Overclocking comp *Results Announced!* - bit-tech.net Forums

Highland3r · 16th Mar 2006, 13:09

Overclocking Competition.

Timeframe:

Closing Date for entries - 10 PM GMT Sunday 26th March 2006
PM's to be sent to all competitors 25/26 March 2006 to organise payment and to confirm place
Cards ordered Monday 27th March 2006
Vmodded cards posted Monday 10th April. Non modded cards posted Frida y 7/04 (I've just posted these!!)
Stock GFX benching - Wednesday 12th April 2006 -> Tuesday 18th April 2006 10PM GMT (7 Days)
Overclocked GFX benching - Wednesday 19th April -> Saturday 29th April 2006 10PM GMT

Sponsors:
http://www.retekdirect.co.uk
http://www.bit-tech.net
http://www.ATI.com
http://www.extremeprometeia.com

Categories:
Air
Water
"Other" (ie anything goes. Note, Peltier cooling is included in this category)

The way it works:
If you're using mixed cooling, the "coldest" method is the category you're entered into. Simple!
You may enter into multiple categories **HOWEVER** you must nominate your "main" category BEFORE benching begins. (ie BEFORE the cards are sent out)
Your main category will be the one used to calculate your rankings and prize (if applicable)

Heatpipe heatsinks count as air.
TEC's count as "other"

Distribution of cards: - We're benching ATI 9600SE's
Cards to be vmodded will be sent to Persivore. He'll post the mods he's doing when he gets pics of the cards.
The cards will be modded, and tested to ensure they boot. Thats it.
Cards which arent being modded, will NOT be unpackaged. If you recieve a dead card tough (unless I have any spares :P) though we can probably RMA to supplier.
ALL the cards will be posted out at the same time. It's gonna take Persivore a few days to get them all modded up, so please bear with us on this.
Those of you outside the UK joining us, I need pics of the graphics card (both front and back) along with something in the frame identifying your tag.
Theres 3GBP allowed for in the price to get the cards out to you, anything extra (if there is) will be used as a prize fund.

Benching:
This is still subject to change, need to iron out a few issues.
Basically, from the date of sending cards, you'll have 7 days to post overclocked SYSTEM, STOCK graphics benchies in 3dmark 2001, 2003
and Aquamark3.
These are to be submitted as screenshots (and ORB compare links) along with CPU-z and Super-pi 1m scores. (So a total of 4 screenshots and 2 compare URL's)
If you need hosting for screenshots, let me know, will provide hosting space

After this 7 day period you'll have a further 10 days to post the same scores, but with OVERCLOCKED SYSTEM AND GRAPHICS.
Again, screenshots and ORB compares are required. Super-pi times should be IDENTICLE between both sets of screenshots.

Just to clarify, you're only changing Graphics card clocks in this competition. Results will be based upon the % score increase and the % clock increase (still TBC)
You are NOT allowed to change hardware, during the competition, even if this produces the same Pi times.

Benching in pairs is fine, but you'll only get 1 prize if you win :P

If you are caught cheating, or are suspected of cheating, we WILL disqualify you from the competition.

Drivers: Use whatever drivers you want, as long as you use the SAME for ALL benchies.
Driver tweaks are allowed in the "overclocked" section. Use driver defaults for stock tests.
LOD tweaks are allowed (if anyone wants more info let me know)

Prizes:
7800GS AGP from http://www.bit-tech.net
X1800XL AIW from http://www.ATI.com
We've got a Dtek LRWW universal Waterblock from http://www.extremeprometeia.com
From http://www.Coolercases.co.uk we have a full Alphacool Kit in either 1/2" or 3/8". Including:
NexXxoS XP Bold AMD64 / 775 CPU Block
NVXP-3 6800/7800 / NVXP-3 ATI GPU Block
Laing DDC 12 volt Pump
NexXxos Xtreme III Radiator
6ft Tygon Hose & Nylon Clamps
As well as 3 12 month hosting packages from http://www.4-s.co.uk

Huge thanks to everyone who's provided prizes for the competition. Cheers guys.
Huge thanks also to http://www.retekdirect.co.uk for providing us with enough cards to actually carry out the competition!

First Place prizes distributed as follows:
Air: 7800GS
Water: X1800XL AIW
"Other": Alphacool kit + Dtek LRWW

2nd Place in each category get a 12 month webhosting package

Contest oganisers decision re prizes is final.

chemo · 16th Mar 2006, 13:26

ive just put a link in uncleans thead for cheap gfx cards that will no doubt suit you overclockers for this compo

Highland3r · 16th Mar 2006, 13:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by chemo

ive just put a link in uncleans thead for cheap gfx cards that will no doubt suit you overclockers for this compo

Indeed, in discussions with retekdirect atm.

