buska103

Bah... I wish I knew about this site before last month's AMD/MSI competition... I dream about adding another Cyclone to my rig every day Anyway, good luck with all you LGA 1156 owners!

730 some DX11 marks here... what kind of hellish machines are you guys running if you have to underclock to get 1028.990? Hahaha...

HAA. It turns out that I've been stressing out for no reason, for the last 3 days I have been trying to get my ISP to fix the damn internet problem, and when it does actually go up again, it turns out that I barely even reached 3/4ths of the expected DX11 score... I guess all the other stages lowered my expectations for a "overclocker contest". Hahaha. Then again, I guess I never did have a chance. I found this site near the middle of stage 3, so next time I'll try to keep my eyes open for stage 1... plus I bet the MSI-only advantage would of helped me through stages 1-3. I guess I'll have to buy another 6850 Cyclone with my own money. Rats.

bleh, it's done, all during a time while my damn ISP was down =( ah well. Another 6850 cyclone would of suit me well, I was planning on buying another one anyway

That absolutely encourages an overclock novice like me

18:00:00 Monday March 7, 2011 in CET converts to 12:00:00 Monday March 7, 2011 in EST Aww man =( There go my chances...

What time does Stage 4 start? What time zone? What would that be in EST (Eastern Time Zone [uS])?

Oh sweet; but I still don't understand the importance of the point system. So basically, if your the first one to get the specified points or whatever, your guaranteed to win either a 6850+mobo or 6970? Epic. I just found out about this yesterday, so I'm too late for stages 1-3.. but I have been looking at stage 4. My first time actually using benchmarking software and wasting hours on end modifying core speed =) God damn, I could use another Cyclone.. go easy on me <3

I'm confused. Stage 3 ; rules - The winner of each stage is the person who hits the target score first "louislkw has been holding the throne for 13 hours! louislkw has to hold it 4 days longer win this stage." Yet I saw yesterday that 'Diabolique' was the first one to hit the target score, meaning by the rules he would be the winner of the stage... however, on the stage tab itself it says that you must hold out your score for 4 days. Both Diabolique and louislkw have the same score, and Diabolique was the first to do so, so why would louislkw be holding the throne? I'm very confused by the point system as well. And what are the times for stage 4? Apparently its 0:00 CET, but someone here said it was 18:00 CET. Sorry that I'm confused, I joined this forum to get a chance to win that gorgeous 6850, but frankly, the rules aren't clarified well enough in my opinion. That, or I haven't read something.