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Just moments after the official introduction of the Radeon DH 7700 series, XFX announced a new range of graphics card based on this design, including the SuperOverclock Edition HD 7770 which was built in order to work at a whopping 1120MHz.
It goes without saying that this is XFX’ most powerful solution to be ... |
15 February 2012
03:55 GMT |
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VTX3D, a branch of the same TUL Corporation that also owns the PowerColor brand, has just announced the release of two new factory overclocked graphics cards based on the Radeon HD 7970 and HD 7950 designs.
Both of these solutions were released by the company in the X Edition series, which uses a custom cooler devel... |
10 February 2012
08:38 GMT |
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PowerColor is currently working on yet another graphics card based on the Radeon HD 7970 GPU, which will use an in-house developed cooler meant to make PowerColor’s solution more efficient than AMD’s reference design.
The yet unnamed graphics card was recently pictured by TechPowerUp and it seems to rese... |
9 February 2012
03:00 GMT |
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Origin PC has just announced that the company’s desktops can now be configured with the Frostbyte 360 liquid cooling system which allows for their systems to be overclocked to speeds of up to 5.2GHz without overheating the CPU. The Frostbyte 360 comes as an enclosed liquid cooling loop which pairs a high-effic... |
6 February 2012
18:31 GMT |
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AMD’s launch of the multiplier unlocked A8-3870K and A6-3670K processors have enabled overclockers to push Llano APUs to higher frequencies than ever before, such a chip just surpassing the 6GHz barrier during a recent OC competition.n. The processor in question is actually the A8-3870K APU which, with the hel... |
1 February 2012
21:21 GMT |
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CyberpowerPC announced earlier today that, when purchasing one of its systems, the company’s clients can opt for Intel’s Performance Tuning Protection Plan (PTPP), which provides an added layer of warranty protection in the event of CPU damage caused by overclocking.
The plan was introduced by Intel in ... |
1 February 2012
04:30 GMT |
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It might not be AMD’s fastest graphics card in the Radeon HD 7900-series, but the HD 7950 can do more than just hold its own against its more powerful sibling when overclocked.
Doanim Haber has put this not yet released AMD graphics card to the test, both running at its default frequencies and overclocked to H... |
25 January 2012
09:35 GMT |
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With three more months to go until Intel makes official its first Ivy Bridge processors, a Taiwanese overclocker has entered into the possession of an engineering sample Core i7-3770K CPU, which he put through all sort of tests to reveal a bit more about this chip and its overclocking potential.The tests run by TOPPC... |
19 January 2012
20:11 GMT |
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Asus’ DirectCU II graphics cards have long been among the best in the industry, so many will rejoice when hearing that the Taiwanese company is getting ready a highly customized version of the Radeon HD 7970 for being released into this series.The card in question will be called the HD 7970 DirectCU II Top and ... |
19 January 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Intel has just announced the introduction of new program called the Performance Tuning Protection Plan (PTPP) which allows K- and X-series processors owners to purchase an additional warranty for their CPU, enabling them to get a replacement in case the old one is killed thorough overclocking. This new plan is an ad... |
18 January 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Outside of the Rampage IV Gene that we talked about earlier, Asus’ ROG LGA 2011 motherboard lineup also includes the Rampage IV Formula, a board that comes as a slightly cut back version of the Extreme.The Formula was recently the subject of a close picture preview, and Slashgear reports that even though it pac... |
17 January 2012
17:51 GMT |
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Intel’s Core i7-2700K processors was already overclocked by Origin PC to 5.2GHz using water cooling a few months back, but for those of you wanting more than this the boutique builder has now fitted its GENESIS desktop with a phase change cooling system that takes Intel’s CPU to a whopping 5.7GHz.Popular ... |
11 January 2012
04:58 GMT |
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XFX is the first company to announce a custom designed version of the AMD Radeon HD 7970, which will be launched in the company’s Black Edition line and will arrive sporting a 1GHz overclocked Tahiti XT GPU.The card is based on a XFX proprietary design and includes two large fans (presumably 92mm) for dissipati... |
9 January 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Team Group decided to launch a memory module for people who want to play with clock speeds but don't have a fortune to spend on super PCs.
The Xtreem Dark DDR3 1600CL9 is a single-channel module which, as its name makes it clear, has a base frequency of 1,600 MHz and a latency of CL9-9-9-24.
It works on a volt... |
6 January 2012
05:41 GMT |
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AMD’s soon to become available Radeon HD 7970 graphics card seems to be a beast of an overclocker as recently two enthusiasts have managed to increase the card’s GPU clock from the standard 925MHz, to an impressive 1700MHz.The graphics card, which was provided by Asus, reached this 83% GPU overclock by be... |
3 January 2012
16:31 GMT |
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If you thought the AMD Radeon HD 7970 graphics card was overpowered on its own, you were probably right. That doesn't mean people can't push it into overdrive just to see how far it could go. It also can't actually stop people from doing something of the sort to three of them at once. This is pre... |
3 January 2012
11:39 GMT |
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After almost two months have passed since Intel’s introduction of the first Sandy Bridge-E high-performance processors, MSI has finally launched its Big Bang-XPower II motherboard for CPUs using the LGA 2011 socket.As most of you know, MSI’s Big Bang line is reserved for high-end enthusiast friendly produ... |
3 January 2012
03:42 GMT |
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After the news about fried motherboards, people around the world probably didn't expect a Gigabyte X79 model to set a new overclocking record.
