Sunday, April 9, 2017
GIGABYTE OC Guru Dinos22 is Livestreaming Now!
GIGABYTE OC Guru Dinos22 is Livestreaming Now!
For the next few hours Dinos22 will be livestreaming an OC tutorial and answering your questions. Check it out on YouTube Gaming! If you like what you see let us know and well be sure to do more livestreams in the future.
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Monday, April 3, 2017
GIGABYTE TARGET OC Winners
GIGABYTE TARGET OC Winners
After reading all the comments on the HWBOT’s competition forum thread, it is easy to see that the GIGABYTE TARGET OC was a whole lot of fun! We have learned a great deal too from this challenge, this always help us organize better competitions in the future. BTW, we are brewing some ideas right now for our next challenge, so stay tune. But anyway, to close down the GIGABTYE Target OC, here is the list of winners. GIGABYTE would like to congratulate every winner and sends their special thanks to everyone who helped make this challenge a success!
Contest Stages Winners
Each of the following overclocker winners will be cashing in $400 USD!
Stage 1: XTU (Target score: 159 marks)
Winner: Christian Ney
Stage 2: HWBOT Prime (Target score: 2967.55 pps)
Winner: MarineOC
Stage 3: 3DMark05 (Target score: 30257 marks)
Winner: I.nfraR.ed
Stage 4: Super Pi 32M (Target score: 20min27sec570ms)
Winner: Gumanoid
Stage 5: Catzilla 720p (Target score: 1938 marks)
Winner: fgi
Lucky draw winners
Amongst all participants who participated in at least 4 of the 5 stages, HWBOT helped us to select five random lucky winners who will be walking away with some great GIGABYTE hardware!
- Lucky Draw #1: Moonman, wins a Z97N Gaming 5
- Lucky Draw #2: Fatboynotsoslim, wins a Z97N-WIFI
- Lucky Draw #3: Etoile, wins a Z97X-SOC FORCE LN2
- Lucky Draw #4: Fanta1ty, wins a X99-SOC FORCE
- Lucky Draw #5: Noliso, wins a X99-SOC FORCE
Winners will be contacted via e-mail.
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Monday, March 20, 2017
GIGABYTE OC guru from Australia does a 1v1 interview with OCTV an interesting watch!
GIGABYTE OC guru from Australia does a 1v1 interview with OCTV an interesting watch!
Overclocking TV (OCTV) conducted a series of one-on-one interviews with some of the world’s best known overclockers during the recent Computex 2015 overclocker gathering. This week they’re focusing on dinos22 who is one of GIGABYTE’s OC gurus. Check it out!
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017
GIGABYTE Target OC Show us your Overclocking Skills
GIGABYTE Target OC Show us your Overclocking Skills
Only a couple of weeks after the end of the GIGABYTE Z97 Pentium AE Challenge, GIGABYTE has the honor to launch a new overclocking competition with the GIGABYTE TARGET OC. This time around, instead of asking the OC community to break records and reach for the ultimate limits, we selected a few benchmarks with some specific scores that participants will have to try to match perfectly. Some precise system tweaking will be in order!
Overclocking is not only about pushing the limits of your hardware, it is also about mastering the skills needed to tweak all aspects of your system to achieve the performance that you want. In this challenge we will also give you an opportunity to showcase your overclocking and downclocking skills. With TARGET OC, GIGABYTE decided to have some fun with selection of the target scores and chose some epic world records back in the day as well as some super bad scores to see how well you can tune your system to the level of performance of old time greats and super bad overclocks of today. By trying to hit every scores set, we are hoping the participants will have fun trying to search the perfect setting for the perfect score.
