Overdrive: Italy's Team Is Chosen

Introduction

On November 29th and 30th, we hosted the Italian leg of Tom’s Hardware’s overclocking contest. You can read more about the competition that saw the American team selected right here. We hosted four teams, each taking its hardware as far as it’d go using liquid nitrogen.

The scoring system granted 100 points for first place, then 80, 60, and 40 points, respectively, for second, third, and fourth place finishes. The sum of each team’s points decided the winner.

In addition to taking the hardware to its limit, overclockers also had to pay heed to how aggressive they were being. Any burnt component resulted in a 5% penalty to the final points total.

Faced with the limitations already experienced by our US and Germany competitions, the teams were forced to make some compromises and tough choices in order to complete the battery of tests.

If you’d like a closer look at the hardware used in the Italian trials, check out The Hardware Behind Overdrive.

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  • jwl3
    Who cares? Is anyone else sick and tired of hearing about this overclocking competition? They devote 5 articles a day about this thing. How does that affect me? 95% of overclockers are not overclocking for bragging rights, they want to get the most out of their system. What the heck do we give a damn that some dude got his machine to 8.0 GHZ?
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