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Poland Owns!
NEITHER ROMANIA NOR RUSSIA, THE TWO BIG FAVORITES FOR
LAST YEAR’S CUP, COULD CALL THEMSELVES CHAMPIONS OF 2011.
OUTSIDER, POLAND, TOOK THE TITLE WITH AN IMPRESSIVE SET
OF OVERCLOCKING RESULTS. AFTER GETTING CLOSE IN THE TWO
PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS WITH A 3RD PLACE FINISH IN 2009 AND 5TH
PLACE IN 2010, 2011 FINALLY TURNED INTO A SUCCESS STORY! BY
WINNING FOUR OUT OF THE SEVEN STAGES AND FINISHING TOP
THREE IN ALL BUT ONE, CONSISTENCY AND QUALITY WERE THE
FOUNDATIONS OF THEIR DOMINATING VICTORY.
THE COUNTRY CUP
Every year, HWBOT organizes an
online overclocking competition;
the HWBOT Country Cup which
invites overclockers from around
the world to champion their
national flag during a month and
a half or so of overclocking. This
year’s cup was a little different
as it featured three different
levels of competition with seven
stages in total, each with their
own requirements and point
scheme. Stage limitations varied
from requiring a single score
to five members contributing to
the country average. Challenges
ranged from pushing a single
core Sempron to overclocking
a 4-way SLI configuration and
benchmarks from the still widely
appreciated 3DMark01 benchmark
to the equally despised PCMark7.
The Country Cup is and was about
variety and team work.
10 The OverClocker Issue 18 | 2012
STAGES ONE TO FOUR:
UCBENCH2011, WPRIME1024M,
3DMARK01 AND MEMORY CLOCK
Stages one through four were all
ten day campaigns requiring five
submissions to form an average
score per country. Poland and
Greece won two each suggesting
that both were ready to take this
year’s title. Poland showed right
from the start they were serious
about winning this competition
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