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Tim S · 16th Nov 2008, 16:14

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...g-arena-2008/1

Last week, we were out in Taipei City at MSI's inaugural Master Overclocking Arena to watch the Liquid Nitrogen flow freely while some of the world's top overclockers competed for a share of the $6,000 prize fund. Here's what happened on a short and rain affected trip to Taiwan.

Jaguar_Infinity · 16th Nov 2008, 17:20

Well done to all the teams. sounds like it was a good competiton.

yeknom · 16th Nov 2008, 18:35

Sounds like a lot of fun ^^

Skiddywinks · 16th Nov 2008, 22:29

What VGAs were they using? I quickly scanned the whole article again but couldn't find any mention of which ones they were.

Tim S · 16th Nov 2008, 22:40

GeForce 9800 GTX+

metarinka · 17th Nov 2008, 04:18

what was the lead 3d mark 01 score? I didn't see it mentioned?

metarinka · 17th Nov 2008, 04:19

or there it is 100,344 ! I remember when 30,000 was broken by some oc'er a few years back and that was a big deal. Wow!

HourBeforeDawn · 17th Nov 2008, 05:11

wow is it me or has Bit-Tech learned from their last OC coverage... me thinks so, this was a far far far better coverage from BT then I have seen in a while so props for getting better coverage this time around and listening to the numerous amounts of complaints from the last one, no Im serious this article was great first one I have read completely through in a while now. Although I still think a little bit of video coverage would be awesome to see them tinkering and what not. ^_^

Oh I wish they would have used like I dont know 3dmark 05 at least for doing their runs versus 01se... oh well still looked umm cool =p

[USRF]Obiwan · 17th Nov 2008, 08:48

I liked the pics and especially the final thoughts. I was heavily into sub-zero peltier cooling during the BP6 age. Even fried 2 BP6 mobo's and one cpu in one week, one because water going through the insulation dripping on the AGP slot and one time molten the socket because the peltier was the wrong way around. Yeah stupid mistakes but learned a lot and had big fun at the time.

Redbeaver · 17th Nov 2008, 18:52

Indonesia cheesecake!!

sebangsa setanah air!

Gremlin · 18th Nov 2008, 03:15

Awesome article as usual tim, one question though have you ever thought about at the end listing the teams finishing places and scores for those of up interested in such things? I think it'd be pretty interesting to see those scores etc

psychoti · 18th Nov 2008, 11:00

"With Greece coming from nowhere in the final stages..."
Dude its always like this!!

Tim S · 18th Nov 2008, 13:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Awesome article as usual tim, one question though have you ever thought about at the end listing the teams finishing places and scores for those of up interested in such things? I think it'd be pretty interesting to see those scores etc

Thanks, I've added a link to the final scoreboard from MSI's official Master Overclocking Arena website to the final page.

http://www.oc-arena.com/scoreboard.php

Quote:

Originally Posted by psychoti

"With Greece coming from nowhere in the final stages..."
Dude its always like this!!

Yeah, they were getting very close to posting great scores, but it took them until the final minutes of each session to get them. They were probably the most exciting team to watch because they were literally pushing the limit - they had so many black screens/reboots mid-benchmark that it made for exciting stuff.

GregTheRotter · 19th Nov 2008, 19:31

Gooooooo Greece! Tous ekanes me ta kremidia, ala giati then pirate tin proti thesi re paparia!!

Erm, Greek to English translation; well done Greece

16th Nov 2008, 16:14	#1
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17th Nov 2008, 04:19	#7
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16th Nov 2008, 17:20	#2
Jaguar_Infinity Just some guy Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: On the edge of nowhere UK Posts: 339	Well done to all the teams. sounds like it was a good competiton.

16th Nov 2008, 18:35	#3
yeknom Multimodder Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 153	Sounds like a lot of fun ^^

16th Nov 2008, 22:29	#4
Skiddywinks Supermodder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Caerwys, North Wales Posts: 407	What VGAs were they using? I quickly scanned the whole article again but couldn't find any mention of which ones they were.

17th Nov 2008, 08:48	#9
[USRF]Obiwan Ultramodder Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,220	I liked the pics and especially the final thoughts. I was heavily into sub-zero peltier cooling during the BP6 age. Even fried 2 BP6 mobo's and one cpu in one week, one because water going through the insulation dripping on the AGP slot and one time molten the socket because the peltier was the wrong way around. Yeah stupid mistakes but learned a lot and had big fun at the time. __________________ Mascleta: "The most accurate simulation of thunder, humans can simulate..." The answer is 42, so... whats the question again? If you know what 'Peek' and 'Poke' represents, then you are probably as old as me.

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18th Nov 2008, 03:15	#11
Gremlin Multimodder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 233	Awesome article as usual tim, one question though have you ever thought about at the end listing the teams finishing places and scores for those of up interested in such things? I think it'd be pretty interesting to see those scores etc

18th Nov 2008, 11:00	#12
psychoti Multimodder Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Manchester,UK Posts: 112	"With Greece coming from nowhere in the final stages..." Dude its always like this!! __________________ i5 750@3.6GHz//Noctua NH-U12P//MSI P55-GD80//4GB DDR3 Corsair XMS3@1600MHz//SB Platinum 2//Asus 8600GT//Corsair HX850W//Lian-Li V2000B Lian-Li pc-0070 Lian-Li V2000B

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