Contest Stages
STAGE 1: XTU
- Target score: 159 marks
- We challenge you to match the worst Pentium G3258 XTU score on HWBOT (link)
- Submission will be open for 2 hours open on Sunday, October 19th at 2pm (UTC+08:00)
STAGE 2: HWBOT PRIME
- Target score: 2967.55 pps
- We challenge you to match the worst Pentium G3258 HWBOT Prime score on HWBOT (link)
- Submission will be open for 2 hours open on Sunday, October 26th at 2pm (UTC+08:00)
STAGE 3: 3DMARK05
- Target score: 30257 marks
- We challenge you to match an epic world record from 2007 set by a legendary US overclocker OPPAINTER (link)
- Submission will be open for 2 hours open on Sunday, November 2nd at 2pm (UTC+08:00)
STAGE 4: SUPER PI 32M
- Target score: 20min27sec570ms
- We challenge you to match an epic world record from 2006 set by a legendary US overclocker bachus_anonym (link)
- Submission will be open for 2 hours open on Sunday, November 9th at 2pm (UTC+08:00)
STAGE 5: CATZILLA 720P
- Target score: 1938 marks
- We challenge you to match a 2000th ranked score on HWBOT in Catzilla 720p (link)
- Submission will be open for 2 hours open on Sunday, November 16th at 2pm (UTC+08:00)
A lot is on the line too! The winner of each stage will be rewarded a nice $400 USD. But that’s not all, in an effort to have everyone from different level of overclocking join, we’ve included 5 awesome lucky draw prizes, including two X99-SOC FORCE, a Z97N-Gaming 5, a Z97N-Gaming WIFI and a Z97X-SOC FORCE LN2!! All you have to do is submit your score in at least 4 out of the 5 stages and you will be automatically entered to win.
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Sunday, January 22, 2017
GIGABYTE Goodbye 2014 OC Challenge
GIGABYTE Goodbye 2014 OC Challenge
This is it guys, the last OC competition of 2014! So get ready, tune your GIGBAYTE Z97 motherboards and run for the best performance. Here are the details for this challenge. You can also visit the competition page on HWBOT for all the rules and tracking of all scores.
http://oc-esports.io/#/round/gbt_goodbye2014_challenge
Contest Stages
Stage 1: XTU
- Highest score wins
- CPU Speed must be set at 4.5GHz (4497MHz to 4503MHz)
- Must submit before midnight on Sunday, December 21st (following the UTC+08:00 time zone)
Stage 2: Highest CPUz
- Highest score wins
- Must submit before midnight on Sunday, December 28th (following the UTC+08:00 time zone)
Stage 3: Super Pi 32m
- The target score is to be revealed on HWBOT on Monday, December 29th
- Submission will be open for 24 hours on Sunday, January 4th 2015 (following the UTC+08:00 time zone).
Contest Prizes
Stage 1 ~ 3
- 1st place of each stage will receive a Z97X-SOC FORCE LN2 motherboard
Overall Challenge
- 1st place: $1,000 USD
- 2nd place: $600 USD
- 3rd place: $400 USD
Lucky draw (To be held at the end of the competition)
- 3 randomly selected participants will receive an X99M-Gaming 5 motherboard
| $2,000 USD | X99M-Gaming 5 | Z97X-SOC FORCE LN2 |
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The GIGABYTE Goodbye 2014 OC Challenge will run from December 5th 2014 until January 4th 2015, midnight (UTC+08:00).
Good luck to all!
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016
GIGABYTE takes down 2x World Records and 4x Global First scores at G SKILL Computex 2016 OC show
GIGABYTE takes down 2x World Records and 4x Global First scores at G SKILL Computex 2016 OC show
GIGABYTE attended G.Skills Computex 2016 overclocking show on Friday with 6 records (2x World Records and 4x Global Firsts).
The overclocking crew used GIGABYTE Z170X SOC Force LN2 and X99 Champion motherboards and G.Skill Trident Z memory. The world records in particular were also powered by the new Nvidia GTX 1080 graphics cards!
Well done guys!!!!
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Tuesday, December 13, 2016
GIGABYTEs Latest OC Contest Lets You Overclock on Your Favorite Chipset!
GIGABYTEs Latest OC Contest Lets You Overclock on Your Favorite Chipset!
Every Overclocker has their favorite chipset that allows them to perform their best. This is why GIGABYTE is allowing overclockers to use whatever chipset they please in its next overclocking competition, Target OC: Open Target.
In this competition Overclockers will be tasked with hitting challenging targets in XTU and Geekbench 3 from November 8 until December 27. New targets will be revealed weekly, and users will be able to compete in both Extreme and Ambient categories. Overclockers are free to use any GIGABYTE motherboard and there are no restrictions on chipset.
