14 DAY TRIAL // Overclocking can be a fickle mistress at times, since many things can go wrong, but this doesn't take away from the prestige that people who pull it off gain, and this applies to the winners and all other contestants, of this year's MSI Overclocking Arena.
Micro-Star International held an overclocking competition in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 7, where 16 teams did their best to score highest in three benchmarks.
In the end, it was the team from Romania that took the grand prize, composed of overclockers Matose and Monstru.
They gained the top spot by scoring highest in the Super PI 32M, 3DMark 11 and 3DMark 2001SE benchmarks.
Overall, the resulting performance boost they were able to pull off was of 147.169% (52.123%, 51.902% and 43.144%, respectively, for the aforementioned benchmarks).
Second place went to the team from Greece, while third, fourth and fifth spots were granted to Sweden, Germany and Japan, respectively.
Overclocking contests are held for several reasons/with more than one goal in mind, and this extends to more than just having an opportunity to host little shows, set up PC building competitions for students and giving away freebies to attendants.
Basically, the hardware used to win the contests always make sure that the companies behind their existence gain some extra prestige.
Then again, it is also true that luck plays a big part in the outcomes of these matches, since some components handle temperatures better than others and, more importantly, the various graphics cards can run into the issue of their memory not clocking equally.
In the end, though, even with other teams managing to snatch the lead from time to time, the rankings turned out to be more or less clear of who won, although, true enough, the top contestants cut it in quite close, all things considered. The official website knows more.
