad props to Jody (3oh6) for showing me how easy it is to boot in at 245 bclk with his 920 D0 on his Classy. We were running 32M Pi at 252 bclk like it was no big deal!! I have lots to do now with my own rig once I get it set up this weekend.

Watching Andre bench AM3 on Saturday was a real treat. I got to be his LN2 boy while he rode that rig to a WR! He is such a character!!

And Guatam just would not stop "stirring the pot" with Andre to challenge him to push harder. We were cracking up with the comments.

We even got to watch the CNC mill in action as it made a few F1 back plates. A fascinating piece of machinery.

I haven't had this much fun in months!! Thanks to Vince and Peter for making it possible.

I'll post some pics tomorrow when I am back home.