Contest Erodov Overclocking Contest 2011 - Sponsored By Coolermaster and MSI

[vijayninel]

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Overclocking computers is a fascinating science, art and hobby. We have a lot of overclocking enthusiasts here on the Erodov forums so we are pleased to bring to you the the Erodov.com Overclocking Contest 2011 in collaboration with Choiix and MSI.

We will be having five contest categories and a total of twelve prizes. The categories are divided by the types of processors being used. Your processor can be overclocked to only the maximum specified clock speed for each category. The rest of the gains are expected to come from operating system optimisations.

The categories for the contest are as follows:

1. i7/i5/i3 2nd Generation (Eg. 2600K, 2500K, 2400, 2300) - The clock limit on these CPU's should not to exceed 4000MHz or 4GHz. This means 4000.1MHz is over the clock limit and not allowed. Do not allow your CPU clocks to exceed this limit at any point during the running of these benches.

2. i7/i5/i3 (Eg. 980X, 950, 920, 860, 661) - The clock limit on these CPU's should not to exceed 4000MHz or 4GHz. This means 4000.1MHz is over the clock limit and not allowed. Do not allow your CPU clocks to exceed this limit at any point during the running of these benches.

3. Bulldozer/Llano/Phenom II/Athlon II series CPU - The clock limit on these CPU's should not to exceed 3600 MHz or 3.6GHz. This means 3600.1MHz is over the clock limit and not allowed. Do not allow your cpu clocks to exceed this limit at any point during the running of these benches.

4. Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad CPU's - - The clock limit on these CPU's should not to exceed 3600 MHz or 3.6GHz. This means 3600.1MHz is over the clock limit and not allowed. Do not allow your cpu clocks to exceed this limit at any point during the running of these benches.

5. Legacy (e.g. Phenom/Athlon/P4)/ Best Effort - The clock limit on these CPU's should not to exceed 3200 MHz or 3.2GHz. This means 3200.1MHz is over the clock limit and not allowed. Non-categorized winners will be decided on best effort/efficiency basis.

The Prizes For The Contest Will Be



Ten Choiix Power Fort 10Whrs Rechargeable Power Backup Battery Packs
The top two winners in each category will get one Battery pack each. More details of the power pack can be had from here

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In addition the top winner of the i7/i5/i3 2nd Generation category will get



One MSI P67A-GD65 Motherboard

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Also the top winner of the Bulldozer/Phenom II/Athlon II series CPU category will get



One MSI 890FX-GD70 Motherboard

Please note that these mainboards have been used as review samples but are fully functional with warranty.

The rules are of the contest are as follows:

• The contest is open for to all members from 16th October 2011 to Wednesday, 30th November 2011. If you are not already an registered member, you must first register as a member on Erodov.com. Registration is free and can be done here.
• The benchmarks used for the contest will be SuperPi 8 million run using Super PI Mod v1.5 and Hexus Pifast Run. Only results form Super PI Mod v1.5 will be considered and no other version is allowed. You can download it from here. Hexus Pifast can be downloaded from here.
• You can participate in multiple categories but you are allowed to win only one prize in the contest.
• You can submit multiple results in the contest. Only your best run will be considered as the contest entry.
• To submit your results you must post a image screenshots of the SuperPi 8 million run and the Pifast run along with the current CPUZ CPU, Memory, Mainboard tabs and temperatures showing in Real Temp or Core Temp in this thread. The results will be updated in the second post of this thread. The images can be in JPEG, GIF or PNG format. Here are examples of a ideal screenshots :-

Example Superpi 8m and Hexus Pifast run screenshots

• You must post separate screenshots of both Superpi and Pifast runs. Every participants best score from each bench will be combined for a total time. The lowest combined time overall will be the winner.
• You must use the official contest desktop wallpaper set in "tile" mode for the contest entries. You can download the wallpaper here. Everything must be plainly visible with no vital information blocked for your result to count.
• You may use any CPU, RAM and Graphic Card combination on a single socket motherboard you would like.
• ONLY Air or Ambient Cooled Water are to be used anywhere on your setup for the contest benchmarks. Use of cryogenic coolants and dry ice is prohibited.
• The winners are expected to disclose the tweaks they used to arrive at their scores at the end of competition so all can benefit from their knowledge.
• Decisions of the contest judges are final. Any form of cheating can be easily spotted, and strict action will be taken against the members.
• The prizes are not redeemable in cash and must be accepted as awarded.
• The prizes will be shipped to people residing in India only. Winners from other countries will have to bear any additional shipping and tax costs.

