challenges. We still see a lot of guys
creating threads on forums and
facebook communities showing that
they managed the best benchmark
scores and so on. Those small threads
usually use a screenshot instead of a
link to a validated score on HWbot.
People in the community should help
these guys participate in the league
and have the challenges on their
forums make use of valid score links.
On the competition side, the H.O.T. is
doing exactly what I would change in
other contests. It’s really important to
give participa nts of the qualifying
rounds a a chance to win prizes as
well. They invested in their
participation and it’s only fair that
although they may not make it to the
finals, they are recognized as
participants and get a return on their
investment.
Any interesting hardware you’re
looking forward to this year?
As an overclocker I always expect
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new VGA families, hoping that there will
be no cold slow bug, black screens and
no zombie mods required for proper
voltage control, etc. I believe we that
will see even better memory kits for
overclocking and maybe new CPUs
for the existing platforms
with a better ratio of really nice chips.
For the hardware enthusiasts new
generations of SSDs are coming out,
so the overclocked CPUs will be able
to show their power within the OS in
daily operations using faster SSDs.
When last did you play any game and
what was it and on what platform?
Last month we had the Carnival
here in Brazil, as it was a national
holiday I met my friends and we
played DotA2 all day and night long.
The PC platform was the one. We’ve
played DotA together since 2004, so
it’s our regular way of relaxing for
over a decade.
Anything else you’d like to say to
everyone reading this?
If you like hardware you should
spend some time fine tuning your
computer. Make sure the optimum
power is readily available. Make it
worth every penny you spent on it. If
you've already fine-tuned it, why not
start sharing your achievements?
Validate some scores on HWBot even if
they are not top scores, those are your
scores. Show them off to your friends,
share them on social media and let
people see what they too could do with
their own computers. If you already
share your results regularly chances
are you’ve already had feedback from
which you can draw to make your
achievement even greater, right?
Exchanging experiences allows you to
learn even more especially when you
want to try new things. This is how the
community evolves. We exchange
experiences and learn together.
Figuring out how to make our
computers reach their limits.