Over the years we’ve held Go OC events in some pretty cool places such as Bangkok, Beijing, Prague, Jakarta, etc… This year is no different because on June 25th the Go OC China regional final was held in an ancient Buddhist monastery rumored to be the secret meeting place of martial artists who come to fight for the glory of being the best fighter in the region. A very apt location for Go OC don’t you think?
When all was said and done Stephen Yeong from Team HK-Centralfield (Hong Kong) emerged the champion with Wing from team Speedtime (Beijing) and Hero Ou from Team China (Guangzhou) taking 2nd the 3rd places respectively.
You can visit the official Go OC 2010 China regional final website here and there is a comprehensive write up on xtremesystems.org with loads of interesting pictures.
At Computex we gave a sneak preview of Cloud OC; a ground breaking software application that allows you to keep an eye on your system settings (fan speeds, CPU & memory temps, voltages, etc…) while running any of the 3DMark benchmarks that automatically run in full screen mode. It also allows you to tweak your system settings while you run the benchmark and even restart, shut down, suspend or hibernate your system after benching. I think the key advantage with this app is actually that you can fiddle with the settings without activating your keyboard or mouse. Theoretically, any keyboard or mouse activation requires a little interference with the OS, and any interference during a benchmark is not preferable.
Enough about that, here’s a short video from Nicole (She Geek) at netbooknews.com, that explains how Cloud OC works and what it does. Stay tuned for more about Cloud OC because the launch is going to be very soon!
I had the Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 for the past 2 years and it is still serving me very well - i meant OC'ed state.
That was the time when Intel X48 chipset was introduced and what caught me in the eye was the colourful GA-X48T-DQ6. Can you imagine having a motherboard with pink and lime green DDR-3 dual-channel? I DO!!
I bought the Intel C2Q9450 and packed it with 8GB (4x2GB) DDR-3 from OCZ. The fun began when I put everything together, considering every details, to be OverClocked!!
- Good Chassis with 500W 80PLUS PSU
- Arctic Silver 3 Heatsink-CPU Compound spread thinly and evenly on the C2Q
- Intel-branded Air-Cooler
- A handful of high-performance low-noise 80-mm FANs to suck in cool air and gush out the hot air
- Ensuring as little clutter as possible surrounding the board, CPU and RAM
The best part is the trial and error is pushing the system to the limit without breaking.... first OC the CPU, then Memory, then GPU... then again the same cycle... lots of experimenting for the best application performance.
It's like a delicate operation.... when it hang, my heart also missed a beat.... so exciting in achieving the extra MHz out of my investments.
When Win XP boots up nice and next comes the stress tests to ensure that it is stable and rock solid.... almost a weekend effort to achieve this incredible stun.
If I get a new Gigabyte Motherboard, I'll be spending another weekend doing what I once did 2+ years ago.
Oh yes, new features..... hmmm... I like the 2-oz Copper Board - much needed for stability, over-clocking, reliability, better power-efficiency, etc, and also software like Smart-6 which makes overclocking and testing much easier and convenient.
Go Gigabyte - You are the BEST !!!
Somewhere between feedback received from overclockers, the legendary HiCookie, the engineering team and all in between at GIGABYTE, we are possibly looking at the greatest motherboard ever made for any platform.
The ultimate in X58 performance will be found with the X58A-UD9 and if there’s a motherboard that can stand up to it, we’d like to see and try it. Until then, this is the most powerful motherboard we have tested ever.
Neo Sibeko
For those of you who couldn’t make it to the GIGABYTE press conference during Computex 2010, Overclocking-TV has just uploaded a comprehensive summary of the event with all the important announcements from Henry Kao (Senior VP of global sales and marketing at GIGABYTE), Zane Ball (General Manager Desktop Platforms Division at Intel), Chris Tobias (Director, Worldwide Product Marketing at Intel) and me (Tim Handley).
Henry discussed his vision of making GIGABYTE the No. 1 motherboard brand in the world through hardware/software innovation, performance leadership and the best quality in the industry. Zane and Chris talked about Intel’s desktop CPU ideology and their growing focus on the high-performance desktop PC platform. The last section from me covers GIGABYTE’s leadership in the P55 and H55 chipset space where the new Unlocked CPUs from Intel are targeted, as well as introductions to GIGABYTE Unlocked Power (1500W to the CPU), Hotkey OC (demo from Hicookie),Cloud OC (demo from Rockson) and of course USB 3.0 and 3x USB power.
Feel free to comment on these announcements below.
