Overclocking

28 July 2008 - Overclocking experts from all around the world converge in Hong Kong and battle it out for the Advanced Overclocking Champion Crown. VR-Zone brings you the full report of the AOCC 2008.

23 July 2007 - Check out the fun footage of the ASUS Overclocking Championship held in Singapore, on Youtube!

10 July 2007 - The final showdown of the Asia Pacific: ASUS Overclocking Championship 2007 Day 2: Inter Country Battle! 8 countries battle it out on one of the most powerful setups, not yet on the shelves! Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 and ASUS Republic Of Gamers Blitz Extreme Motherboard!!

1 July 2007 - VR-Zone is proud to present the FIRST EVER World-Wide Overclocking Competition – the ASUS Overclocking Championship 2007, which is held jointly with Kingston at the IT Hub of Singapore on the 7th and 8th of July 07. Overclockers from all over Asia Pacific will gather at Funan DigitaLife Mall to battle it out and pit their skills against one another in a bid to become the Champion Overclocker! The 2 days will see the likes of China’s Overclocking Champion Xu Gang and top overclockers from Australia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan and of course Singapore, with it’s very own overclocking guru - Shamino. So come on down to Funan DigitaLife Mall on 7th and 8th July and gain insight to the elusive world of overclocking! For more information, please log on to http://aocc2007.vr-zone.com/

8 June 2007 - Check out this video from CoolIT where they overclock the new ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT with their new Reference Series liquid cooling system.

11 May 2007 - I've gotten hold of a retail piece of Gigabyte P35-DS3R based on the Intel P35 chipset. The overclocking, out of the box, no modifications as is, is stunning. FSB-wise, it climbed, high, up to 575MHz FSB! Right out of the box no frills overclocking, this board has a lot more potential under some modifications of course. Even Kentsfield loves it, doing 472MHz FSB...And this is a value-board, with the DQ6 more aimed for overclocking, I can hope for a lot more from it.

10 February 2007 - Some more news on the overclocking community around the world, OC Syndrome, a portal dedicated to overclocking, has made their debut of monthly podcast on the latest in the overclocking scene. Most information inside may not be anything new for the seasoned overclockers, but definitely gives an insight to this world that may seem obscure to those unfamiliar with it. Included also is an interview with famous Swedish Overclocker Crotale. Overall a very well-made video, much in the style of Discovery Chanel Documentaries so many of us are familiar with, though the English dubbing is a little bit raw.

19 January 2007 - ASUS EN8800GTX is performing nicely on the sweet ASUS Striker Extreme Motherboard. First I have to push the FSB as much as I can, and this is about as far as any boards can push a Kentsfield Processor, 380MHz FSB. And nice stuff from the ASUS EN8800GTX, no SLI yet, just single card gave over 18,000 3D Mark 06: More Details...

25 July 2008 - The international electronics event, Advanced Overclocking Championship 2008 (AOCC 2008), will be held on the 28th and 29th of July, 2008 (Monday and Tuesday), at the G/F Exhibition Area, Dragon Centre, West Kowloon, Hong Kong. This prestigious event will herald only one international winner, and the competition this year looks fierce! For more information, please visit http://www.aocc2008.com

15 July 2007 - After taking my doctor's prescribed overclocking vitamins, it was time to do some overclocking on the EVGA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard with the Extreme Edition QX6850 Processor. The effect was tremendous, 500MHz FSB with Quad Core and over 5GHz Stable on 3D Mark 06. 25.7K 3D Mark 06 score!

8 July 2007 - VR-Zone is proud to present you with what happened on Day 1 at the anticipated Asus Overclocking Championship 2007!

27 June 2007 - While we await Yorkfield Processors, the latest incarnation of the Kentsfield processor still holds plenty to look forward to! We test out overclocking on both QX6850 and E6850 and found the QX6850 to be pretty amazing in overclocking, 5133MHz (4 Cores enabled) with just 1.65v, on the EVGA 680i SLI Motherboard!

3 June 2007 - With the rising cost of copper, it is time we think and overclock out of the box... One Cooler, One Motherboard, One way to overclock... We'll see it at Foxconn booth this Computex.

9 May 2007 - Check out Syndrome-OC's fourth edition of O/C TV, featuring the Gamers Assembly's Coverage in France. Liquid Nitrogen Overclocking, Girls, the works.

10 February 2007 - Looks like a new Website revolving around Hardware Overclocking has just been born: Speed Time. It looks good, but as with all new sites, content is just building up: There is an English version of it, but I suppose it's not ready yet. I'll be sure to check it out every now and then, looks rather interesting.

28 November 2006 - On the 26th November 2006, abit sponsored it's third Overclocking Competition in Singapore. After a 6 month break from our previous Overclocking Competition, have the gears gone rusty? Will the previoous winners get to the finishing line first again?