OC Archeology

Suggestions, remarks and comments on the HWBOT OC History Project

A collection of all overclocking boards/rankings that before HWBOT came along as well as existing today. To visit websites that are no longer up and running you can use the webarchive tool: http://web.archive.org/ Discontinued - Ripping.org: http://ripping.org/ - VR-Zone: http://vr-zone.com/ocdb/ - Ministry of Overclocking: http://www.ministry-oc.net - Pifast Challenge: http://pifast.hexus.net/ Up and running - Futuremark ORB: http://www.3dmark.com/hall-of-fame/ - SysOpt.com: http://www.sysopt.com/systemdb/overclock/ - Firesquad: http://www.firingsquad.com/special/ocdb/ - OCInside.de: http://www.forum-inside.de/cgi-bin/forum/ocdatabase_e.cgi - A…

A small topic for some sort of a how-to. Who has access to this subforum? HWBOT staff HWBOT OC ArcheologistAntinomy Hyperhorn Only people with the OC Archeologist role on the front page can add submissions to the database. Some people prefer to just be part of the discussion, but don't have the time to actually add the scores. It's possible to just be part of the forum discussion group and not have the front page roles. How to manage this? Three steps: Identifying the resources Collecting the records Adding the records to the database (and timeline) I propose to add the resources like forums and OC databases in the resource stick…

I browse old rankings a lot so I thought I'd use this time to also pick out some notable retired OCers - there's no bombproof way of telling whether someone is retired so if any of you are still around just reply here and accept my apologies! @knopflerbruce - one of the few to run AM2 on LN2, almost 3,000 hardware golds - most ever. No subs since 2017 @Christian Ney - memory OC legend and of course one of only 6 people to get the Aquamark achievement @Mad222 - King of AM3 with the only sub 10 mins SP32M. No subs since 2013 but possibly doing some work under the @GalaxOCLab group account? @fredyama - similar to Mad, still occasionally active on g…

I found this old 3d benchmark dated from 1997, released by remedy. Bunny's Workshop used this bench to competitions in the late 90's. The benchmark gives a final score. This one is not on Hwbot 3d bechmarks list, but i think it's worth be in there, and it can be used for Old School is the Best School competitions as well. Download link: https://files.scene.org/view/demos/groups/remedy/fr101.exe Bunny's Workshop ranks with Matrox Millennium G200 and other vintage graphics cards. Bunny's Workshop

Hello everyone, I would start by apologizing for my really bad English. It's all in the title I'm looking for a bios for old MSI GX620 laptop. Particularly version 1.0E --> A1651MS.10E of 08/01/2008 And or version 1.0Z --> A1651MS.10Z 06/25/2008 These are the only version compatible with Setfsb , I use version 1.0P and this one does not work. Of course all bios links on the internet are dead. I'm a big fan of mobile hardware overclocking and IGP ? Thanks for your help.

http://hw-museum.cz/vga/311/gainward-geforce-6800-gs-agp--nv41- Is there old info?

A few still exist, mine has the DDR2 adapter and I have the original box. Not for sale, just showing off.

On https://hwbot.org/hardware/motherboard/a7v8x_x/ stays chipset KT400 (VT8368), but https://valid.x86.fr/show_oc.php?id=2352255 shows another like KT600 and yet sourse shows VT8235 .

Found YoungPro's 734 FSB: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?197125-Team-AU-condsolidates-with-4-World-Records&p=3187312&viewfull=1#post3187312 I know in the past Massman added scores that happened before HWBot existed retroacticvely to the DB wtih pts disabled, is that still something that is allowed / encouraged? I think it would be nice to have because, even 12+ years later this is in the #3 spot. This is just one example of course, I'm sure there are many more great scores lurking.

The oldest submission I can find using the search form is this one from the 8th of March 2006: https://hwbot.org/submission/498730_trouffman_cpu_frequency_pentium_4_561_5263_mhz It's hard to know whether this is really the first sub as the fact that past world records were added "posthumously" clouds the picture. HWBot's copyright is 2004 - present (as indicated by the page footer), does that mean the project was in startup mode 2004 - 2006 with no submissions made or have those subs made in that timeframe been purged somehow?

