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Graphics card overclocking record broken -- rig looks like a sci-fi movie set
Indonesian PC wizard Hazzan has broken the world record for overclocking PC graphics cards. But how do you even measure such a thing?
The scene uses the scores handed out by benchmark tool 3DMark 11, and Hazzan's 4-way SLI GTX 680 setup registered a score of P33190, which beat the previous mark by 39 points.
To reach the score, as you can see in the pics, Hazzan had to do what a lot of these serious guys have to do: namely, stand over his PC with an open bottle of liquid nitrogen and keep pouring some in every few minutes so the entire rig doesn't burst into flames. According to EXP, his entire rig reads as follows:
The platform included Core i7-3930K processor (oc'ed to 5784MHz), 8GB quad-channel GSkill DDR3 memory (oc'ed to 2480MHz), Antec High Current Pro 1200W power supply, ASUS Rampage IV Extreme mobo and ASUS GTX 680 DirectCU II graphics card，the CPU and graphics adopted liquid nitrogen cooling.
Hazzan broke the record over the weekend at the ROG Absolute Zero Extreme OC event, where some of the most insane pictures of personal computers I have ever seen were taken.
Republished with permission. Luke Plunkett is a contributing editor at Kotaku.
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How does he have a 1300 Watt Power Supply when in one of the images it CLEARLY shows only 1200 WATTS??? --- Editor's note: Fixed
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LOL.. I've been building my own PC's for over 15 years and there are only 3 things I recognize in those pictures - a monitor, a keyboard and a power supply.
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That's the proper way to handle liquid nitrogen... /sarcasm
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If only there was a point to all this wasting of liquid nitrogen, oh well. It's all about the 24/7 OC, this is just so pointless...
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JC713 said:
He could have pushed it further if he used a 3960X, and 16GB of Dominator GT RAM. Also, what about the SSD? What did he use?
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That's the proper way to handle liquid nitrogen... /sarcasm
It's LN2 not Plutonium. You'd see worse at many an overclocker event
If only there was a point to all this wasting of liquid nitrogen, oh well. It's all about the 24/7 OC, this is just so pointless...Nitrogen isn't overly scarce. If you consider sub-zero overclocking a sport , then it consumes a lot less resources than many others ( motor racing for example). At this level of overclocking it's all about sponsorship and marketing, and has about as much relevance to a daily desktop OC as top fuel drag racing does to a local gymkhana
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JC713 said:
lol
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dmill89 said:
How does he have a 1300 Watt Power Supply when in one of the images it CLEARLY shows only 1200 WATTS??? --- Editor's note: Fixed It is also an Antec True Power Quattro (TPQ) as noted by the red stripe, giant 1200 on the case, and a wire fan grill not a HighCurrent Pro. The HighCurrent Pro is matte black with a stamped fan grill.
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@ TomSEA: I recognize a lot of the voltmeters, electricity/current flow equipment. I've seen liquid nitrogen setups at electronic expos and have did some water-cooled builds myself. Hard to believe someone putting together PC's for that long (even non-overclocked builds) does not recognize any of it :p but I can see it.
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oh, yeah?
but will it run crysis?
seriously, it would have been better if the new overclock record was done on a "properly assembled computer" and not on a nuked environment.
anyway, kudos to the overclocking community... you set a new bar yet again.
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yRaz said:
oh, yeah?but will it run crysis?
seriously, it would have been better if the new overclock record was done on a "properly assembled computer" and not on a nuked environment.
anyway, kudos to the overclocking community... you set a new bar yet again.
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considering that at release the GTX680 could almost get the solid 60FPS @ 1080p in Crysis, I think the answer is, yes, something can finally play crysis. Then again, they have three...
On a side note, this reminded me of a quote from Mystery Science Theater 3000: The movie
"increase the flash gordon noise and put more science stuff around"
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The third picture should be called "moments before everything Boom"
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these are the guys we are looking for to cure cancer.... oh wait... thats not important at all...
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when PC gaming was king it would have been cool but now it is only an exercise in futility.
:-(
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Then again, they have three...Well 4 actually. Its 4 way sli. Too rich for me. I wanna be a billionaire so I could afford to mess around with crap like that.
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how many cards did he burn before getting this right ?
