TheOverclocker Issue 21 | Page 36

THE BENCHMARKS AND THE COMPETITION JagatReview-Binus CE with Coldest and bboyjezz. In essence, a lot of overclockers from various regions, all of whom had secured tickets to the finals earlier in the year in the hope of not only representing their chosen teams and countries, but themselves as overclocking gurus. In addition to the presence of so many well-known overclockers, there were many others who were not competitors but made an appearance. Interestingly, all the overclockers who had held the number one spot in the world in the last five years were also at the venue, some checking out the competition, others showing support for friends and others just to see what MSI MOA 2012 was about. MSI’s resident high-fiving guru “Elmor” was also present all the way from Stockholm Sweden landing a hand throughout the day, while Tim (T_M) Marshall the veteran overclocker served as Master Judge. This year had three benchmarks for the competitors to best each other in, one CPU and memory benchmark along with two 3D benchmarks. As stated earlier, given the platform of choice the benchmarks chosen were spot on. There would be advantages to the team with the best overclocking hardware as always but that advantage wasn’t straight forward. For instance Super P ????4???????????)???????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????)?????????????????? AT???????????)????????????????)9????????????????????????)??????????M????A????4?????????)????????????????????????????) AT???????????????????????????)???????????????????????%???Q???()I??????????)???????????????)e?????????)??????????????)??????????????()I??????????????)?????????????e??????)???????????A??????)?????????????????)?????????????????(+?q??????????)???????????????????)?????????????????)??????????????)????????????????????)??????????????????t(??Q???=?? ??????%????????????((