jpmboy

say, with y-cruncher is the Linux OS permitted?

yup, that's about it all it takes for any component, 7980XE, 8700K 7700k, old AMD or anything else - unless you start to hard mod. ?

duped

I bench old (OCN Freezer Burn comp) but mostly new stuff on water only - and would rather spend any hard earned money on contemporary gear which can be later used productively or sold, gifted or what ever I choose to do with. I really just bench the rigs that I'm using daily. Oh, Yes. THIS not free, whether one buys a new $1500-3000 card or fishes thru many hundred of dollars worth of sleeze-bay stuff looking for golden oldies, which costs time - the only thing you can't get more of ?. And then paying big $ for cryo gear and LN2. Either way, none of this is cheap. Not sayin' the DDR4 section should allow 7980XE and TV across the board. And I couldn't agree more - with the exception of the more recent Futuremark releases, most 3D benchmarks have little to do with the graphics processor(s). The funny and sad thing is the hatred towards Titan cards of any generation to the extent of specific exclusion from all competitions except ProOC, even to the exclusion of the OG Maxwell Titan from competitions. All said - we're here for FUN, let's just lighten things up a little, or light them up. Which ever works for ya.

right - so cost limitation thing, then 7980XE, or any of the $1000+ cpus are in? See my point? It's simply relative. Old school comp is old school, team cup is old school also? I've had (too) many old systems... when they were new ;). (tho I still have an original 128K Mac I bought new in Feb 1984... #336 made) We need to attract new enthusiasts, else it's a dead-end strategy. Not gonna do that with old/obsolete gear - that's not what they buy. Otherwise we go the way of the old ham radio club. jmo. Anyway, it's all good fun. Enjoy.

I'm not sure how barring 4K setups from a single DDR4 stage levels the field... not everyone keeps 10+ year old PC parts/components around and also "attend to" places like HWBOT. More importantly when the majority of stages involve old/obsolete equipment, how does that attract new users/enthusiasts? Rather than exclude very-HEDT from all stages to level the field, a few temperature or frequency limited stages would do the same. (yes, I do have some old stuff running 24/7, but that stuff has a day job ) Anyway - no worries Leeg, we all thank you for putting the Team Cup together, and for dealing with... well, us! Figure this will bring a smile to anyone:

We can use the most expensive desktop CPU, but not Titan V for single card?? What's the logic behind that? (not that there needs top be any logic here :p) IMO, at least one DDR4 stage should be unlimited.

Huh? Stage 6, iGPU? 5 says AMD, stage 8 = APU/IGP, stage 7 is dual GPU, not limited to AMD or NV as I read it (not iGPU)...and 6 is "silent" on GPU type (brand or integrated).

DDR4 stage 6 - no restrictions on desktop socket or GPU?

yeah, I asked to see if i could use a 8086, but alias, have to wait until next round.

thanks. I thought the division rounds were restricted to components launched at the opening of the competition. 8086 would be good in rd3?

Is the 8086 permitted? It launched June 8th, after this round began.

lol - Dice vs LN2

lol- Dice vs LN2. :p

oops - sorry, should have reloaded this (phone page). It's ON !

still happening?

We are limited to a single (one) gpu. You have two.

oh geeze... tricky background switch.

just amazing!!

nvm "exclding Titan"

Are there any?

slick server gear! :thumb

boom! nicely done Dave.

I hope to drive in for a day.. or two. No room. I don't own any LN2 kit, but would love to see some at work! http://hwbot.org/user/jpmboy/ same UN at overclock.net.

looks like a bugged score. :(