[Chiller]

Originally Posted by JD666 ^^ windows 7 is faster with hexus

Best times i still get with XP performance, but will try to on Win7

Originally Posted by thebanik Still same problem with your pifast submission,

background image

[KiD0M4N]

Banik da... stop being so anal about the background image requirement You know how difficult it is to do re runs... just do gentle prods with your stick. Blokes will get in line.

[KiD0M4N]

Originally Posted by Chiller Best times i still get with XP performance, but will try to on Win7 background image

Demand new results from you NAO!

I know you are saving scores for last minute surprises

[Chiller]

Originally Posted by KiD0M4N Banik da... stop being so anal about the background image requirement You know how difficult it is to do re runs... just do gentle prods with your stick. Blokes will get in line.

SSSSTTTTTT..... rules are rules lol

Originally Posted by KiD0M4N Demand new results from you NAO! I know you are saving scores for last minute surprises

Ow really ? Are you shure about that???

[KiD0M4N]

Originally Posted by Chiller SSSSTTTTTT..... rules are rules lol Ow really ? Are you shure about that???

Yes mate

Reason: I have one saved too
Hint: 24

[Chiller]

i really don't know what you mean with hint : 24 ??????

[ViKiD]

Originally Posted by KiD0M4N Banik da... stop being so anal about the background image requirement You know how difficult it is to do re runs... just do gentle prods with your stick. Blokes will get in line.

RESPECT!

[Neal Caffrey]

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[rajan1311]

@Jasku : I dont wanna be a dick bro, but just pointing out, change the wallpapers...

Btw, great run...how did you find so much time (in SP) ? Any tricks?

[CA50]

Hi everybody, here are my scores, Any advice and suggestion is highly welcomed

Super pi : 2m 4.953s
Hexus pi-fast : 25.67s

@mods, i am still using a 1024x768 CRT, so the images are bit tight. i hope these are Ok

All the best to all the participants

Images

[Jasku]

Originally Posted by rajan1311 @Jasku : I dont wanna be a dick bro, but just pointing out, change the wallpapers... Btw, great run...how did you find so much time (in SP) ? Any tricks?

Its cool bro, but I am having trouble with altering the background, which I messed while tweaking the system for SP, nothing special, just simple windows tweaks, dint even use Wazza.

I have been reading on upping my FSB and tightening my RAM timings, but am scared as I dont have warranty for any of my core components!!...

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@CA50 - great score in HExus man, the P35 boards are managing a pretty decent BUS speed, maybe I am just a noob OCer.

Bro- did you have up you NB and RAM volts?

[rajan1311]

I am pretty sure you can gain a lot more time buy reducing tRFC to around 46...try using memset?

[CA50]

@Jasku, no mate i kept the voltages at auto.

BTW how to change the RAM timings, tried to change the timings, but while calculating the value of pi, i got error - "not exact round" type, any help ??

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@Jasku, no mate i kept the voltages at auto.

BTW how to change the RAM timings, tried to change the timings, but while calculating the value of pi, i got error - "not exact round" type, any help ??

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@rajan1311, whom are you referring ?

[rajan1311]

both of you

---------- Post added at 09:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:43 PM ----------

when does the Not exact round error come? I mean which pass?

By experience, i feel, if its early, say pass 6-7, increase RAM voltage...
else, reboot and try later, or you can try reducing some timing by a small amount..

[CA50]

whenever i change the RAM timings, the errors pops up in 1st pass