“It Isn’t Often That A Vendor
Invites A Sizable Number Of
Overclockers To An Event
Which Isn’t Primarily About
Breaking Records.”
Edition cards in SLI in conjunction with
HOF DDR4-4600 HOF OC Lab Edition
memory. In 3DMark Time spy, they
recorded a two-way score of 32,193
points with both GPUs clocked in at a
respectable 2,385MHz. A score which
as you would expect by now, was
bested by two GALAX GeForce RTX
2080Ti HOF OC Lab Edition cards with
a GPU clock of 2,490MHz respectively.
Added to these scores, was a
two-way Time Spy result of 15,882
(currently 3rd) and a single card Time
Spy score of 19,509. The rest included
a mighty 40,329 in 3DMark Fire strike
(2nd in worldwide), 22,174 in Fire strike
extreme and finally 11,582 in Fire strike
ultra. Incredible results all around
and a true testament of what GALAX
hardware, mainly the HOF DRAM
and GPU can do in capable hands.
Worth noting and perhaps in the
collaborative spirit of the celebration,
is that a number of ROG Rampage
and APEX boards were used which
by allowed the HOF DRAM to go the
distance without issue or compromise.
Boards which by general consensus
among the overclockers seem
unmatched for the most part.
That said, it isn’t often that a
vendor invites a sizable number of
overclockers to an event which isn’t
primarily about breaking record. Yet
in the case of this 5th anniversary
celebration, GALAX did just that by
inviting overclockers into their lab for
the sole purpose of just overclocking
and celebrating all things related to
overclocking. Of course, it didn’t hurt
that while they were made available to
the OC Lab, they could give feedback
on the latest HOF DRAM and of course
the GALAX GeForce RTX 2080Ti
HOF OC Lab Edition graphics card.
As has become the norm over the
last few years, this sort of graphics
card is not only difficult to make,
but costs a small fortune as well
at retail. True as that may be, it
didn’t prevent all the allocated retail
cards from being sold out almost
immediately after announcement.
Most of which, if not all of them in
China. At over $2,000 for a single
one, it says much about overclocking.
The hobbyists are there, but they
lack access to pure overclocking
hardware for the most part. When an
opportunity to buy such hardware as
this arises, there are many fans and
enthusiasts willing to pay for this level
of engineering and performance.
Yes, the 5th Anniversary wasn’t
necessarily about this graphics card,
but it is undeniable that it remained
the focal point for the entire week.
Not necessarily because of the
wonderful ray tracing abilities, but
largely because off the immense
computational power it brings over
the TITAN-X and 1080Ti. As such, 3D
benchmark numbers were bound
to scale new heights accordingly.
Better still, there simply isn’t a
or more accessible GeForce RTX
2080 Ti for extreme overclocking.
It will come as no surprise then
that currently, every single 3D
Benchmark record on HWBOT has
this particular GPU to its credit.
It’s in such hardware and events that
GALAX walks a healthy line between
offering gamers hardware they can
afford and giving overclockers the
most control and tuning capability
possible in their HOF range.
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