DFI-street and OCN. DFI-street is long
gone, and I rarely visit OCN. For the
most part I spend time on the HWBot
forums and KPC, and from time to
time XS, though there’s not much
activity going on there anymore.
What are you currently
overclocking (at the time of writing)
and how goes it?
I was messing with some socket A
CPUs (1h 40min 32m’s are funny!) until
the mobo died a few days ago. Other
than that I’m just waiting for more LN2
so I can run stuff for the Team Cup.
but I was so sure it was a corrupt
one. It wasn’t and not only that, it was
0.1x MHz higher than the old record,
which s7eph3n had. My benching mate
and I went straight to McDonalds to
celebrate that night.
The Q6600 PiFast record was great
too – but I never worked hard for that
one. Couldn’t believe my eyes when I
realized it was the top score! Ah, and
the 3800+ Venice CPU-Z record! Never
thought I’d beat the old one – and not
by that much.
What are your thoughts on the
GeForce TITAN?
How feasible is it for you to get access
to LN2 where you live and how much
is it?
It’s a very nice GPU, but being stuck
with a “useless” reference PCB,
thumbs down to NVIDIA.
It costs and arm and a leg here, I used
to get it at the University, at 15 NOK/L
(~2€/$2.5), but I’m not sure if I can get
it from there anymore. I may have to
buy it from the bigger companies –
heard they charge like 40-60 NOK/L,
which is a lot for a student.
What is your opinion regarding AMD
and the ability to turn of Tessellation
in the drivers? Do you think this
unfairly prejudices NVIDIA hardware
on HWBOT or is it something that
shouldn’t be of concern?
In my opinion the problem is with
the benchmarks. If tessellation is
disabled, then it should give score 0 if
it’s a vital part of the subtests. As long
as it still runs, I feel it’s more like LOD
– but then again, I’m not a 3D expert,
so I can’t really say my words are
worth a lot here.
With the major changes made on
HWBOT regarding the shutting down
of the PRO OC League in favour
of a CUP, do you anticipate even
more activity in the overclocking
community or less? Also are you
amongst those who find this to be a
necessary and positive change for the
scene, are you against it or are you
pretty much undecided?
I’m thinking we could have kept he
old ranking in some way, but it’s not
a major concern for me personally,
as I’m fighting for exotic multi-socket
records and hardware points. Nothing
has changed for me, except I can
contribute in the Cinebench stage
this time. I bet I’m out of the Pro CUP
after this stage, unless my 4P rigs are
useful in the next part as well.
How often do you have overclocking
sessions in a month?
I used to bench non-stop (almost),
several times a week – but after my
LN2 deal “expired” I haven’t done
much. If I get a similar deal again I’d
bench like crazy for a while, I haven’t
stopped buying parts on eBay though.
Any hardware you’re looking forward
to buying this year?
Haswell, if it’s good. Another 4P
server would be nice, if I can afford it –
with Abu Dhabi chips this time. I’d love
it if I could get my hands on 4 of those!
What is your single greatest or
most memorable overclocking
achievement?
I think the Opteron 154 CPU-Z clock of
4005.36MHz was the most memorable
moment I’ve ever had. I thought
it sucked, but then I rested it and
realized it was only suffering from a
cold bug. First test was 3983MHz at
only 1.6v or so. Getting into the 3990’s
was not hard either, but that last notch
up to 4005 was nearly impossible,
but on attempt number 300 or so it
lasted long enough to save a cvf file,
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