MSI European Overclocking Challenge 2008 Coverage
Introduction
Published: 29th August 2008 | Source: Overclock3D |
Introduction
A few weeks ago you may remember that OC3D presented its lucky members the chance to win not only some top notch hardware, but the opportunity to travel out to and compete in the MSI European Overcocking challenge in Amsterdam. Out of the entries two winners were chosen: Richard aka Barron_greenback and Martin aka Bustamove.
As a result, on the 22nd of August they departed from their nearest airport, armed with their tools and knowledge, to go head-to-head with the other top European overclockers from a total of 20 other countries. I was lucky enough to accompany them to report on the event.
A few weeks ago you may remember that OC3D presented its lucky members the chance to win not only some top notch hardware, but the opportunity to travel out to and compete in the MSI European Overcocking challenge in Amsterdam. Out of the entries two winners were chosen: Richard aka Barron_greenback and Martin aka Bustamove.
As a result, on the 22nd of August they departed from their nearest airport, armed with their tools and knowledge, to go head-to-head with the other top European overclockers from a total of 20 other countries. I was lucky enough to accompany them to report on the event.
The Teams
MSI had worked along side numerous other sites such as OC3D, one from each European country, to pluck the best overclockers from the masses and gather them together for the event. The teams consisted of the overclockers themselve's and editors, who were there to cover the event. Below is a list of the countries involved and the members that made up their teams:
| Belgium | Jip, Pt1t, Massman |
| Croatia | puh_bear, Vedran Dakic |
| Czech Republic | Ing. Hudec, Hudec, Karel |
| Denmark | [email protected], Carpe^Diem, Thomas Axel |
| Finland | SF3D, Sampsa |
| France | Marmott, Florian, Trouffman |
| Germany | Masterchorch, Hundro, Daniel Waadt |
| Greece | Hipro5, gprhellas, JC_Denton |
| Hungary | Achill3uS, [email protected], Parci |
| The Netherlands | Snot_Aap, Extera, Willem De Moor |
| Norway | Aspstein, Det Dvergiske Kaffebord, Jørgen Nilsen |
| Poland | Ryba, Chaos, Pit202 |
| Portugal | ojdr2001, [_silence_], N3RO, PPInDaHouse |
| Romania | Monstru, Micutzu, Radu Bozga |
| Russia | DeDal, S1D, Dronich |
| Serbia | Vezmar, srbljak, Branko Maksimovic |
| Spain | Predator, Fox, Rafael Garcia Ortega |
| Sweden | Elmor, Blossa |
| Turkey | Hey, Tonsuner mc, Ozkan Erden |
| UK | Bustamove, Barron_Greenback, Ham |
The Hardware
The challenge was sponsored by numerous big names in the computing world. Providing the hardware was MSI, giving the users motherboards in the shape of the P45D3 Platinum and GPUs in the form of the MSI 9600GT.
The objective of the weekend was to obtain the highest scores in 3 renowned benchmarking programs. Two were announced prior to the event and were SuperPi Mod 1.5 1M and the Cinebench xCPU test. The third was kept a secret until the morning that the overclocking began, and was announced as 3DMark05 graphical tests
Most Recent Comments
Damn that place looked so much fun! 
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QuoteThanks must go out to Jim for hosting the qualifiers and Graham [Ham] for covering the event and helping us when needed. awesome coverage Graham.
It was a great weekend, Im ready to do it again.
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It was a great weekend, Im ready to do it again.
QuoteGreat coverage, great article.
Some excellent results in that table, gotta be semi-awkward when ur not in ur "home" setup with the usual stuff at hand. That aside, 6th is tremendous looking at the competitions` results also.
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Some excellent results in that table, gotta be semi-awkward when ur not in ur "home" setup with the usual stuff at hand. That aside, 6th is tremendous looking at the competitions` results also.
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Cheers for the feedback guys.
Really was an awesome weekend. Can't wait for the next one!  |
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