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Thermetery Cup 2026 GTX 1060 GPU Mod Challenge - Ambient cooling

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  • Thermetery Cup 2026 GTX 1060 GPU Mod Challenge - Ambient cooling is open for submissions until 4 October 2026
  • This competition is between members

TLDR:
Build the most powerful GP106 GTX 1060 you can make. GP104, GDDR5X, and secret/NDA hardware are not allowed. For each score you produce, please include:

  • one picture of the GPU core + PCB,
  • one picture of the VRAM,
  • one HWBOT standard benchmark score screenshot.
  • one picture of your setup if you participate in the ambient only stage.

Stages:

  1. Superposition 1080p Extreme (LOD allowed)
  2. Port Royal RT
  3. GPU Pi 3.2 32B

    General:

    1. Standard HWBOT competition rules apply unless otherwise stated.
    2. For the ambient stage, you may not use any cooling methods that would land you into the Apprentice/Extreme/Elite league.
      Air, water and AIO coolign only, no ice buckets, chillers,...
    3. No OS limits.
    4. Server/workstation/prosumer/sponsored CPU, motherboard, and memory are allowed.
    5. Thermetery and HWBOT staff may ask for more proof:
      • teardown photos,
      • GPU-Z,
      • logs,
      • BIOS dumps,
      • video during the run
      • extra hardware photos.


    For Further Rules regarding the allowed modifications plz consult the dedicated Forum thread or Contact user: jiacheng_liu

        Prizes — Subambient

        1st: A binned Titan Xp core on an ASUS GTX 1080 Ti Strix board + Trophy

        2nd: A binned Titan Xp (no core swap) + Trophy

        3rd: Trophy

        Prizes — Ambient

        1st: The subambient champions’s Strix 1080 Ti core, on the freed Titan Xp board + trophy

        2nd: Trophy

        3rd: Trophy

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