Were giving away some big prizes for this contest that you dont want to miss out on. Contestants will have a chance to win awesome GIGABYTE prizes like GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming 3 and GIGABYTE Z170X-SOC FORCE motherboards as well as USD $250 for those that achieve a global first place. At the end of the contest there will be a lucky draw for USD $500 and a GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming G1 motherboard.
The contest kicks off November 8. You can find out more information on HWBOT.
Happy Overclocking!
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Friday, December 9, 2016
GIGABYTE X99 OC Guide
GIGABYTE X99 OC Guide
With every new line up of motherboards from GIGABYTE, an OC Guide is made to help the users push the stock limits of their systems. X99 series is no exception to this rule. Coming straight from the OC Lab, here is the GIGABYTE X99-OC Guide made by the famous Soffos1990.
Features
OC PCIe Switch:
Allows the user to disable individual PCI-E slots. This is especially useful for PCIe diagnostic when it is difficult to remove the PCIe cards with cooling apparatus installed on. Also, you will notice that there are 4 LED lights, one for each PCI-E slot. If the PCIe card installed in the slot is working without a problem, then the LEDs stays on.OC Ignition:
Provides power to DIMMs slots, PCIe slots and peripheral devices even when the system is off. This feature is a GIGABYTE exclusive and provides many hidden benefits to users. First of all you can test not only the PSU to make sure it properly works, but also any voltage modifications on your graphics cards, water cooling systems, case mods and fans (Virtually anything that requires the board or PSU to provide power to can be engaged). It is especially useful during cold bug situations when you need a fan to run 24/7 to keep condensation at bay. It also can be used to provide continuous power to the PCIe/PCI based RAM cards that lose memory when they are powered off.OC Tag:
Allows user to set specific BIOS profile which is engaged when OC Tag is engaged, this is useful because you can save your OC profile for benching to TAG, and use TAG instead of inputting your settings. This makes it easy to remove the settings if you need to troubleshoot and even easier to re-apply them when needed.OC Turbo:
Easy one touch auto-OC feature from GIGABYTE (~4.2ghz OC depending on CPU SKU).OC BCLK/Multiplier +/- buttons:
Real-time overclocking of BCLK and multiplierOC Gear:
Reduces BCLK +/- button steps from 1mhz to ~0.1mhzOC Trigger Switch:
When engaged can reduce system Uncore and CPU ratio to 8x on the fly, this is useful for maximum validations for CPU speed. An example of getting to 7 GHz; you boot in at 6.5 GHz, then increase the multiplier by 1x with OC Touch, but your system becomes unstable quickly. Instead of waiting for instability, you can instead engage the trigger switch (CPU now at 8x), increase the multiplier with OC Touch, and then re-engage high multiplier(dis-engage TRG switch), and you will get to your top multiplier, save a validation, and then engage trigger switch again and complete the procedure again.Dual BIOS Switch:
Select between main and backup BIOS, you can flash one with an official build and the other with an OC BIOS.Single BIOS Mode switch:
Disables dual BIOS when enabled to allow faster boot-up and OC recovery, since the main and backup are both checked on boot up, disabling dual BIOS will disable this checking and link between the BIOS ROMs.GIGABYTE Settings Lock:
Will restore previously known good values to CMOS settings, this can be used in lieu of clear CMOS.DTB: Direct to BIOS button allows users to bypass pressing delete to enter the UEFI setup, it can save time.
