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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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I got my 980x to 5.2ghz, but it took, 4.5v and wasnt worth holding it passed start up. I don't think its a record...
That voltage certainly would be.
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I meant 1.45. I'll edit that before I get a hoard of trolls under my bridge.
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"Graphics card overclocking record broken -- rig looks like a sci-fi movie set"
Wrong. Sci-fi movies have chicks.
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I don't understand why some comments arguing like "very unpractical", "what's the point for overclocking it", "why using LN2 not other" etc etc IMHO please don't give comment if you're utterly clueless, those comments sounds stupid to me, even I'm a full-pledged-noob. I respect they who give comments who asking in order to learn/expand their knowledge or wants to know deeper about overclocking
If you ask why using LN2, alright how about use liquid oxygen? everything Boom the moment you pour it
If you ask why don't put it to extremely cooled environment? Answer: can your phone still running properly after you put it in the freezer for an hour? it's still warmer than LN2 that reach -200C.. we just only need to cool some specific parts..
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And the point or goal is???
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Trillionsin said:
I don't understand why some comments arguing like "very unpractical", "what's the point for overclocking it", "why using LN2 not other" etc etc IMHO please don't give comment if you're utterly clueless, those comments sounds stupid to me, even I'm a full-pledged-noob. I respect they who give comments who asking in order to learn/expand their knowledge or wants to know deeper about overclockingIf you ask why using LN2, alright how about use liquid oxygen? everything Boom the moment you pour it
If you ask why don't put it to extremely cooled environment? Answer: can your phone still running properly after you put it in the freezer for an hour? it's still warmer than LN2 that reach -200C.. we just only need to cool some specific parts..
Guests gonna guest, by posting this you are kind of being hypocritical. I post because Techspot allows comments, my comments may not always be well thought out, I'd admit that. At least I comment about the article most of the time.
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Its still cool just ln2 cool. Be nice to actualy see them playing Crysis on full with 8x AA. Also they have four GPu cards. My Vood002 3000 overclocked on air, no special; voltage, to 50% above specified so in reality THAT was a far better rig. No, Really!
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PC nerd said:
That's amazing. And beautiful.
Seriously guys? All you can do is moan about "how pointless" it is?
You're ******. You're all missing the point completely.
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Excellent nerd one-upsmanship. And if you pour liquid oxygen on charcoal you can get it ready to cook in 1.8 seconds. Why? Because no one's ever done it before, or even thought of it before.
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Surely it would have been more sense to run the equipment at the specified clock speed, then he wouldn't have needed all the expensive & bulky cooling kit?(n)
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Surely it would have been more sense to run the equipment at the specified clock speed, then he wouldn't have needed all the expensive & bulky cooling kit?(n)
Too right! Some people can't leave well alone - not broke, don't mend it.
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