Aim is to bulk buy the cards, that way everyone gets the same. Keeps things on a level playing field

unclean · 16th Mar 2006, 13:32

"Cards to be used are 9500's, 20GBP + pnp, less any discount I can get. Looking to be ~ 30 all in (by the time they've been shipped to me, boxed and shipped out to participants)"

I talked to retekdirect today. They didn't have an L-shaped memory 9500s.

Cheers for.. "elaborating" on the idea :P

P.S. that Ti4600 i was talking about arrived today

Now need MSI K8N Neo2 - or if you can see a Dothy lying about...

Highland3r · 16th Mar 2006, 13:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by unclean

"Cards to be used are 9500's, 20GBP + pnp, less any discount I can get. Looking to be ~ 30 all in (by the time they've been shipped to me, boxed and shipped out to participants)"

I talked to retekdirect today. They didn't have an L-shaped memory 9500s.

Cheers for.. "elaborating" on the idea :P

P.S. that Ti4600 i was talking about arrived today

Now need MSI K8N Neo2 - or if you can see a Dothy lying about...

Doesnt matter, its not about the overall score its about the % improvement

Only got a banias lying about, unless you want to donate the card

unclean · 16th Mar 2006, 13:49

Right, sounds awesome

Worth making sure with Retek that the card are all the same type though? Softmoddable cards could mean a pretty unfair advantage methinks?

Will be fun with my soon coming SS on the 9500

atanum141 · 16th Mar 2006, 13:52

well could we split it into 2 catogries? Nvidia and Ati? What about the platforms aswell? Ive only got SocketA systems to play around with also would we run the platforms at stock speeds or OC'd?

Highland3r · 16th Mar 2006, 13:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by unclean

Right, sounds awesome

Worth making sure with Retek that the card are all the same type though? Softmoddable cards could mean a pretty unfair advantage methinks?

Will be fun with my soon coming SS on the 9500

Yup, will make sure they send us all the same cards.

Atanium, we provide the cards, you provide the skillz and other hardware. It's about % increase too, so should give a fairly level playing field.

atanum141 · 16th Mar 2006, 13:57

wicked im in, who do i pay?

Krikkit · 16th Mar 2006, 14:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Highland3r

Atanium, we provide the cards, you provide the skillz and other hardware. It's about % increase too, so should give a fairly level playing field.

Well I'll give it a try then in that case, assuming it's a free card from you, i'll happily get this going.

unclean · 16th Mar 2006, 14:04

atanum: I'm not sure Highland3r has confirmed with the supplier yet.

Probably wait to see how many people are interested, and then order the cards accordingly

unclean · 16th Mar 2006, 14:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krikkit

Well I'll give it a try then in that case, assuming it's a free card from you, i'll happily get this going.

Don't think it's going to free mate

Krikkit · 16th Mar 2006, 14:13

Damn, worth a try.

Well price it up, and i'll probably still be in if it's cheap enough.

unclean · 16th Mar 2006, 14:17

Check the first post, looking like about £30 all in including shipping.

unclean · 16th Mar 2006, 22:09

Ok guys, it's looking like £20 now!

If you're interested in entering put your name down in this thread.

If you need a reason to get benching, do it for bit-tech pride vs. other forums!

ozstrike · 16th Mar 2006, 23:30

If there aren't many in it and you have a spare card, I might give it a shot, but I know I'm not going to be a serious contender so I'd rather somebody better have the card.

unclean · 16th Mar 2006, 23:48

The supplier has a fair few mate

You're in with a chance, as even with air you could win the air cooling category!

Anyway, it's about fun more than being the winner at the end of the day.

Shadowed_fury · 16th Mar 2006, 23:51

Aww, if only I had an AGP rig, i'd play

ozstrike · 16th Mar 2006, 23:54

Is it only to do with overclocking the graphics?

atanum141 · 16th Mar 2006, 23:55

Im putting my name down for the hell of it.

