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Put the raids in the snow

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Originally Posted by Splave (Post 92322)

Wait a sec yur moving to niagra falls? I live in buffalo about 40 minutes away lol

Shaweet!

Sorry phone going nuts, Splave witch part of buff? I know pretty much all of it so........

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Originally Posted by PhIlLy ChEeSe (Post 92327)

Shaweet!

Sorry phone going nuts, Splave witch part of buff? I know pretty much all of it so........

Alden :)

Near Galleria mall? Or the prison, OK maybe I don't know the Buff. so good....

I was hoping a few of you guys would be in the northeast and be interested in attending. Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Originally Posted by PhIlLy ChEeSe (Post 92329)

Near Galleria mall? Or the prison, OK maybe I don't know the Buff. so good....

about 10 minutes from wende correctional :ohcrap:

Here's the Benchmarking layout. Still plenty of spots open. Reserve yours today! I look forward to meeting some of you guys.

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Grand Champion Benchmarking Competition

Competition Hardware:
AMD FX 8150
MSI 7970 Lightning
MSI 990 FXA-GD80
1866 DDR3 (possible upgrade coming)
120GB Corsair Force GT
Enermax Platimax 1000W

Qualifying Round: Low Clock Challenge 3 hours
Benchers will get to tweak their benchmarking skills with the competition hardware. All machines will be running the same clock speeds, but the benchmarkers must tweak their operating system for the fastest run.

Qualifying Benchmark:
-SuperPi 8M, Version 1.55

Qualifying Rules:
-8 Fastest SuperPi 8M submissions guaranty a Captain spot for the main competition
-40 minutes per person at a Competition rig
-A version of XP will be installed on the Competition rigs, but you can chose to bring your own Operating system, but you will still only have 40 minutes at the competition rig.
-No Clock adjusting software can be used. Any attempt to change the system's clock speed from the LCC format will disqualify
-Use supplied wallpaper with CPUz CPU and Memory tabs visible
-Use only supplied hardware at set LCC speeds

Main Competition: 4 hours
-The 8 fastest from Qualifying(Captains) will have to choose a team mate from the remaining benchers who participated in the qualifying round to help them in the main competition

Main Competition Benchmarks:
-wPrime 32M
-CPUz Validation
-Unigine Heaven

Main Competition Rules:
-8 Competition rigs, 8 teams of two
-Use supplied wallpaper with CPUz CPU and Memory tabs visible
-Use only supplied hardware
-Bring your own cooling equipment. Cooling sharing is allowed!
-Vaseline will be supplied, but you're welcome to bring your own insulating solutions.

Prizing:
-Each team will split the prize 75% Captain, 25% Assistant
-1st $2000
-2nd $1250
-3rd $750
-4th $500
-5th $250
-6th $100
-7th $100
-8th $50

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Originally Posted by PhIlLy ChEeSe (Post 92320)

Niagara Falls ...

Niagra Falls! Slowly I turned, and step by step, inch by inch.... :rofl: too bad you guys are too young to remember that routine :rofl:

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Originally Posted by MaadDaawg (Post 92950)

Niagra Falls! Slowly I turned, and step by step, inch by inch.... :rofl: too bad you guys are too young to remember that routine :rofl:

Some of us are old enough. ;)

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Originally Posted by Mr.Scott (Post 92952)

Some of us are old enough. ;)

:laughing: whenever anyone mentions Niagara Falls I go into that routine... I get a lot of strange looks that way :laughing: :blink: