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    Country Cup '23 - Move to March 2024

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    Hwbot team, Alby, all other countries.

     

    As discussed last year, November/December isn't a good time for overclocking in general any more due to hardware launches, family and work stresses, limited annual leave availability and frankly Australia will be on fire again shortly. (Global warming woo!)

     

    As such, talking amongst ourselves we've elected for March 2024 to be the best time for Country Cup going forward.

    Australia would be happy to host any guests who'd like to visit. We could go to a sportsball game, see a show, tour the country side and visit the many wineries. Maybe boot a computer subzero if there is time as well. 

     

    Please see this notice as an official request and extend your acceptance in due course. 

     

    Cheers.

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    CC2023 date

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    November and December are harder for those with families and work commitments to dedicate time to bench. Travelling is now in a peak time, so accomodation is limited and flights are more expensive. 

     

    Earlier in the year would be ideal, January and February are relatively quiet so would be my personal preference.

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    Country Cup 2021 Planning Thread

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    I've always enjoyed benches that consisted of stages like:

    5x Highest BenchX score, using 1/2/3/4/5/6/8 etc. cores

    5x Highest BenchX score, using 4 core cpus, different sockets only.

    5x Highest BenchX score, using different chipsets/GPU familes....


    Oh, I just thought of this one.

    Fastest Spi32M score, using 9-9-9-20 4000MHZ memory (ie, dictate the timings and maybe frequency)

     

    Just don't go too wild this time. Covid has ruined logistics, so getting last minute hardware is going to be a pain.

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    Country Cup 2021 Planning Thread

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    On 10/1/2021 at 6:29 PM, TerraRaptor said:

    Probably make all stages BenchMate-enabled? I don't really like BM but as it should be our future, let CC2021 be another testdrive for benchmate. I suppose it will limit hardware to 478+/754+ but I don't think many are interested in too old hardware anyway.

    If Benchmate is required, I'm out. F that noise.

    On 10/2/2021 at 2:42 AM, Leeghoofd said:

    We will do XTU 2 only

    I'm back in, baby!

    On 10/2/2021 at 8:54 AM, unityofsaints said:

    I know it's a joke but I like XTU 2 more than Benchmate.

    Ain't a joke to me.

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    POLL: CPUZ Feelz, let your opinion be known.

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    I love to see the discussion happening; this is what's great about the community. All are coming together to share insights and opinions with a bit of banter.

    Looking at both sides of the equation here, we can see both arguments and I want to touch on these.
    The all-out frequency method that's historical to Overclocking and embodies a core pillar of its meaning and the new world realities of hardware, stability and what happens behind the scenes to make it happen.


    We have the current method, which is historically accurate to overclocking: Maximum frequency, maximum volts, all the tweaks, none of the dead weight, get that highest score with no regrets. This might entail better cooling, like LN2 or LHe, or better tweaks or OS like XP, or even disabling cores/HT to get that maximum frequency.
    This is, in my mind is a pillar of overclocking and one that is best shown in the frequency records on the CPUz validations. This is one style of overclocking and one that I think should still be around for the future.
     
    On the other side, maybe with some pressure from vendors and OEMs to show what the hardware is capable of, their desire to have enabled all cores/HT on the hardware when setting records, especially when it comes to new hardware generations. These companies are throwing massive money into Research and Development, and world record scores would surely be a KPI against the iterative improvements they're making each generation. 
    I DO NOT BELIEVE this has any influence on this decision or Hwbot directly, as some others maybe have insinuated.

    So what does the future hold? 
    I don't know, but I do want the all-out frequency method to be around and viable for the long term. If changes are to be made, let's take some suggestions from the world of sports, and maybe look to have classes or categories?
    A class for all out, one that's got stabilitiy requirements, and naturally the one true class, Fully stock cooling and XMP memory settings. 

    All out category? CPUz maximum frequency validation.
    Fully featured? All cores/HT and validated with a stability test of X from Y application?
    ... others?
    Stock cooling and XMP memory only? Validated in real-world settings? Maybe some game benchmarks or something visual for the Youtubers and hardware reviewers. (My personal favorite, as it's no longer pay to play)

    More can be said on how to validate and enforce these. I don't have any opinion worth sharing about this now, but I would be open to exploring how it goes.

    Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

     

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