slim to none existent and this is
unfortunately what befell some
overclockers during the competition.
That aside, early on as competitors
began to post scores, things took
shape with Lucky_n00b - 2016’s
winner - taking the lead. This
continued well into the day, however
just at the very end, BullShooter took
third position displacing Lucky_n00b
who along with Ziken shared 4th
place with a total of 154 points
respectively.
In the end it came down to the
3D benchmarks where the numbers
would be almost entirely dictated by
the particular GPU and the users
ability to extract the very most from
it. To that end, there were six GPUs
which reached 2,500MHz and higher,
seven in the 2,400MHz range and only
one which never quite made it past
2,400MHz. Overall a decent spread in
clocks, but one that reflects
more the specific overclockers time
with the GPU and not necessarily
the variation in silicon quality.
In the end it all came down to the
GPU benchmarks, at least for the
first two with Dancop recording
a GPU frequency of 2,550MHz for
TimeSpy and 2,520MHz for Port
Royal. Rauf’s in turn submitted
results at 2,600MHz for TimeSpy
and 2,640MHz for the new Port
Royal benchmark – simultaneously
claiming the single card record in
the process. On an related note,
not long after GOC 2018, rauf would
go on to improve this score with
an electric 2,715MHz GPU clock for
a Port Royal score of 11,260, which
still stands today.
With the main competition over,
Overclockers, were given a two-
hour window within which they
would be able to focus exclusively
on the bounty, chasing performance
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