Kings of the Overclockers - a Super Nade interview
Contents1. Introduction and General Questions2. Benchmarking & Software Questions 3. Hardware Questions & Final Thoughts For the third interview in our Kings of the Overclocker series, we tackled another big name in the tweaking and benching fraternity: Super Nade. This guy is has an in-depth knowledge behind the actual science of overclocking and PC hardware, and he's a well-known name around the web - just the right person to have a chat with about what it means to be a top-flight benchmarker and what the current state-of-play is like. General Questions to start things offYouGamers: Let's start this off with some background info - a little bit about yourself. What's your name (or nick, or both), what forums do you frequent, where are you located (physically, not virtually), what do you do to pay the bills in Real Life? Do you have an affiliation with any manufacturers that you'd like to disclose here? Give as much information as you're comfortable revealing, and feel free to throw in more tidbits. SuperNade: Hi, I'm Super Nade a staff member at ocforums. I'm currently based at Indianapolis. I have a BSEE, MS(Physics) and I'm currently working on my PhD in Quantum Optics. I work as a research assistant at Purdue Univ Indianapolis (IUPUI). Although I get paid a pittance, I love what I'm doing, the creativity involved and the fact that I get to play with cool stuff! That is the best part of my job - being able to do everything, say from machining complex parts for my experiments to building ultra-sensitive electronics from ground up (i.e. Design > schematic > PCB > evaluation) and working on the frontier of science. We are working on cooling atoms to temperatures below 3 K ['K' refers to the Kelvin temperature scale, which starts at zero K = -273 Celsius. Ed]. Take that you extreme overclockers! :)
YG: The first piece of hardware I overclocked was a RivaTNT2 card, and I learned the hard way that overclocked hardware needs better cooling. How long have you been overclocking computer hardware? SN: Strange as it may sound, I'm new to the overclocking scene. I started off very late, in 2004 at ocforums. The excellent folks on the forums not only helped me build my own rig, but also introduced me to the joy's of overclocking! I started with an A64 Newcastle 3500 and the ASUS A8V-D.
Remedy Entertainment's Final Reality YG: I was bit by the benchmarking bug when Remedy released Final Reality. How long have you been benchmarking? SN: Not very long, but once I started OC'ing, Futuremark's suite was top on my list for benching and stability testing. I love the 3DMark series, but the PCMark series has been disappointing as I could never get it to run reliably.
YG: Benchmarking was destined to be competitive. When did benchmarking first become a competitive experience for you? SN: The only person I compete with is myself. I'm not a regular competitor primarily due to time constraints.
YG: What got you started with overclocking? Was it a desire to get more value out of hardware, a challenge to push hardware to the limit, or sheer curiosity? SN: In my case, a mixture of curiosity and the desire to obtain a free lunch (get more than what I paid for) were the prime motivators. :)
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