86 pts Vivi

coool comp, might have to wipe the dust off some benching stuff for this

That didn't work out so well, was trying to comment on the giga comp

Good luck everyone!

That didn't work out so well, was trying to comment on the giga comp

Yeah, fixed it for ya

Wait, so it opens Today (10th) and yet it started on the 6th? Someone copy/paste the dates wrong?

Multi VGA cards is awesome..

I'm not rich, so, I give up this competition. all guys, good luck.

Picking a video card to run will be the real question. Might have to pick up a new processor though.

haha~New Year Contest

Link to the official comp wallpaper?

I thought there will be some retro stuff in competition

Why did Gigabyte call it retro ? Because we don't run 3D11 and Firestrike ? I also initially assumed older hardware should be used to enter. Multi GPU

Anyway always cool to have another comp, thanks GB for the support !

This would be good if my motherboard and ram weren't in the process of being RMA'd (:

untwist your panties boys! Id like to see more of these in the future!

Exactly! Apart from GBT Mainboard no other limitations - perfect.

Which is all the result of a defective lack of background.

LOL

time too buy a giga MB now

So..Z87x-OC + golden 4770K + multiple 780Ti's =win?.

Q:How is that retro?

the benchmarks are retro not the hw

So..Z87x-OC + golden 4770K + multiple 780Ti's =win?.

Q:How is that retro?

A:

untwist your panties boys! Id like to see more of these in the future!

the benchmarks are retro not the hw

Any contest that has prizes that you don't have to have for the contest is a good one! :-)

how about commercially un-available hardware like kingpin 780ti? I just want to know if i have to buy a normal 780ti

Checking ...

Kingpin card is allowed.

In fact, all types of ES is allowed. Lightnings, Epowers, Gigapower, Galaxypower, ... everything.

I thought there will be some retro stuff in competition

Me too , it brought back memories from a great Gigabyte overclocking board I was testing back , way back in the day , Gigabyte P965 DS3R :celebration:.

Nice competition , good luck to all

Any chance of that official wallpaper being released?

Wallpaper

http://news.hwbot.org/Competitions/GigabyteOcRetro/HWBOT_EVENT_031206_1920x1080-1920.jpg

I report all bad submissions.Run again.

Wallpaper

 

http://news.hwbot.org/Competitions/GigabyteOcRetro/HWBOT_EVENT_031206_1920x1080-1920.jpg

Thanks!

Now I've got some placeholder submits in, time to find some time to actually give this a go.

Go Neil!

Go Neil!

Ramping up will commence next week. Currently in 'how the bunny do i overclock on this z77x-up7 motherboard' stage.

EDIT: I'm 32nd place now, lol.

Ramping up will commence next week. Currently in 'how the bunny do i overclock on this z77x-up7 motherboard' stage.

 

EDIT: I'm 32nd place now, lol.

I'm pretty happy with what i've gotten so far, but need to try and my 3 way X-Fire to work damn it. Need a better card for '01 though.

OT but a quick question for others that may know. If you are in the enthusiast league (myself) can you run/try/practice running cold for comps and not impact on the Enthusiast stuff?

 

EDIT: I'm 32nd place now, lol.

33rd now

Hey mass! When you have time can you revert my 05 submission to the 72006 i had befote this sub. I forgot gpuz in this sub and dont know how to revert to old score. Tha ks! Goodluck to all

Happy for my result considered that i use only gtx 580 instead other that used 780 or 780ti...Good Luck to all...

Was epic!

If dinos score doesnt count that means me and 8pack are tied. Not sure which bench is the dominator. Good show!

it was checked ok by a mod last week.

Wow, that list really rearranged alot at the last seconds!

Congrats all the winners! It was fun benching old 3D marks.

Btw, shouldn't I be bumped up three pins since of all the people that gotten 4 points, my 3Dmark2001 score was the best?

Yes you know Vivi its 01. Of course Dinos score counts its on the board. That is like saying the guys in the premiership football who come second in the league on points win nothing but there points on the board is zero!!! They would be relegated.

Dino score which has been there since almost day 1 effected the way I benched. No one ever said it does not count towards points just not prizes. Dino himself in the comments said he may do all the benches.

Oh i thought it was cause he was a gigabyte employee. Ofcourse the score is valid, nothing wrong with his score, just didnt know it counted. Anyways, still a good job by you. Well deserved

Well done to you too Vivi. 01 amazing efficiency. 06 WR!!! good contest all round.

Well done to you too Vivi. 01 amazing efficiency. 06 WR!!! good contest all round.

that 05 was too close, i need to go make backups lol!

Congrats

My chips nearly completed 05 as in to the ship turboing off on last GT at 6550 but ran out of LN2 sadly!!

Thanks XA

Well done to the top guys with some WRs thrown in there as well. I personally thought it was great and actually learnt quite a bit for myself. Definately enjoyed the competion aspect of it, even if i didnt have a chance of competeing for top spots, it was just fun to compete.

Also thanks to Gigabyte for putting up this competition.

Amazing battle for sure,congrats to all of you guys,we saw top notch scores here!!!

Congratz everybody...

Got lots of fun^^

Congratulations 8pack , MuscleNerd I have a deep impact in China ShangHai.

Haha 8pack, aka MuscleNerd

Haha 8pack, aka MuscleNerd

In Galaxy GEC2013 ，He gave me a deep impression, The MuscleNerd Play OC very well

Haha 8pack, aka MuscleNerd

Even funnier because it wasn't intended to be funny.

haha!