Ironically, this is precisely what happened, as this submission on HWbot proves.
The exact motherboard is X79-UD3, while the central processing unit was an Intel Core... |
30 December 2011
04:50 GMT |
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Just how many times have you cried out for more CPU power while having your computer performing complex tasks? Well, in case you feel like getting more power from your AMD-loaded Asus motherboard, the Core Unlocker should be your tool. AMD runs quite a lot of tests on their CPUs, and while some make it big to the to... |
27 December 2011
10:40 GMT |
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In a surprising, and somewhat disheartening, turn of events, Gigabyte has discovered that quite a few of its newest motherboards have a tendency to blow up.
Granted, 'blow up' may be a harsh term, since the issue is that a MOSFET or some other component can fry, and this applies to quite a few boards st... |
27 December 2011
08:40 GMT |
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When it announced the introduction of the GTX 580 Classified Ultra at the end of last week, EVGA hasn’t mentioned anything about the availability of these cards, but recently the 3GB model popped up on Newegg, where is available for $619.99 (472.7 EUR).The GeForce GTX 580 Classified Ultra is actually a tweaked ... |
21 December 2011
03:46 GMT |
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With the launch of the Radeon HD 7970 now brought forward to December 22, more info regarding this card showed up on the Web which covers the graphics card’s overclocking and cooling performance as well as its video output options.All the info was taken from AMD’s media presentation for the Radeon HD 7970... |
16 December 2011
06:11 GMT |
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EVGA is positively happy to boast that its hardware enabled Vince "k|ngp|n" Lucido to reach a 3DMark benchmark score of 12,500 in the Extreme preset.
Go here to see the original post, or here if you want to read what EVGA had to say on the matter.
The man used an EVGA X79 Classified motherboard and four EVGA GTX ... |
1 December 2011
10:43 GMT |
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Boutique builders continue announcing new systems based on Intel's just released Sandy Bridge-E processors and the latest such company to get its name on that ever more crowded list is Digital Storm which has now unveiled a special version of the ODE Level 4 gaming PC.At the heart of this new system stands Intel... |
15 November 2011
08:34 GMT |
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Together with Intel's release of Sandy Bridge-E, Asus made official the high-end ROG Rampage IV Extreme motherboard for LGA 2011 processors that targets enthusiasts, hardcore gamers and overclockers alike.This is Asus' most advanced offering for the Sandy Bridge-E processors as it comes with an arsenal of f... |
14 November 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Owners of a Samsung Galaxy S II on the airwaves of T-Mobile in the United States can now bump up the speed of their devices through an unofficial overclicking kernel than emerged into the wild recently.
Available courtesy of XDA-Developers, the tool will offer users the possibility to bring the speed of their handse... |
7 November 2011
05:41 GMT |
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A new Catalyst Display Driver (version 11.10, WHQL) is not all that Advanced Micro Devices finished on the software front, as it is also offering a new version of OverDrive. For those who don't know, AMD OverDrive is the company's software program that allows for overclocking and PC monitoring, among othe... |
5 November 2011
05:08 GMT |
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After only last week it managed to achieve a new overclocking world record using AMD's FX-8150 processor based on the Bulldozer architecture, Andre Yang has now returned with an even more impressive OC result to establish a new WR for the highest speed ever achieved by a CPU.During this new overclocking session,... |
3 November 2011
18:01 GMT |
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Quite some time has passed since we first laid our eyes on EVGA's GTX 580 Classified, so many of you should be glad to hear that the graphics card is now available for ordering from the company's online store with prices starting at $549.99 (401 EUR). For this much money, users can get the 1.5GB air-cooled ... |
2 November 2011
04:52 GMT |
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Just a few weeks after the official launch of AMD's first processors based on the Bulldozer architecture, an overclocker has managed to reach a new CPU frequency world record by utilizing the chip maker's flagship desktop processor, the FX-8150.The record was achieved by cooling the CPU with liquid nitrogen... |
31 October 2011
07:11 GMT |
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Expected to be released in mid-November, Intel's Sandy Bridge-E processors seem to be capable of great overclocking feats, as one recent report has just unveiled that these CPUs can reach speeds of 5GHz using only air cooling.This information comes from OCWorkbench which witnessed such a processor reaching 4.92G... |
26 October 2011
16:11 GMT |
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Intel kept no secret of the fact that it plans to update its processor portfolio with a new flagship Sandy Bridge part, the Core i7-2700K, and this CPU has now been added to the company's official price list as it began shipping to Intel's partners.Compared to the current top of the line Core i7-2600K, the... |
24 October 2011
02:40 GMT |
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Liquid nitrogen has been used by enthusiasts for years now in order to reach impressive overclocks using retail hardware and recently Corsair has though that it's time for the average Joe to find out what it needs and how to build such an extreme cooling setup.Jake Crimmins, the guy who shows us the ropes in thi... |
18 October 2011
09:10 GMT |
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Many enthusiasts have thought that the Sandy Bridge release will mark the beginning of the end for overclocking on Intel platforms, but a recent report comes to suggest that this won't actually be the case as Ivy Bridge and Haswell are expected to be much much easier to overclock than Intel's current chips.... |
