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The Country Cup is back! Similar to last year, during the last months of 2014 we are hosting the World Cup of overclocking. From November 1 until December 20 we look for a successor to last year’s champions from Australia.
This year’s Country Cup is split up in five stages. Each stage comes with its own hardware, benchmark and user limitations. Find all details in the Rules section. One of the stages features a new and interesting 24h challenge for which you need a country-men who’s solid under pressure. We also teamed up with G.SKILL, GIGABYTE, Enermax, KINGPINcooling and Gelid Solutions for some awesome prizes. Good luck everyone!
Rules
The set-up of the Country Cup 2014 is similar to the previous editions. You can only contribute once per stage. For a stage that requires 5 scores to form an average, 5 different overclockers have to contribute. Every country receives a minimum of 1 point per stage it is active in, even if the minimum required overclockers for the average is not met.
Stage 1 to 4 start on November 1 2PM UTC and end on their respective day at 2PM. Stage 5 starts on December 19 4PM UTC and ends 24 hours later on December 20 4PM UTC.
Download the competition background HERE. The overview of the stage details and requirements below.
Stage | Scores | Benchmark | Unique item | Hardware Restriction |
Stage 1 (Nov 1 – Dec 15) | 3 | 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra | GPU Model | GTX 980, GTX 780 Ti, R9 290X |
Points: 30-25-22-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-2-1 |
Stage 2 (Nov 1 – Dec 16) | 3 | XTU | CPU cores | 2x, 4x, 8x CPU cores |
Points: 30-25-22-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-2-1 |
Stage 3 (Nov 1 – Dec 18) | 5 | 3DMark Ice Storm | GPU Model | GTX 760, GTX 750 Ti, GTX 660, R9 270X, HD 7970 |
Points: 40-33-29-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 |
Stage 4 (Nov 1 – Dec 20) | 10 | SuperPI 32M (<5003 MHz) | CPU Core | Haswell-E, Haswell, Ivy Bridge, Sandy Bridge, Gulftown, Kaveri, Vishera, Richland, Trinity, Kabini |
Points: 50-41-36-32-30-28-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 |
Stage 5 (Dec 19 - Dec 20) | 1 | TBD | N/A | AMD CPU, AMD 1xGPU |
Points: 50-41-36-32-30-28-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 |
Partners and Prizes
Rank | Partner | Prize |
Winning country | G.SKILL | 1x F4-3200C16Q-16GRKD Ripjaws 4 1x F4-2800C16Q-16GRK Ripjaws 4 1x F3-2933C12D-8GTXDG TridentX |
GIGABYTE | 1x Upcoming GIGABYTE X99 OC motherboard |
Enermax | 3x MaxRevo 1500W |
KINGPINcooling | 1x Venom 6.66 1x Tek9.0 Fat 1x Ney Pro |
Gelid | 7x GC-Extreme 3x 120mm Fans |
Runner-Up | G.SKILL | 1x F4-3000C15Q-16GRR Ripjaws 4 1x F3-2666C11D-8GTXD TridentX |
GIGABYTE | 1x Upcoming GIGABYTE X99 OC motherboard |
Enermax | 2x MaxRevo 1500W |
KINGPINcooling | 1x Venom 6.66 1x Tek9.0 Fat |
Gelid | 4x GC-Extreme 2x 120mm Fans |
2nd Runner-up | G.SKILL | 1x F4-3000C15Q-16GRR Ripjaws 4 1x F3-2400C9D-8GTXD TridentX |
GIGABYTE | 1x Upcoming GIGABYTE X99 OC motherboard |
Enermax | 1x MaxRevo 1500W |
KINGPINcooling | 1x F1 Dragon Gemini |
Gelid | 3x GC-Extreme 1x 120mm Fans |
Participate
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HWBOT Country Cup 2014 is closed since 20 December 2014.
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This competition is closed. You can no longer join.
Participants
This competition was open to everyone.
Here at HWBOT we try our best to deliver a fair and enjoyable playing field for all those who participate in the rankings and competition. To be able to provide this kind of service we have tried to design some submission and general rules to help remove any doubts about whether something is allowed or not. Based on continued experience these rules will be updated, expanded and completed as time goes by. Please check back for any updates.