Sorry for my English this is a Google translator. I decided to find out the history of all competitions both world and regional. I may miss something, so if you want to tell me what I missed and I'll add it. My article, but in Russian when you click on the image. Below is the text without a description. 2002 год. 决战升技之巅--中外DIY现场群英会 The top of the Battle of abit -- Chinese and foreign DIY 全球硬件老大Tom来华玩脑 - (копир.) 1月18日晚 同济大学 决战升技之巅 - (копир.) Томас Пабст и г-н Вэн Цзыцин заместитель генерального директора Abit Computers (Гонконг) Co., Ltd. Фото из веб архива сайта abit TOM：现身来到升技上海分公司 (копир.) “决战升技之巅—中外DIY现场群英会”报道之二 “决战…

Just an idea that some might already have considered. There is so much knowledge and history about overclock that it could be compiled in a great book, with photos, curiosities, interviews, documents, testimony and many other things. Pretty sure many will buy it and, afaik, the first book only about it. It could cover since 286 crystal change era until nowadays.

Does anyone here knows WHO made and WHEN occurred the first extreme Hardware overclock "session" in the overclocking history?

Hey all, I've got an issue. I had a working motherboard, after mothballing it, i installed some components, put power to it, and low and behold: it worked. After a cleanup, involving a bios chip removal because corrosion, it failed on me. Nothing goes. Is there anybody (Belgium) willing to take a look at it? My guess: 1) the socket for the bios chip is missing connections: the corrosion snapped some of them off. 2) the CMOS battery (VARTA NiCd) is leaking, I guess no paths are broken (visual inspection) but i do think it needs a new cmos battery (button battery mod). I got a rudimentary soldering iron and no expertise/practise in fine soldering work ne…

Via ministry of overclocking, I could compile a list of Hexus Pifast 4.1 "world records" back in the day. Not sure if this is correct and/or complete: 50.89 sec - Apr 8, 2003: Umekami10 (source: http://pifast.hexus.net/'>http://pifast.hexus.net/'>http://pifast.hexus.net/'>http://pifast.hexus.net/'>http://pifast.hexus.net/'>http://pifast.hexus.net/'>http://pifast.hexus.net/'>http://pifast.hexus.net/'>http://pifast.hexus.net/'>http://pifast.hexus.net/'>http://pifast.hexus.net/'>http://pifast.hexus.net/'>http://pifast.hexus.net/'>http://pifast.hexus.net/) 48.63 sec - Jun 7, 2003: Tom Holck (source: http://pifast.hexus.net/) 41.…

I'll take a look at the 1M records and make an template thread? Just adding the first results from bunnyWK. He's been using LN2 since 2000! Top scores 1998/12/19: 3min 18s by bunnyWK (http://www16.big.or.jp/~bunnywk/old/sl2yk.html'>http://www16.big.or.jp/~bunnywk/old/sl2yk.html) 1998/12/10: 3min 26s by bunnyWK (http://www16.big.or.jp/~bunnywk/old/sl2yk.html) 1999/02/10: 3min 03s by bunnyWK (http://www16.big.or.jp/~bunnywk/old/sl2tv.html'>http://www16.big.or.jp/~bunnywk/old/sl2tv.html) 1999/02/13: 2min 55s by bunnyWK (http://www16.big.or.jp/~bunnywk/old/sl2tv.html) 1999/04/18: 2min 52s by bunnyWK (http://www16.big.or.jp/~bunnywk/old/sl3cd.html'>h…

So while i was digging for more ancient ln2 extreme overclocking, i unearthed some excellent material that deserve to have it's own thread I did not find the specific date that the event occurred, but I imagine it's around 2000 or earlier. I will start with this guys from "Project E.U.N.U.C.H.", which, according to them, means "The Extreme Use of Nearly Universal Cooling Hardware" LoL. It's a crazy and fun overclocking session that a bunch of friends invented to drink some holy water until they die of happiness :0 For more funny info: Project E.U.N.U.C.H.

