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Yes, and I would like all competitions to be like this!

Just wanted to say that I think the idea that you have to register for the competition is a very good idea and would like that in all competitions. I have no problem with sandbagging, but when you don't even know who you're up against it's just too sneeky. There is constantly like 10 guys posting in the last hours who have posted nothing before...

You don't really need it. I have had no problems with black screens.

I'd come if there is a cinebench tex modding contest! No, seriously, I would love to make it again. Last was really good! But depends on the dates, and how certain qualifiers go, family etc...

Ok, so we need to bench at 99.75...because 100.00 will be above 6003, maybe not all the time but we can't know until we sub to 3dmark.com. What we mean is that 6003 doesn't cover fluctuation. Not that we want to push the limit...

Hmm, cpu freq is limited to 6003 MHz. Which is fine for 32M, but I'm not sure about the fire strikes. If we set 60x100 we will see at least 6003 in sysinfo, but it is very likely to be higher now and then. Especially for 3d11 physics this is a problem as you can't see reported speed until you upload file... Maybe frequency limit should be slightly higher?

Can we use other vga than rx460 for physics stage? It makes it much simpler to bench if we don't have to unmount and reflash bios etc for vga to run them aircooled...

I think it's a shame that it won't be a fair competition. Good luck bullshooter with afr/mfr in spi32m and physics. Can't you find a way to make it more fair? Like do separate mem sponsor in finals, or go with non mem intensive benchmarks.

You don't need good memory for x99. Otherwise I have a 4133 zadak stick for you. PM if interested

board binning is very true indeed. First board managed 4000 12-12-12 with wazza. second board exactly the same. So I started to wonder if my memory was bad (Galax HOF) and that maybe my good g.skill had gotten degraded. But then I tried a third board and it just works. HOF will probably do 4133 12-12-12 or 4080 12-11-11 after a little tweaking and some cold on CPU, they passed a couple of loops just from dialing in timings. Great memory! Edit: this is not only true for Asus impact. I also tried a MOCF and had the same bad results...

Any update on when the prizes will be shipping?

Still don't think it makes sense. This way you make it useless for people having z170 as well as x99 setups. Which would be like 90% of the users here probably... The only way to win would be with 6 core X79 setup.

I would go with: bring on skylake/haswell/kaby lake (whatever non-HEDT) 3D benching

You UK guys know how to promote overclocking and create a strong community!

This makes no sense. Now we should bench X79???

Great scores as usual!

4200.00 should be ok for x99. Doesn't really matter what you decide though

Crazy results! Congrats!

Sick CPUs! Awesome scores

I don't understand why some people expect everything to be free and/or nonprofit. This is not a charity organization. I think the competitive part of hwbot might benefit from fees in more than one area.

Yes, latest version, 6.1.2.11 I think.

Thanks for your comments! @svictorcc I don't have any of the older versions of RVE to test, so I don't know how they are. But try it! @XA From my tests tertiaries were mostly as tight as they could go with auto settings. The few I managed to tighten did little to nothing performance wise. But I didn't spend too much time on them...maybe you found something better

It's a limit in bios. Xpower had the same in some bioses. Try another bios.

Thanks, have been thinking about how to solve it for benchmarks which require lots of memory for a time. But never really needed it. Now I won't have to research it!

Damn