Insanse GPU Overclock Sets Benchmarking World Record
Insanse GPU Overclock Sets Benchmarking World Record
Posted 12/04/2009 at 5:04am
| by Paul Lilly
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MSI is giddy as all get-out that one if its videocards -- MSI R5870-PM2D1G -- set the record for the highest 3DMark Vantage Performance score on the planet achieved by a single-GPU graphics card. The score to beat is now 24,486.
Benchmarking that high on a single-GPU videocard doesn't come easy. Renowned overclocker "Deanzo" from New Zealand on hwbot.org used a healthy dose of LN2 to cool down the card to -180C. He was then able to supercharge the GPU to 1,380MHz, or 62.4 percent higher than reference clocks.
As for the software, MSI says Deanzo used the company's Afterburner overclocking utility, which supports GPU, Shader, and memory clockspeed adjustments on both ATI and Nvidia videocards. The utility also makes it possible to increase the voltage and adjust the fan speed.
Image Credit: MSI
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keithfreitag
December 04, 2009 at 7:23am
Should included an * asterik. Due to the extreme measure needed to pull the score off. It's like they gave the card a huge dose of COLD Steroids.
Steve Jobs is the Devil and wants an * asterik next to his ads for misleading consumers.
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chocobo
December 04, 2009 at 11:10am
Um, that's what overclocking is. That's the definition of how to compete to get the world record.
Saying that this record needs an asterisk is like accusing a runner of straining really hard to win the race.
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