The overklokcompetitie is over and there is a winner out of the bus, rolled. The results of the event are still under embargo, but there was also a speed record in getting placed with a GTX285.
The event was some time ago already announced and in the first round was for participants thing to have a as soon as possible SuperPi 32M-time to put down. After the preliminary round there were three teams passed to the final, where they with a Core i5 750 processor from Intel to get started if. For, however, was so far, they got the motherboard, the processor and the video cards already sent, to the stuff extensive testing.
Asus provided the participants of a Maximus Formula 3 motherboard with P55 chipset and also provided each team two Asus GTX285 Matrix video cards that are specially designed for clocks. Corsair produced a trio of Corsair Dominator GT sets with speeds of 2000MHz, three 850HX-power supplies, and arranged also five 32GB Extreme ssd’s where all the software on. Intel supplied five Core i5 750 processors, whose performance is still embargoed.
The finals began on Saturday morning at ten o’clock in the morning. The different teams had their motherboard and the video cards are already equipped with the necessary insulation against condensation, which undoubtedly would be caused by the use of liquid nitrogen. Asus arranged for a nitrogen tank of 200 litres, so the teams their cpu and gpu’s all day freezing cold could keep. The whole match was to follow via the livestream provided by XS4All was established.
The overclockers themselves were already agreed, Neil Breems was the biggest favourite. Neil had his software so adjusted that his video cards overclocked with a higher voltage than the other participants could achieve. Neil knew in the beginning some bootproblemen with the memory, but with a new bios, there could be a SuperPi score be put down. Instead of a lot of time to waste with SuperPi decided Neil to quickly start with the 3DMark06 benchmark. His SuperPi time was eventually the second time.
After installing both video cards was it with Neil. First, there was condensation on one of the video cards, then the pc during a 3DMark06-run gave up the ghost. After the droogföhnen of the video cards and multiple silent prayers appeared all the hardware is still intact. Neil did a few runs, with the video cards overclocked to over 900MHz. The cpu showed Neil, however, still on the standard speed rotation, making his first scores quite low on release.
After overclocking his cpu for a serious score, disaster struck. The pc popped it out again and turned out to be irreparably damaged; one of the contacts on the cpu was blown. Neil had his efforts cease, because the problem is not immediately apparent, and after the removal of the LN2 pot on the cpu there was not enough time for a new try with a new cpu. After the final signal let Neil himself from his best side and decided to make a video card as far as possible, to clocks, simply because it can. The gpu took a wereldrecordbrekende clock speed of 1100MHz, while the shaders and memory, respectively, 2452MHz, and 2800MHz walked.
Peter Noorlander and Pascal Haegens knew also the problems featured day. They walked quickly encounter a problem where their pc would not boot with a vcore higher than 1.4 V. however, in Order decent scores to put down was a vcore of 1.5 V is required. They decided to have their motherboard and cpu in exchange for a reserve copy, after which they will prompt for an activation issue with Windows XP aanliepen. After the heractivatie they were better off and they could quite quickly a SuperPi time drop, which ultimately would be good for the third spot.
As if that wasn’t enough adversity, I found one of the video cards not to work more, which they again were forced to use the spare GTX285 Matrix. That map, however, was not isolated, and within the time them still remained, there could be no LN2 pot to be mounted so the cards do not to their extreme pushed. Ultimately, they achieved a second place with their 3DMark06 score, just a few hundred points away from the first place. Between the benchmark through turned out their Windows installation also become corrupt, making them a new ssd, had to use that course as a backup was necessary.
The third team consisted of Bart van Brenk and Daan Rosbergen, and was actually seen as the least promising team. That was because they have the graphics cards with liquid nitrogen could cool down. In the beginning everything seemed almost without problems to work, and soon there was a big SuperPi time dropped. With the time of Neil in the back of their mind, that is slower, and the fact that Pascal and Peter had problems, it seemed that they had the fastest SuperPi time would be, they still never had the chance to on the profits.
Bart had the GTX285 Matrix cards gehardmod to a higher voltage on the gpu to be able to convert. In the process had one card, however, all the dead are laid, even before the finals had started. They then had to use the reserve card, so the gpu clock speed is ultimately not all that much more to fulfillment than about 700MHz. With a hefty overclock on the cpu, they knew, however, still a nice 3DMark06 score to put down, after Neil’s problems, with a few hundred points difference, the highest turned out to be.
With both the fastest SuperPi time as the highest 3DMark06 score was the underdog to the winner of the final. Bart and Daan won this with an Asus Maximus Formula 3 motherboard, an Asus P7P55D Deluxe motherboard, two GTX 285 Matrix video card, Asus OC Station and they were able to get their Core i5 750 also. Pascal and Peter were eventually second, while Neil finished third. Both teams did not go back home empty handed: they received an Asus P7P55D Deluxe motherboard, an Asus GTX 285 Matrix and they, too, could the cpu keep.