Extreme overclockers from North America compete to win prizes including a place in the World Championship Final at the end of the year. The Qualification round will commence in mid-afternoon and involve several benchmarks, lasting 3 hours.

The Extreme Finals start on the morning of April 17 with two 30 minute segments allowed for the semi-finals. The Extreme Final will be held on the afternoon of April 17 shortly followed by an Award Ceremony. Benchmarks will be drawn at random from 6 possible benchmarks: XTU, 3DMark11 Physics, Cinebench R11.5, Wprime 32M, GPUPI 100M, Ref. Clock (BCLK). Each overclocker is allowed to veto-out one benchmark. More information at HWBOT