GIGABYTE Memory Safe
Will engage fail-safe memory settings in case you think your memory settings are causing issues.Temp Sensor Port
More and more overclockers are using 2 probes (one on the CPU LN2 pot and one touching the CPU HIS) to check the temperature of their CPU. This allows you to check if the thermal paste you are using is still in good condition or not. You don’t need to have 2 thermometers to do this from now on!Voltages
Advanced Power Settings
CPU VRIN Loadline Calibration:
This is the LLC for the VRIN and has many levels, but Extreme is recommended for most OC scenarios.CPU VRIN Protection:
Overvoltage protection for the VRIN, set to highest amount of overvolt, or just leave auto.DDR Voltage Protection:
Overvoltage protection for the DDR, set to highest amount of overvolt, or just leave auto.CPU VRIN Current Protection:
This is overcurrent protection for the VRIN, set Extreme (which means least protection and highest current).DDR Current Protection:
This is overcurrent protection for the DDR, set Extreme (which means least protection and highest current).Over temperature protection for CPU VRIN and DDR:
Not currently available right now.CPU and DDR Switch Rate:
This is the switching frequency of the CPU VRIN and DDR VRMs, this setting has minimal effect on performance or power delivery, that is because you can only change it between 300-400KHz, which is very minimal (to protect from user damage). Lower will produce cooler running VRMs, higher will produce higher performance VRMs, just leave it in auto.PWM Phase Control:
This controls the balance of temperature and current in the VRM, Extreme performance will give you the best performance, and that is what you want when overclocking.CPU OC
Disable all the CPU features that you don’t really need (C1E, C3, C6 etc).Start with the CPU multiplier. I would recommend you to start with 40x. The bios will auto-set higher voltages for VRIN and VCore so you don’t have to worry about them at the moment. Check if your system can boot. If it can’t boot then start raising the CPU Vcore from 1.2V and the VRIN from 1.9V. Once you are able to boot in the OS you can use Prime95 or XTU CPU stress test to check if your CPU is stable at these setting, if not you can raise the voltages according to the maximum values below. Repeat this procedure until you find the maximum CPU clocks that your CPU runs stable at. Make sure to always keep an eye on the temperature and have the CPU-Z application always opened so you can watch for throttling.
| Setting | Air(max) | LN2(max) | Effect |
| VRIN Override | 2 | 2.6 | Stabilizes CPU and Uncore OC |
| Vcore | 1.3 | 1.7 | CPU OC stabilization |
| Vring | 1.3 | 1.6 | Uncore and CPU OC stabilization |
| System Agent | 0.45 | 0.6 | Memory and BCLK OC stabilization |
| PCH Voltage | 1.25 | 1.25 | BCLK OC stabilization |
| PCH IO Voltage | BCLK OC stabilization | ||
| DRAM Voltage | 1.5 | 1.5 | DRAM OC stabilization |
| DRAM VPP Voltage | 2.8 | 2.8 | DRAM OC stabilization |
| DRAM VTT | Memory stabilization. Half of DRAM Voltage |
Memory OC
Set a lower multiplier for the CPU and Uncore (20x). If you want to reach the highest memory frequency that your setup can reach then it’s better to change the BCLK strap to 125x or 166x. These straps will give you more room to overclock your memories. Try to boot as high as you can raising the BCLK frequency from the BIOS. DDR4 is a new product so the specs are new too. Usually you will be able to get your maximum memory clocks at 1.4-1.5. The System Agent will help you to go higher; you can start by using +0.25V. Also, the VPP voltage might help you to gain some stability at higher clocks. Once you find the memory speed your setup can do, start lowering the timings. You can check if your memories are stable using programs like Memtest or HyperPi. Start trying from 96 BCLK on the 125x strap and find the highest BCLK you can boot your OS at, then use GTL to go higher. You can also use the XMP profiles to overclock your memories and your whole system.
3000 C12-13-14-15-1T with 1.6V and Corsair 3200C16 memories:
Software
GIGABYTE Tweak Launcher
This is the best piece of software GIGABYTE makes for extreme overclocking; it is built to be light, fast, efficient, and respectable. This software works by changing the input values in real time either through integrated clock generators or through BIOS controlled voltage regulators to provide quick alterations to system parameters while in the Windows environment. GTL is currently available for XP as well as Windows 7 and 8, however in XP BCLK control might be tough since Intel discontinued Intel ME (management Engine) driver support for XP. You can still try to install Intel ME Drivers and find a hack.
