| MSI Master Overclocking Arena 2011 |
| News - Featured Website News | |
| Written by Olin Coles | |
| Friday, 07 January 2011 | |
MSI Master Overclocking Arena 2011Americas Finals: Pole Position Raceway, Las Vegas, Nevada.World Ranked overclockers from North America and Latin America have assembled to compete using Intel's high-end X58 platform and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 GPU for a seat at the global final in Taipei, Taiwan. This MOA event was timed to coincide with the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, the MSI Master Overclocking Arena was set to determine the finalists for the Americas region. Staged at the popular Pole Position Raceway near the Palms hotel, contestants were challenged to produce the best CPU and GPU performance results using identical hardware. The CPU portion of the event used Super-Pi performance results to determine the winner, while the graphics segment consisted of GPU benchmarks using 3dMark 2011. MOA General Information:
Pole Position Raceway (near Palms Hotel) 4175 South Arville, Las Vegas, NV 89103
MOA 2011 AM Pre-Selection Winners
Contestant PrizesThe following prizes will be handed out. If you won a prize, you will be contacted by a competition moderator.
Top-2 Winner of each stage The top 2 winners from each stage will get a ticket to MOA 2011 AM Qualifier. Each winner can team up with 1 team member and be invited to MOA 2011 AM Qualifier, which makes a total of 10 teams. The MOA 2011 AM Qualifier takes place in Las Vegas, USA, January 6-7th.
Lucky Draw - Stage 1: MSI R5770 Hawk
Lucky Draw - Stage 2: MSI N460GTX Cyclone 1GD5
Lucky Draw - Stage 3: MSI P55A-GD65
Lucky Draw - Stage 4: MSI P55-GD85
Lucky Draw - Stage 5: MSI N460GTX Hawk OC Weapons of ChoiceMSI supplied plenty of liquid nitrogen for the Master Overclocking Arena event, and while it seems plentiful the supply was quickly consumed. Because of LN's low boiling point into vapor, overclocking with the material in a controlled environment is relatively safe and free of potential injury. The other side effect is extremely low temperatures, allowing the contestants to maximize their performance with abnormally high hardware settings.
Test System Specifications:Each contestant at the MOA 2011 event received the same hardware, select by random draw. Overclockers used the following MSI components to reach victory:
MSI had plenty of helpful staff on hand to manage LN distribution, record scores, and offer general assistance. As far as competitions are concerned, MOA was completely free of team posturing. It was surprising to see so many teams working closely together and sharing information.
MOA Overclocking WarriorsThis leg of MSI Master Overclocker Arena was dedicated for the Americas region, and consisted of eighteen contestants from the USA and Brazil. This event consisted of the following teams and team members:
The camaraderie is amazing at these events. Even though these overclocking teams are in competition with each other, there was absolutely no sign of opposition between members. In fact, on a few occasions the competitors made hardware trades and exchanged gear.
These overclockers deserve tremendous respect, as they worked to set world records for their team and at the same time helping their neighbors qualify. At one point early on, just as one team was close to posting the top score, the power for the entire table was accidentally shut down by one of the contestants. They all took it in stride, however, and accepted the opportunity to restart with higher settings.
During the processor performance segment, it was a regular occurrence to hear one team share their settings and configuration with another team. As a whole, the entire event was filled with genuinely courteous enthusiasts, and served as ambassadors to the overclocking community. It was refreshing (for me) to see so many elite-level overclockers conduct themselves professionally, and without the elitist attitude that sometimes comes with this hobby. MOA Competition ResultsAfter many hours of continuously tweaking hardware settings, and nearly a hundred litres of liquid nitrogen, these MOA warriors had finally made their mark. In the end, overclocking world records were set and broken in a span of minutes. By the time final scores were computed and the LN fog had finally cleared, a few teams were (at least briefly) the proud owner of several overclocking world records. Here are the final official results:
Judges observed overall scores to compute the final standings. After the official scores were announced, the Americas leg of MSI's Master Overclocker Arena had its finalists. The top placing teams will advance to the MOA final in Taipei later into 2011. The official results are as follows:
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Comments
No Passmark Test?
Antec Power Supply ?
WTF!
Winrar Benchmark test on youtube.com please!
I am a big fan of the event and I think this is the kind of thing that motivates many enthusiasts and the technology. How far can we go right? Very good post.