competition ended and on the
following day, the GTX 980 was
allowed as well. Throughout
the weekend MSI managed to
secure over a dozen top score
results with their hardware
(previously known as “world
records”). Not surprising given
that many of the world’s prolific
overclockers had made it out to
the event.
With three categories and
only two hours for each, the
pressure was on for every
contestant. Given that many of
the competitors had never even
used some of the hardware
before prior to arriving at the
competition, it would be a test
of who could best prepare and
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dial in the settings the quickest.
Experience would play a major
role here and it is perhaps one
of the reasons why Vivi ended
up taking first place. Familiarity
with this kind of competition,
helped immensely as he knew
that he did not have to win every
round, but do pretty well in all
three. This was very evident
during the 3DMark FireStrike
round as he posted one of the
first set of scores and with it
coincidentally, he would go on to
win the competition. Obviously
at the time, others were trying
to beat this score, but it would
not happen and at the end
of the grueling day he stood
triumphant. Oc_windforce, the