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Thanks Alby. It's a really must have for the forum.

The MSI , GTX-480 Lightning is on its way. Boxed and with some accessories. I hope you enjoy it.

@richba5tard @Devroush @Leeghoofd

I have the feeling , that they will show up ... even at the last minute. We'll see

George I am not talking about members of H.O.T. (i've already notified everybody , with mails , pm's , forum posts). I am expecting the "big boys" We are very few left , we don't have the luxury to spare anybody nowadays.

Let's hope that you (+ one more person) are not the only members showing interest in Country Cup.

George You should check stage 7 and afterwards for your hardware.

Hi everybody I decited instead of private messaging members here , to open this thread , so that Greeks from all teams maybe get motivated and participate in something bigger. PM me or post here please. We can go much higher than this https://hwbot.org/competition/CountryCup2019/

Ευχαριστώ αγορίνα !!!

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It's been too many years since i last used a Soltek "golden flame" ... but i have a faint memory of being able to use a floppy drive during installation of winxp for a sata drive. Maybe i'm wrong though.

Hi everybody If not mistaken , that's the latest version shamino provided. Anybody has a download link ?

It seems like , we've lost that useful plugin

If you are sure that this is the only damage done ... and judging from Pic 1 , i would say that sometimes a good technician , can do "wonders" Give it a try.

You should check at least his latest Rev3 version Back then along with dfi-street forums , Hellfire was also posting (with an other username) at xtremesystems.org I am almost certain he was posting logs. Anyway Hellfire Rev3 if i'm not mistaken is based on 1/21

Excellent work you doing here (everybody involved). It's really nice to see that after so many years , there is still passion about making this platform gen , even greater than before (better than it's glory days). But i noticed that there is no Hellfire love in this effort ... why so ?

Fire Strike benchmarks are only available in the Windows editions of 3DMark. ⚠ Fire Strike tests are demanding benchmarks designed for high-end hardware. If your system scores less than 2800 in Fire Strike you should run Sky Diver instead. Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for high-performance gaming PCs and overclocked systems. Fire Strike is very demanding, even for the latest graphics cards. If your frame rate is low, use Sky Diver instead. Fire Strike Extreme is designed for testing PCs with multiple GPUs (minimum 1.5 GB graphics card memory required). It raises the rendering resolution from 1920 ×1080 to 2560 ×1440 and improves the visual quality. Fire Strike Ultra is a dedicated test for 4K gaming. It raises the rendering resolution to 3840 × 2160 (4K UHD), four times larger than 1080p. A 4K monitor is not required, but your graphics card must have at least 3GB of memory.

Instead of opening the door to rare or pricey or professional vga's ... should we consider lowering the 3dmark preset , so that the more common dual vga's could compete ?

That stage 14 , is a bit tough. Dual gpu's (old gen included) are limited. The ultra preset , makes the choices even less ... and you need modern and pricey or rare staff Excluding the proffesional vga's , is somehow expected , but does not solve anything tbh.

Which exact vga's are capable of running , stage 14 ? I wanna see , if i have time for a fund-raise ? ?

A 10th anniversary logo , would look really great on this wallpaper !!!

Congrats guys !!! Impressive score !!!

Albrecht is a great person. Many thanks for everything Alby ... but dont leave your post , please. p.s. Please someone , clear this thread from non-relevant

"Is overclocking DEAD or dying?" = Yes it is dying. Slowly but steady every year ... since the Sandybridge era. Overclocking was and still is , about gaining a good percentage of performance , for free. Overclocking great eras were , when it was easy for the masses (mainly for the gamers) and when the hardware from INTEL & AMD was " power unleashed" Wanna go back in time and have some examples ? The user gets a Celeron 300A to 450 and matches the performance of the top of the line P-II The user gets a P-III Coppermine 600E to 800 or 700E to 933 (Top was a P3 1000) The user gets a Thunderbird 700 to 1000 The user gets a Tualatin 1.0A to 1.33 The user gets a Tbred-B 1700+ to 3200+ The user gets a P4 1.6A to 3.2 The user gets an A64 bus speed from 200 to 250 The user gets a Core Duo from 266fsb to 333fsb The user gets a Core 2 Duo from 333fsb to 400+fsb The user gets a Nehalem from 133bclk to 200bclk *Same applies to VGA's too ... All the above numbers were easy to achieve (no extreme numbers) and required zero portions of magic ... just a slice of knowledge , some volts and a good air-cooling FREE performance !!! What the heck ... we were overclocking Sound Blasters by changing the crystal , back then ... What happened next ? Locked cpu's (Intel mainly) and a few overclocking models to play with ... but PAY for it (where is the free performance?) oeo ? ... What do we have today ? Hardware already binned from the factory and retailed at almost 90% of its speed Board makers giving you ready profiles to get that extra 5 to 10% with an AIO ... and GAME OVER for the masses. Today's performance gain from O/C is minimal and the regular user can have it with the push of a button ... so why bother ? Of cource there will always be minorities ... So will be the overclocking community. That is my personal opinion and the general idea about Overclocking today.