GTL Frequency:
You can change the BCLK, CPU and Uncore parameters on the fly, (CLR Clk = Uncore Frequency)GTL Voltage:
Typical voltages, however you might notice DRAM Sync option. Usually VDDR_T (DDRVTT or DRAM termination voltage) is half of the DDR Voltage, however when overclocking it might be necessary to increase or decrease the termination voltage separately from the DRAM voltage. DRAM Sync allows you to choose whether the VDDR_T will increase and decrease with the VDDR or whether it will stay at what you set it while you increase or decrease DRAM Voltage. This is a very cool feature to boost memory overclocking capabilities.GTL Hotkeys:
Something new you might also notice is the Hot Key (HK) settings which allow you to choose hotkeys to load certain settings or increase/decrease certain parameters on the fly.Note:
For GTL and/or EasyTune to work with BCLK and Multiplier adjustment in Windows, it is imperative to install the Intel® ME Driver (Intel® Management Engine).EasyTune
EasyTune is GIGABYTE’s answer to in-Windows overclocking for those who are not at ease to overclock from the BIOS. You can control everything you need for overclocking, and EasyTune allows you to do something GTL doesn’t; your settings can be retained after reboot which means you don’t have to go into the BIOS to OC or redo your OC every time you reboot into Windows.
MemTweak
This is the latest version of MemTweak. On DDR4s you can change most of the timings in Windows. This is the most simple, easy and fast way to do it. MemTweak also allows you to save and load the profiles you created, this will prevent you from having to change all the timings over and over again. The timings that are greyed out cannot be changed.
World Records
Since the launch of the Haswell-E CPU and X99 platform at IDF 2014, GIGABYTE claimed several World Records and Top Scores. Here are some of them.XTU 8-Cores
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Cinebench R15 8-Cores
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WPrime 1024M 8-Cores
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2634295
Catzilla 720P with 1x GTX 980
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2637628
XTU 6-Cores
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http://hwbot.org/submission/2631555
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Saturday, November 19, 2016
GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest Winners
GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest Winners
With $1,000 and two GIGABYTE Z97 series motherboards up for grabs, the GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest invited the overclocking community to push their hardware to the limit by running the custom made CATZILLA benchmark skin on their GIGABYTE 9 Series motherboard. ![clip_image002[8]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWcoNwy6-D1_e8ERv_Mk9sRfqhut9y-PwNOPoftNqTTeP5QZ5Rqcl5b51IJgekGBAdZdTJv9F4OuH5wMhCly2mLRAJ0q0U6LM44Q0xTQDeKAeMZAoy7fxvAwrQsr5dWYn_V8rNWC7QKOA/?imgmax=800 "clip_image002[8]")
We are happy to announce that WebTourist won the AIR/Water cooling stage and that DANCOP took the first place on the LN2 cooling stage.
On top of winning the cash prize and a limited edition GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC FORCE LN2 motherboard, overclocker DANCOP can also add to his winnings a gold cup for the World Record on CATZILLA - 720P benchmark with a 43121 mark using a GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC FORCE. Good work DANCOP!
GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest Winners
· Air/Water cooling stage: WebTourist (http://hwbot.org/submission/2587632)
Wins $500 in cash and a GIGABYTE Z97X-UD5H
· LN2 cooling stage: DANCOP (http://hwbot.org/submission/2587636)
Wins $500 in cash and a GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC FORCE LN2
Give away
We would like to also congratulate Newlife, Mameluco, Marrawi and KA7RATA for winning the lucky draw held on each Friday of the contest. For their submissions to the GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest, each of them won a GIGABYTE overclocking shirt.
Thanks to everyone who participated and see you soon at another GIGABYTE overclocking challenge.
To review all submissions of the GIGABYTE CATZILLA OC Contest, please visit the contest page hosted on HWBOT.org: http://hwbot.org/competition/gbt_z97_catzilla
To download the Catzilla benchmark with GIGABYTE skin, follow this link: http://www.catzilla.com/jdownloads/Download/CatzillaGIGABYTE.exe
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Saturday, November 5, 2016
Here Are Your Winter OC Challenge Winners!
Here Are Your Winter OC Challenge Winners!
Our Winter OC Challenge has wrapped up and the winners have been announced!
The Winter OC Challenge saw the worlds best overclockers compete for some serious hardware prizes: GIGABYTE Z170-X SOC Force motherboards for the category winners and a GIGABYTE Z170X Gaming G1 motherboard for the winner of the lucky draw.
Here are the winners!
- Ambient 2C Winner: Nvidiaforever2
- Ambient 4C Winner: george.kokovinis
- Extreme 2C Winner: Dancop
- Extreme 4C Winner: Alex@ro
- Lucky Draw: RM-akihabara
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