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I recently overclocked my clock, and now it's Christmas.
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If only there was a point to all this wasting of liquid nitrogen, oh well. It's all about the 24/7 OC, this is just so pointless...
Liquid nitrogen is cheaper than bottled water (or at least it was when I was doing chemisty at school). 80% of the air is nitrogen.
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fimbles said:
Liquid helium would give the best results but its getting short in supply and so is very very expensive these days.
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Trillionsin said:
so very unpractical. where's the record for a PC overclocked by conventional cooling. until the everyday person (enthusiast) can have liquid nitrogen cooled PCs I dont really care about this record.
Why not creating a super cooled environment, like a freezer just for the PC parts, cooled by liquid nitrogen, all boxed in and shit... look nice.
I've been hounded by critics when I posted pictures of my PC with cables showing... these guys arent your typical enthusiasts, I guess... they did not give a shit about wires going everywhere, or even take a moment of time to even think about it.
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Me to friend : "Hey dude, could you pour the LN2 for my while I jam crysis for the next two hours"
On a more serious note, Congratulations for the achievement!
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1 person liked this |I've been hounded by critics when I posted pictures of my PC with cables showing...
Word to the wise: Give random internet posters all the time you think they deserve. Most are flapping their gums for the sake of it- if they realized the limitations imposed by chassis, PSU cabling (including connector spacing), and how many devices are connected- I.e. they were an tech enthusiast - the only comments they would utter would be potential workarounds or help. This is the difference between an enthusiast and a wannabe
so very unpractical. where's the record for a PC overclocked by conventional coolingThe records fall under a number of categories (Stock, Air, water, peltier, dry ice, liquid nitrogen, helium, single/multi stage refrigeration).
Absolute records tend to garner the most interest unsurprisingly- much like any other human endeavour. The same reason that the mens 100m record is a blue ribbon event, whilst the 3000m steeplechase...not so much.
until the everyday person (enthusiast) can have liquid nitrogen cooled PCs I dont really care about this recordEach to their own, but it does become the thin edge of the wedge. You could say that LN2 is so esoteric/expensive that it bears no relevance to you. I've heard the same thoughts voiced on forums about bespoke watercooling and quad SLI/CFX, but some people place a higher value on their tech enjoyment than others
Why not creating a super cooled environment, like a freezer just for the PC parts, cooled by liquid nitrogen, all boxed in and ****... look nice.The problems would be many. One that comes readily to mind is that the chassis/enviroment could not be sealed. Liquid Nitrogen (and other elements that are gaseous at one atmosphere pressure) expand rapidly with heat variance. Load up a CPU and a bunch of GPU's, and the heat buildup would translate into pressure- that pressure would then damage the internal components of the system. Anything hollow or containing air spaces would have to be able to withstand the pressure buildup as well as the sub-sub-zero tempreture (becoming brittle for example).
these guys arent your typical enthusiasts, I guess... they did not give a **** about wires going everywhere, or even take a moment of time to even think about it.QFT. With these guys (and I used to run a single stage compressor once upon a time) the tinkering, tweaking and validation is where it's at. I can appreciate that. I get more satisfaction from building a system -picking the parts, tweaking, modding, and seeing it pass a torture test, than I ever get out of it once it's up and running and sitting on a desk. Think about it as LEGO with expensive blocks.
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Errrrr.....why?
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Errrrr.....why?
Errrr.....why not?
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Mantrhax said:
Too much time and money in theyr hands
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so very unpractical. where's the record for a PC overclocked by conventional cooling. until the everyday person (enthusiast) can have liquid nitrogen cooled PCs I dont really care about this record.
Why not creating a super cooled environment, like a freezer just for the PC parts, cooled by liquid nitrogen, all boxed in and ****... look nice.
I've been hounded by critics when I posted pictures of my PC with cables showing... these guys arent your typical enthusiasts, I guess... they did not give a **** about wires going everywhere, or even take a moment of time to even think about it.
I got my 980x to 5.2ghz, but it took, 1.45v and wasnt worth holding it passed start up. I don't think its a record, but as per your statement above, completely impractical? The everyday person isnt an "enthusiat" either.
There are about 7 reasons why I wouldn't create a super cooled freezer. It rhymes with sublimation and evaporation....
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