16th Mar 2006, 13:09	#1
Highland3r I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Leeds UK Posts: 7,157	Overclocking comp Results Announced! Overclocking Competition. Timeframe: Closing Date for entries - 10 PM GMT Sunday 26th March 2006 PM's to be sent to all competitors 25/26 March 2006 to organise payment and to confirm place Cards ordered Monday 27th March 2006 Vmodded cards posted Monday 10th April. Non modded cards posted Frida y 7/04 (I've just posted these!!) Stock GFX benching - Wednesday 12th April 2006 -> Tuesday 18th April 2006 10PM GMT (7 Days) Overclocked GFX benching - Wednesday 19th April -> Saturday 29th April 2006 10PM GMT Sponsors: http://www.retekdirect.co.uk http://www.bit-tech.net http://www.ATI.com http://www.extremeprometeia.com Categories: Air Water "Other" (ie anything goes. Note, Peltier cooling is included in this category) The way it works: If you're using mixed cooling, the "coldest" method is the category you're entered into. Simple! You may enter into multiple categories HOWEVER you must nominate your "main" category BEFORE benching begins. (ie BEFORE the cards are sent out) Your main category will be the one used to calculate your rankings and prize (if applicable) Heatpipe heatsinks count as air. TEC's count as "other" Distribution of cards: - We're benching ATI 9600SE's Cards to be vmodded will be sent to Persivore. He'll post the mods he's doing when he gets pics of the cards. The cards will be modded, and tested to ensure they boot. Thats it. Cards which arent being modded, will NOT be unpackaged. If you recieve a dead card tough (unless I have any spares :P) though we can probably RMA to supplier. ALL the cards will be posted out at the same time. It's gonna take Persivore a few days to get them all modded up, so please bear with us on this. Those of you outside the UK joining us, I need pics of the graphics card (both front and back) along with something in the frame identifying your tag. Theres 3GBP allowed for in the price to get the cards out to you, anything extra (if there is) will be used as a prize fund. Benching: This is still subject to change, need to iron out a few issues. Basically, from the date of sending cards, you'll have 7 days to post overclocked SYSTEM, STOCK graphics benchies in 3dmark 2001, 2003 and Aquamark3. These are to be submitted as screenshots (and ORB compare links) along with CPU-z and Super-pi 1m scores. (So a total of 4 screenshots and 2 compare URL's) If you need hosting for screenshots, let me know, will provide hosting space After this 7 day period you'll have a further 10 days to post the same scores, but with OVERCLOCKED SYSTEM AND GRAPHICS. Again, screenshots and ORB compares are required. Super-pi times should be IDENTICLE between both sets of screenshots. Just to clarify, you're only changing Graphics card clocks in this competition. Results will be based upon the % score increase and the % clock increase (still TBC) You are NOT allowed to change hardware, during the competition, even if this produces the same Pi times. Benching in pairs is fine, but you'll only get 1 prize if you win :P If you are caught cheating, or are suspected of cheating, we WILL disqualify you from the competition. Drivers: Use whatever drivers you want, as long as you use the SAME for ALL benchies. Driver tweaks are allowed in the "overclocked" section. Use driver defaults for stock tests. LOD tweaks are allowed (if anyone wants more info let me know) Prizes: 7800GS AGP from http://www.bit-tech.net X1800XL AIW from http://www.ATI.com We've got a Dtek LRWW universal Waterblock from http://www.extremeprometeia.com From http://www.Coolercases.co.uk we have a full Alphacool Kit in either 1/2" or 3/8". Including: NexXxoS XP Bold AMD64 / 775 CPU Block NVXP-3 6800/7800 / NVXP-3 ATI GPU Block Laing DDC 12 volt Pump NexXxos Xtreme III Radiator 6ft Tygon Hose & Nylon Clamps As well as 3 12 month hosting packages from http://www.4-s.co.uk Huge thanks to everyone who's provided prizes for the competition. Cheers guys. Huge thanks also to http://www.retekdirect.co.uk for providing us with enough cards to actually carry out the competition! First Place prizes distributed as follows: Air: 7800GS Water: X1800XL AIW "Other": Alphacool kit + Dtek LRWW 2nd Place in each category get a 12 month webhosting package Contest oganisers decision re prizes is final. __________________ Prawn or not...? Last edited by Highland3r; 30th Apr 2006 at 13:15.

16th Mar 2006, 13:26	#2
chemo True Jungle Brother Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,639	ive just put a link in uncleans thead for cheap gfx cards that will no doubt suit you overclockers for this compo __________________ Don't hate the Geek, Hate the code!

16th Mar 2006, 13:32	#4
unclean SMP obsessive Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Berkshire Posts: 1,190	"Cards to be used are 9500's, 20GBP + pnp, less any discount I can get. Looking to be ~ 30 all in (by the time they've been shipped to me, boxed and shipped out to participants)" I talked to retekdirect today. They didn't have an L-shaped memory 9500s. Cheers for.. "elaborating" on the idea :P P.S. that Ti4600 i was talking about arrived today Now need MSI K8N Neo2 - or if you can see a Dothy lying about... __________________ i7 920 @ 4GHz 6GB Tracer 4870X2 \|\| Dual Xeon X5340 @ 3GHz 12GB FBDIMM 4TB RAID5 w/27" Dell 2707WFP \|\| Dual 1.6GHz LV Xeons @ 3.2GHz \|\| Dual Athlon XP-M 2500+ @ 2350MHz \|\| Dual Athlon MP2400+ \|\| Dual Celeron 366 @ 550MHz Last edited by unclean; 16th Mar 2006 at 13:37.

