Pi 32M and 3DMark03, one would have figured the combination of those two benchmarks showed that the team had a very strong system. However it was their competition to lose and the 3DMark11 score sadly placed them out of the Top 3. This was an unfortunate turn of events given that the team were so close to sealing the win or at least getting a top three finish. A similar fate or some may argue an even worse fate befell the USA team, because unlike the Montenegro/Croatia team, Splave and Romdominance actually did put up a fairly competent score that was the fourth highest of the day with 15,247 points in the benchmark. Unfortunately, despite the great consistency that the team had shown throughout the day, it was the Korean Team of Littleboy and OC_Windforce that piped them at the end with a score of 15,647 points. A wonderful score for sure, but not the highest as that honour belonged to the Ukrainian team of XtremeLabs.org. This would have been an interesting turn of events, but because T0lsty and cyclone did not submit a Super Pi 32M result, they were already out of the running from the get go. 3DMark11 again changed the fate of another team as the third highest
“This year had three benchmarks for the competitors to best each other in, one CPU and memory benchmark and two 3D benchmarks.” 38 The OverClocker Issue 21 | 2012
3DMark11 score of the day went to ASD Crew. With their result they managed to displace HW GURUS from a top three position securing them as the 2nd runner ups. Hard luck to Perica_ baril and Quake, but well done to ryba and Joana for getting the jump on the competition at the last minute. LAB 501 rounded up the top 5 for the day. As far as benchmarks, balancing and score distribution goes, some may have felt 3DMark11 played too important a role in determining the finishing order, but it actually was balanced correctly from where I stand or at least it’s consistent with the weighting system. The only reason it may seem to be heavily biased is because the numbers are smaller than those of 3DMark03 for example, where 200 points doesn’t make much of a difference when you’re comparing hundreds of thousands of points. In 3DMark11 however the scores are significantly lower and 200 points becomes very pronounced. In the end then it was Team Korea that took the title as this year’s overclocking champions, followed by Team USA then ASD Crew. Well done to all the teams that participated and we’ve no doubt that Team Korea will return next year to try and defend their title.
SniperOz and Deanzo submitting a score I think.
Immense concentration, earlier on during the day. Behind these two are Elmor and VC from Gelid.