ASUS G75V: Ivy Bridge in 3D

ASUS G75V: Ivy Bridge in 3D

The ultimate gaming machines, such as Alienware or ASUS G-series, have always provoked amazement among gaming-oriented notebook amateurs. Top-notch gaming systems packed in a relatively small casing...

The winning combo: Z77 and Ivy Bridge

The winning combo: Z77 and Ivy Bridge

We’ve recently presented you with three different motherboard models based on the latest Intel Z77 Express chipset, however, we weren’t able to perform thorough testing as usual, as we didn’t have a...

OCZ ZT 650W: More powerful than it looks

OCZ ZT 650W: More powerful than it looks

Although the market is pretty saturated as far as PSUs are concerned, with all segments well-covered, manufacturers are still churning out new models in the desire to satisfy the customers’ needs as...

HTC One X: Prodigy HTC

HTC One X: Prodigy HTC

Up until a year ago, the top-class smartphone signed by HTC was Sensation, with a dual-core CPU at 1.2 GHz and 768 MB RAM. In this moment, however, that would be HTC One X with a quad-core CPU at 1....

Toshiba Portege Z830: Lighter than air

Toshiba Portege Z830: Lighter than air

Ultrabooks may still be in the takeoff phase, but one thing is for sure – they’ll be getting more and more popular, and companies have the utmost belief in their market success at the end of the day...

Extra large sensation

Extra large sensation

The trend of increased smartphone display dimensions is still going on, making all manufacturers experiment further with all sorts of diagonals, trying to determine which one is ideal, while maintai...

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ImageUnlike WC in football, unofficial WC in overclocking lasts 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It literally means that in one moment you can have the best score in the world, and the very next day, you can be second or third. Goal is to obtain best possible frequency, best time or ultimate number of scores in benchmark software. World Championships in football is taking place every four years. The winner raises trophies, on the wings of its triumph. Is Italy actually the world best football selection? Officially, yeah, it is! It is best prepared at the moment; therefore it is the best world selection. However, what would happen if the World Championship is to take place every four months? Every day, every hour? Minute? Or second? Probably someone else would be on throne.

Unlike WC in football, unofficial WC in overclocking lasts 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It literally means that in one moment you can have the best score in the world, and the very next day, you can be second or third. Goal is to obtain best possible frequency, best time or ultimate number of scores in benchmark software. Testing ultimate hardware limits over time turned into sport, or it is better to say, some type of sport. Extreme overclocking in competitive sense has all elements of sport. With inevitable talent, long-term training and experience gathering, there are also uncertainties, factor of luck, moments where it is necessary to take over responsibility, and of course, bad luck. In one word, sport.