Hey guys, In preparation for Computex, I've done some work on building a timeline for the Memory Frequency World Record. Below is a dump of the current list. Anything I missed? Sources: HWBOT database CPU-Z (canardpc) database CPU-Z (x86-secret) database Tanuki's Memory OC Ranking (DDR2) Tanuki's Memory OC ranking Record Date Freq Type Overclocker 30/03/2017 2640 DDR4 Audigy 27/02/2017 2631.4 DDR4 Splave 13/01/2017 2630.4 DDR4 Audigy 4/06/2016 2594.6 DDR4 Splave 3/06/2016 2515.9 DDR4 racoon 25/05/2016 2501.2 DDR4 Toppc 24/05/2016 2451.8 DDR4 Toppc 18/08/2015 2450.8 DDR4 Chi-Kui Lam 11/08/2015 2419 DDR4 Hicookie 5/08/2015 2397.7 DDR4 Chi-Kui Lam 30/06/…

I'll start collecting frequency records here. First as a list of links and the I'll compile them for a submission. 14.01.2002 Holicho P4 2.2@3.54 - 1 and 2 16.01.2002 P4 2.2@3.67 - 1 and 2 19.01.2002 P4 2.2@3.7 - 1 and 2 23.01.2002 P4 2.2@3.8 - Holicho 1 29.01.2002 P4 1.6A@3.11 1 18.02.2002 P4 1.6A@3.64 1 and 2 19.03.2002 P4 1.6A@3.76 1 22.03.2002 P4 2.4@3.89 1 29.03.2002 P4 2.4@4.01 Holicho 1 14.04.2002 P4 2.4@4.11 Holicho 1 05.07.2002 AthlonXP 2200+@2.71 Son 1 19.08.2002 Pentium 4 2.4@4.3 1 29.08.2002 Pentium 4 2.8@4.3 1 02.09.2002 Celeron 1.8@2.51 and 2.53@3.52 TOPMO3 & Newsmaker 31.10.2002 Athlon XP 2700+ @ 2.32 1

Using the optimized WindowsXP for overclocking (SuperPi) cause that I'm running my S3 Trio64 card in VGA mode, 640x480 16colors. That suxx. And I cannot find a driver for Windows XP and S3 Trio64. No matter how hard I try. Only for WinNT, where the drivers are good, giving the needed 1024x768. Yes, there is the files: s3legacy.dll s3legacy.sys ...in WinXP install. However just copy them alone into the system32 and system32/drivers for the sys file did not do anything. I need the inf file for them and I can find only a inf file for S3Trio3D in Windows XP install, but not for the legacy S3Trio64 card. That suxx I would also like to have better driver, that …

Starting this thread to share grief and pain about legendary socket A boards that gone ashtray. My biggest loss so far. A DFI Ultra-B gone dead after using an XPM-2000+ low voltage cpu. Booted once , got into bios , load optimized defaults,save & exit =>end of story. Runner-up loss ABIT NF7-S v2.0 gone dead after testing max mem. overclock on a pair o D43's

Spend some time crawling the 3DMark archives: http://hwbot.org/benchmark/3dmark03

Via ministry of overclocking, I could compile a list of Aquamark3 "world records" back in the day. Couldn't find the link to the Aquamark ARC archive Not sure if this is correct and/or complete: 93,007 - Dec 15, 2004: SLK_L_CELL (source: http://www.ministry-oc.net/'>http://www.ministry-oc.net/'>http://www.ministry-oc.net/'>http://www.ministry-oc.net/'>http://www.ministry-oc.net/'>http://www.ministry-oc.net/'>http://www.ministry-oc.net/) 99,716 - Jan 22, 2005: SLK_L_CELL (source: http://www.ministry-oc.net/) 110,054 - May 2, 2005: Rol-Co (source: http://www.ministry-oc.net/) 152,586 - Sep 22, 2006: Kingsizerizla (source: http://www.ministry-…

Segate 13G ST313021A on Pentium 90 @ 125MHz: Average - 6.4MB/sec - now this is SPEEED! ... I wonder, if anyone have in operation slower HDD