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  1. Based on these years of Country Cup, for next year's CC Here's an idea:

     

    1) Pi 32M Low-Clock Stage

    - would be interesting since there's broadwell next year

    - should be spread from high-end to low-end, and maybe just one legacy (LGA775/1156)

    - not too much submission per stage please, 7 is ok, 10 is too much :P

     

    2) Enthusiast stage (with temp limits, so ambient cooling, limited to rookie/enthusiast/novice)

    - Limit hardware to mainstream ones for CPU & GPU?

    - just make sure the temp detection on the benchmark used is reliable

    - optional: if the benchmark needed a license, can hwbot ask futuremark to put a special discount for the members participating? we will appreciate it :)

    - 3 submission is okay, 5 maybe pushing it?

     

    3) 'All-out' Single GPU Stage

    - 3-5 submission is okay, spread from low-end to highest-end

    - make it very GPU-bound, so CPU not matter much? (and epowering the low-end GPU will give advantage)

    - Pick bench which gives Global points, if possible

     

    4) 'All-out' CPU Stage

    - pick 3-5 CPU, spread from low-end to high-end, do a multithreaded CPU-heavy bench.

    - Pick bench which gives Global points, if possible

     

    5) 'Unknown' 24h stage

    - Specify some limitations in the beginning so people know it

    - Preferably spread across many hardware, and mainstream class (hopefully not like this year, where 290X and highest 8-core FX is necessary)

    - announce the benchmark 24h before stage ends

    - only 1 stage please

     

    6) Target Stage

    - No hardware limitation, Specify a benchmark and rules. Pick a date to announce the target score, give special wallpaper for this one, and give 24hours to match the target, the first hit target wins.

    - 1 stage

     

    7) Legacy hardware (CPU/GPU) + Legacy benchmark Stage

    - 1-3 Submission

    - Pick legacy hardware which gives lots of hardware point, to give it more incentive

     

    or better, make a 'comittee' one-two month earlier to discuss what benchmark/hardware should be put on Country Cup

     

    Just thinking out loud :D

  2. Awesome stuff guys!

    We're also taking notes for next year. How did you guys like the 24h stage?

     

    Not to speak bad of it, but that stage give us nightmares X_X. We didn't even got a single score on that platform until the last 15 minutes, since we was still trying to get better vishera pi stage beforehand. We didn't do any remount, and just use the last setup and install GPUs. I Guess condensation from previous session make the system behave erratically.

     

    But well, the stage is fun in its own way, nice to have variations in the competition mechanics :D

  3. Phew. Finally it's done. The last score almost didn't make it since the cpu/mobo seems to be damaged after the pi session. Quite lucky that the scores came out (although not very efficient clock-wise).

     

    Big Congratulations for Team AU, Great Team Effort, and well-deserved clean sweep win! (1st ever, afaik). Also for France & Romania, really nice competition during the Ice Storm, and Pi stage.

     

    It was really tiring, but we had fun overclocking for these last couple of days. Great job everyone, see you guys in another competition! ;)

  4. Unfortunately, most of our results are on air or water, so we we are still behind most of the people.

     

    @suzuki: lol.

     

    Some of your air/water result are still better than what we have on LN2 right now, i can assure you :D (and you already got all 10 submission done)

     

    We're still troubleshooting some stuff now, and will probably be still benching pi until the last day, really stressed out x_x

  5. Yes Lucky.

     

    @Newlife: prepare the strongest system and go as hard as possible in the benchmark within 24h. The idea is NOT that people can buy the system, the idea is that people prepare the system and then push for the best score.

     

    Oh glad to hear that, at least we will be able to score something out, and won't need to search & buy some rare hardware.

     

    Looking forward to the benchmarks then ;)

  6. I have the same concern, but I think it would make sense for the 2014 Country Cup be held in 2014 (not 2015), And every year it's always been the 'closing' competition, so I don't mind having it in December.

     

    But if I may suggest something: Could the hardware requirement for 2014 Country Cup be announced earlier?(it's almost november now) Would be hard to search for the hardware if it's announced too close to the competition date..

  7. AOCT Online has been closed, and the final standings are:

     

    Stage 1 (Gigabyte/Hwbot Prime)

    Winner: IvanCupa

    Runner-up: aruka

     

    Stage 2 (MSI/SuperPi 32M)

    Winner: tashim

    Runner-up: akanime

    *)note: IvanCupa is #1 on SuperPi 32M stage, but he won the stage 1 already, so the winner goes to the #2 in Stage 2

     

    Stage 3 (ASUS/Intel XTU)

    Winner: David Charles

    Runner: tomyalmaarif

     

    The scores are now being verified, and the winners will be contacted in a couple days, and the Lucky Draw Winner will be posted here later.

    Thank you for participating in this competition.

     

    Cheers,

     

     

    Alva

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