Kings of the Overclockers - a Joe Camel interview
Benchmarking QuestionsYG: How about benchmarking? What drives you to be competitive with others?
JC: These days at 35 years old I'm playing catchup with 15-year-olds, and I had to show a few that this ol' dog could still hunt.
YG: Everyone gets a little help along the way, and the overclocking community tends to be very open with information sharing. Who do you have to thank for showing you the ropes with regards to overclocking and benchmarking? JC: Gautam and El-Maxi from OCF. ViperJohn also added a few hardware tips along with cooling hardware. Gautam would have to be my biggest contributor. He pushed me into learning to solder and volt-mod my own stuff. He also showed me the true depths of SuperPi tweaking. Editor: You can read our interviews with ElMaxi here and ViperJohn here. We'll have an interview with Gautam soon.
YG: I've got a closet full of dead hardware that's been sacrificed to the overclocking gods. What's your most memorable hardware failure as a result of overclocking? JC 2 things stick in my head: (1) after volt-modding your motherboard, make sure you have the DMM [digital multimeter, a device to read voltages - Ed] probe in the right hole while adjusting voltage. I was reading chipset voltage and cranked the VDIMM (memory voltage) 'till one of the Corsair [memory] sticks went "POP"; (2) DDR2 comes off way too easy (as in, the memory chips come off the PCB): [I have] one dead [Radeon] X1900 XTX and one dead D9 DDR2 stick.
YG: Benchmarking is a world of bragging rights and high scores. What accomplishment(s) are you most proud of? JC: I've got one of the highest [ATI] Crossfire [Radeon] X1900 XTX clocks / benches around - source.
YG: This can be a time-consuming hobby. How much time do you devote to benchmarking? SN: For a good year I did nothing but work, sleep and bench. Hundreds and hundreds of pounds of dry ice [frozen carbon dioxide, with a very low surface temperature - Ed].
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