3. OVERCLOCKING COMPETITIONS COST TOO
DAMN MUCH!
The cash outlay required for buying the qualifying
hardware is very disproportional to the cash prize on
offer. Sure, with some recent competitions it’s gotten
better. But think about what was the first prize at MOA
2013 and what kind of hardware you needed to make
it that far. At most you break even, most of the time
it’s a loss even if you do make it to the finals. It makes
overclocking competitions look pathetic compared
to any other hobby. There are stamp collection
competitions that regularly have bigger purses.
4.
OVERHYPING THEIR CPUS!
I hate to harp on these guys but cherry picking
completely useless server benchmarks to overhype
severely underperforming CPUs is ludicrous. All of
a sudden software is written for
CPUs and
that’s why their CPUs are sucking. I wonder where this
argument was when they were ruling the roost prior
to mid-2006, all the way from the late 90s. Then to top
it all off, the code names for these CPU architectures?
Let’s hope
is actually more than hot air as the
name suggests.
5.
AND
MOTHERBOARDS!
SHOULD STOP MAKING
Yep these two vendors should close ship or focus on
something else. It’s ridiculous just how far down they
have fallen. It was way back in the P45 days where they
seemed to have something going, and then they ruined
it by going back to their old ways and making laughable
motherboards. More bizarre are their adverts and
marketing strategies. Appealing to gamers has nothing
to do with insulting them. L33T? Seriously?
6. AMATEUR OVERCLOCKERS QUIT YOUR
WHINING!
Enough already. Sure I did say that entry into
overclocking competitions is far too high. That’s true,
but don’t complain about every single thing there is.
It is a competition not a fun run. You are going to have
to invest time, money and effort into this if you want
to get anywhere. Be it you do it for points or not, it’s
not supposed to be easy or simple. It’s far easier now
to overclock and get somewhere than it was even 6
years ago. Grow a pair and stop whining. Overclock
what you have; you are not forced to compete with
anyone for anything.
7. MEMORY AGAIN!
A set that is rated at 2400MHz but fails to do 2600MHz
is frankly not overclocking memory. Just because the
packaging says so or the vendor believes it so, does not
make it true. If we were talking PSC here, sure by all
means call it overclocking memory but we are talking
about high latency 2400MHz memory here. More than
that, all publications and websites should be ashamed
of awarding kits liked these. Let’s see, 94% for a 2400
set that did just over 2500 at most with rubbish 11-1313-30 timings! That’s crazy.
8. LAB BINNING!
Yeah say what you will but the real test of how good a
graphics card overclocks is in what it does in the hands
of the people outside of the company’s payroll. To
date MSI has been the most consistent graphics card
manufacturer despite the stupid Afterburner software
policy; I see more LN2 results with those graphics
cards than with all others. Those that come from within
a company are of little to no use at all.
That’s all there is for this issue. I had a lot more when
I started this then I forgot, but trust me I’m generally a
sour person so there are more things to whine about in
my everyday existence than to be happy about. I did say
though that I am feeling festive and Christmas pudding
along with other goodies do not go down well when
you’re upset. So I have chosen to look at the brighter
side for a bit and end 2013 off on a more positive note.
Oh and I do think the cover feature in this issue does
too much
riding but hey, the man was great
and the motherboard is just that much better than
everything else.
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