16th Mar 2006, 13:49	#6
unclean SMP obsessive Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Berkshire Posts: 1,190	Right, sounds awesome Worth making sure with Retek that the card are all the same type though? Softmoddable cards could mean a pretty unfair advantage methinks? Will be fun with my soon coming SS on the 9500 __________________ i7 920 @ 4GHz 6GB Tracer 4870X2 \|\| Dual Xeon X5340 @ 3GHz 12GB FBDIMM 4TB RAID5 w/27" Dell 2707WFP \|\| Dual 1.6GHz LV Xeons @ 3.2GHz \|\| Dual Athlon XP-M 2500+ @ 2350MHz \|\| Dual Athlon MP2400+ \|\| Dual Celeron 366 @ 550MHz

16th Mar 2006, 13:52	#7
atanum141 I fapped to your post! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: London Posts: 7,536	well could we split it into 2 catogries? Nvidia and Ati? What about the platforms aswell? Ive only got SocketA systems to play around with also would we run the platforms at stock speeds or OC'd? __________________ Welcome to Thunderdome, B*tch XBL: atanum141

16th Mar 2006, 13:57	#9
atanum141 I fapped to your post! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: London Posts: 7,536	wicked im in, who do i pay? __________________ Welcome to Thunderdome, B*tch XBL: atanum141

16th Mar 2006, 14:04	#11
unclean SMP obsessive Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Berkshire Posts: 1,190	atanum: I'm not sure Highland3r has confirmed with the supplier yet. Probably wait to see how many people are interested, and then order the cards accordingly __________________ i7 920 @ 4GHz 6GB Tracer 4870X2 \|\| Dual Xeon X5340 @ 3GHz 12GB FBDIMM 4TB RAID5 w/27" Dell 2707WFP \|\| Dual 1.6GHz LV Xeons @ 3.2GHz \|\| Dual Athlon XP-M 2500+ @ 2350MHz \|\| Dual Athlon MP2400+ \|\| Dual Celeron 366 @ 550MHz

16th Mar 2006, 14:13	#13
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16th Mar 2006, 14:17	#14
unclean SMP obsessive Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Berkshire Posts: 1,190	Check the first post, looking like about £30 all in including shipping. __________________ i7 920 @ 4GHz 6GB Tracer 4870X2 \|\| Dual Xeon X5340 @ 3GHz 12GB FBDIMM 4TB RAID5 w/27" Dell 2707WFP \|\| Dual 1.6GHz LV Xeons @ 3.2GHz \|\| Dual Athlon XP-M 2500+ @ 2350MHz \|\| Dual Athlon MP2400+ \|\| Dual Celeron 366 @ 550MHz

16th Mar 2006, 22:09	#15
unclean SMP obsessive Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Berkshire Posts: 1,190	Ok guys, it's looking like £20 now! If you're interested in entering put your name down in this thread. If you need a reason to get benching, do it for bit-tech pride vs. other forums! __________________ i7 920 @ 4GHz 6GB Tracer 4870X2 \|\| Dual Xeon X5340 @ 3GHz 12GB FBDIMM 4TB RAID5 w/27" Dell 2707WFP \|\| Dual 1.6GHz LV Xeons @ 3.2GHz \|\| Dual Athlon XP-M 2500+ @ 2350MHz \|\| Dual Athlon MP2400+ \|\| Dual Celeron 366 @ 550MHz

16th Mar 2006, 23:30	#16
ozstrike yip yip yip yip Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lake District, UK Posts: 2,921	If there aren't many in it and you have a spare card, I might give it a shot, but I know I'm not going to be a serious contender so I'd rather somebody better have the card. __________________ Last.FM \| Flickr \| Enter the POTM! \| Blog

16th Mar 2006, 23:48	#17
unclean SMP obsessive Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Berkshire Posts: 1,190	The supplier has a fair few mate You're in with a chance, as even with air you could win the air cooling category! Anyway, it's about fun more than being the winner at the end of the day. __________________ i7 920 @ 4GHz 6GB Tracer 4870X2 \|\| Dual Xeon X5340 @ 3GHz 12GB FBDIMM 4TB RAID5 w/27" Dell 2707WFP \|\| Dual 1.6GHz LV Xeons @ 3.2GHz \|\| Dual Athlon XP-M 2500+ @ 2350MHz \|\| Dual Athlon MP2400+ \|\| Dual Celeron 366 @ 550MHz

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ozstrike yip yip yip yip Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lake District, UK Posts: 2,921	Is it only to do with overclocking the graphics? __________________ Last.FM \| Flickr \| Enter the POTM! \| Blog

16th Mar 2006, 23:55	#20
atanum141 I fapped to your post! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: London Posts: 7,536	Im putting my name down for the hell of it. __________________ Welcome to Thunderdome, B*tch XBL: atanum141