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Team eTeknix Look to Storm the HWBOT Leaderboard!
Despite the fact that we have been registered and reporting results for quite some time, we recently decided to kick-up the efforts of Team eTeknix on the HWBOT website. As such, in recent weeks, both members of our staff and community have been looking to make a big splash in…
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Canadian Marc0053 Wins First Ever HWBOT World OC Championships
Eight of the world’s best overclockers faced off at the Caseking Showroom in Berlin, Germany recently to finally settle who is the best of the best; to be crowned victorious in the first HWBOT World OC Championships. The finalist roster comprised of all six world series finalists from the HWBOT…
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Seasonic’s Platinum 1200 Watt Power Supply Assists In World Record
Seasonic Electronics Company was founded 40 years ago and prides itself on research and development with the aim of providing consumers with cutting edge technology. This is the case with the Platinum 1200 power supply which has assisted in the achievement of a new world record in conjunction with Dancop.…
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GIGABYTE Hosts X99 Champion Challenge on HWBOT
It’s that jolly season that is upon us again, it’s overclocking time. Okay, maybe not that jolly, but interesting none-the-less. GIGABYTE is hosting the X99 Champion Challenge on HWBOT.org. The contest is open to anyone and it gives the community the chance to test and show their skills on the GIGABYTE…
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GIGABYTE Z97-Pentium AE Beat the Heat Challenge
GIGABYTE today announced its latest overclocking contest hosted on HWBOT.org, the GIGABYTE Z97-Pentium AE Beat the Heat Challenge. The main focus will be centred on the latest GIGABYTE 9 series motherboards and the G3258 Intel Pentium Anniversary Edition CPU. The challenge is open to all HWBOT.org overclockers and will be…
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Windows 8 RTC Bug Fix Discovered
Christian Ney over at OCaholic has discovered the root cause of the Windows 8 RTC bug that led HWBot to ban all Windows 8 submissions. In collaboration with CPU-Z author Franck Delattre it was discovered that overclocking plays havoc with the four internal system timers. ACPI, HPET, RTC, and QPC are the…
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HWBot Update Windows 8 Submission Rules, Exemptions To Ban
On the back of HWBot recently announcing a blanket-ban for all Windows 8 submitted scores due to an RTC exploit they have now updated the ban with some exemptions and clarifications. Christian Ney, head of moderation, has updated the rules and the new rules are as follows: 1) All new Windows…
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HWBot No Longer Accepts Windows 8-based Submissions
HWBot recently announced that it will no longer accept submissions of benchmarks records from the Windows 8 operating system. HWBot discovered that the way Windows 8 handles the Real Time Clock (RTC) potentially compromises the veracity of benchmark results. HWBot has revealed it is currently looking into possible solutions for…
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KINGPIN Makes a New World Record With GeForce GTX Titan in Quad SLI
Legendary overclocker/LN2 pot maker Vince Lucido AKA KINGPIN raised everyone’s eyes by setting a world record with new Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan in a Quad SLI configuration. Via LN2 overclocking, KINGPIN was able to bench it with 1750MHz core clock and 1707MHz Memory clock using a single GTX Titan, thus…
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