I'm gonna go ahead and make a command decision here. Its obvious that many benchers are running scaled down os to obtain their best possible times. This means "no internet" and they are carrying their screenshots to other computers to get cpu-z and tpu validated. This is gonna be deemed "ACCEPTABLE". Remember we have an honor system, nuff said.

One item that needs addressing is V2-V3's validated Superpi V 1.5 result. WTF? does the validator always work with 1.5? Regardless, V2-v3 will have to run on v.1.6 to make a qualifying run.

- Additionally, I've decided to keep the combatants from each round and carry them over to the succeeding rounds since we have so little combatants. Points system will remain in tact. This means a loser from the 1st round may have a chance at redemption in Rounds 2 and 3 FTW.
~Any questions?~

techPowerUp! SuperPi 1.6 version.

SuperPi 1.6 Download

Validator

thank you soups, are we allowed hardware changes between rounds? as i may have to swap mobo's as this one i believe is FUBAR

You may only change ur keyboard and mouse once. You can change ur gpu unlimited amounts. Your cpu and motherboard, however, must remain core 2.

lol thts fine they will stay 775

Coming down to the last day i think...I need to sit down and bench.....:D :D
With an hour bench no work is done,

I've been getting a shitload of pm's regarding the lame screenshots that have been submitted thusfar in the contest. Also complaints of it being unclear if it is o.k. to super-impose screenys taken on a non-internet os onto a internet capable os. At first this was acceptable, but it opened too many doors. Some benchers werent sure so they benched what they brung, others chose to play the gray from the git go. I can see problems arising and it'll be no fun for anyone at the end of the day. We live and learn in anything new so here we are learning.


SO ROUND 1 is being extended to Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at 0700 hours Hawaii Time. You have until this time to get your screenys in on time. CPU Tweaker is being dropped from the i7 screeny requirments so we have continuity across the contests. Its not a popular decision, I know.



ROUND 1 REVISED SCREENY REQUIREMENTS



-Screenshot with the following all in one screeny (No internet? Get some): (REVISED!!!!!)

• Super_PI_Mod_1.6 w/Validator 32M
• techpowerup validator showing valid run
• CPU-Z 1.51 w/processor, mainboard, mem, spd,
• Text document w/ "Name, date, time, score, "Overclockaholics SPI_32M Challenge"
• AGAIN, Uploading to the forum is not necessary, having a clearly viewable screenshot IS!

CPU-Z validation link that mirrors the date,time u completed the benchmark w/your name on it must be in your sumbission post.


This is a perfect example of a screenshot:
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=628761

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...3Jul310106.jpg

i had i bid fail:thumbdown: but i'm trying new stuff!!!

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/623/sdfsdfsdfk.jpg

Funny Crusty funny. "not exact in round" :laughing:

The most of the times this message is visiting(:D) my screen is due to a memory problem.....maybe timings or vdimm :)

it's all about tight timings...i get it about once every 10 attemps...