S U P P L E M E N T // G A L A X
5 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y O C L A B C E L E B R AT I O N
Since the RTX 2080 Ti was relatively
new, a number if not most of the
overclockers were unfamiliar with
the oddities of overclocking the TU102
GPU. Had it not been for the OC LAB
edition RTX 20180 TI, it’s quite possible
that this could have ended up being an
underwhelming gathering. Especially
true when you consider that at the time
there really wasn’t a proven extreme
overclocking BIOS for the GPU. What
GALAX had at its disposal was early
firmware which obviously needed a lot
of work on NVIDIA’s side. Due to time
constraints though, waiting for better
firmware was simply not feasible.
Despite this, component selection,
layout, configuration and general
build of the meant the early firmware
was still workable as made evident
by the number of performance
records broken. It is unclear how
much higher or how much simpler
it would be with the right more
refined BIOS, but despite this, the
numbers out of the GALAX OC Lab
(participants and hardware) were
nothing short of monumental.
That said, far too many times we
have seen very select samples of
components performing extraordinary
feats, reaching heights which
are otherwise unattainable by
the retail products and of course
silicon lottery plays a huge role
in determining just how far any
graphics card can be pushed.
To that end frequencies above
2,400MHz was possible on every
graphics card with some going a lot
farther. High clock frequencies all
around especially when one considers
not only the challenges presented
by the early BIOS, but dealing with
a completely new cooling container
10 The OverClocker Issue 46 | 2019