14 October 2011
02:36 GMT |
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Expected to arrive in just a few hours from now, AMD's upcoming FX-Series processors based on the Bulldozer architecture seem to feature an impressive overclocking potential according to an enthusiast who recently stated that 8GHz is easy to reach using the upcoming FX-8150 CPU.“8GHz on 990FXA-UD7, not har... |
11 October 2011
15:31 GMT |
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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 compe... |
8 October 2011
07:34 GMT |
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Expected to arrive later in the fourth quarter of this year, Intel's Core i7-2700K processor has already found its way into the hands of enthusiasts who have recently managed to overclocked the CPU to an impressive 5GHz using only air cooling.The processor to reach this overclock was an engineering sample chip, ... |
6 October 2011
06:11 GMT |
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PowerColor has just announced the release of a new high-performance graphics card based on the AMD Radeon HD 6970 design, which uses a custom design in order to deliver higher gaming performance as well as silent operation.The new card is dubbed the Devil 13 HD6970 and doesn't seem to resemble in any way AMD... |
5 October 2011
04:21 GMT |
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We have previously covered Intel's upcoming Core i7-2700K processor, but now a new series of leaked slides has arrived to confirm the existence of this chip as well as the specifications of this multiplier-unlocked chip.Compared to the current top of the line Core i7-2600K, the new Intel processor will have a ba... |
4 October 2011
06:21 GMT |
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Expected by computer enthusiasts and overclockers alike, Intel's processors based on the Sandy Bridge-E architecture were specially designed in order to provide an impressive overclocking headroom, and the Santa Clara chips maker doesn't disappoint as its upcoming CPUs will be able to reach in theory speeds... |
29 September 2011
16:01 GMT |
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In mid-November, Intel is expected to launch its first desktop chips based on the high-performance Sandy Bridge-E architecture, which are expected to bring a boost in CPU power but also improved overclocking capabilities when compared to today's second generation Core processors.From the information available at... |
22 September 2011
16:51 GMT |
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Though people probably won't be pleased with the news, reports now say that a certain, upcoming Core i7 CPU, dubbed 2700K, will be more expensive than the 2600K.
Upcoming central processing units from either Intel or Advanced Micro Devices always manage to start speculation sprees among the common folk.
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22 September 2011
08:12 GMT |
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At the Intel Developer Forum, which takes place right now in San Francisco, California, the Santa Clara chip giant has released some new information regarding the overclocking features supported by its next-generation Ivy Bridge CPU architecture.These improve upon the overclocking specs of Sandy Bridge and add suppor... |
14 September 2011
06:11 GMT |
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In the coming months, Intel will expand its Sandy Bridge processor lineup with a new K-series Core i7 CPU that targets enthusiast users and features four processing cores with Hyper-Threading support and an unlocked multiplier.
The chip is known as the Core i7-2700K and, once launched, it will become Intel's ... |
12 September 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Launched in the first half of this year, Gigabyte's X58A-OC motherboard designed especially for hardcore overclockers is now available for just $249 on Newegg, making it a full $50 cheaper than the original MSRP.The offer is available for a limited time only and the $50 discount is available through a mail-in re... |
9 September 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Processors aimed at the enthusiast segment seem to be getting all sort of attention lately, especially those that haven't even arrived, like the Sandy Bridge-E line of Core i7 units that Intel is known to be preparing.
Though enthusiast-grade CPUs never really get bought by more than a handful of customers, ... |
8 September 2011
04:11 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices made the news for several reasons recently, and it looks like it is getting some spotlight again, what with the overclocking-related rumors circling around.
Advanced Micro Devices can't really claim to have as many, or as powerful, overclocking CPUs (central processing units) as Intel,... |
8 September 2011
03:23 GMT |
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Chinese graphics cards manufacturer Yeston has just released a new solution based on Nvidia's mainstream GeForce GTX 560 Ti design that differentiates itself from all the other video boards using this GPU thanks to the 2GB of on-board video buffer memory.Getting past the fact that 2GB of video buffer on a mainst... |
6 September 2011
10:42 GMT |
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Overclocking systems aren't very common, but those that exist definitely have the potential of putting CPUs, GPUs and memory through hell, provided an adequate cooling module is absent, something that Digital Storm does not like to see happen, especially given its recent announcement.Hardcore overclockers alway... |
26 August 2011
10:54 GMT |
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Overclocking is a pastime that not overly many IT users engage in, but some of those who did led to the appearance of the now updated overclocking hall of fame and, thus, increasingly outlandish chip frequencies.CPU-Z is a program which, though it identifies and lists all information available on the CPU run by any ... |
25 August 2011
04:29 GMT |
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