The official MSI MOA EMEA 2012 thread.

[pro]

lol yeah nature is hard on the VGA, artifacts near the butterfly landing on the rock many times

[Splave]

I hate trolls, especially in 03

[T0lsty]

Originally Posted by giorgioprimo

We hope to have something more to show .....

So you take place in the contest this year?

[dinos22]

Originally Posted by Vivi

The only thing i HATE about this competition is that butterfly that won't land on the rock in 03

haha

[T0lsty]

Massman
how do you calculate places if members have the same points quantity?

[dinos22]

didn't he used to go by the rule, first submit, first to top spot with equal points? i could be wrong

[slamms]

If you will be true, Aristidis will be higher me.

[Massman]

You mean competition points or benchmark points?

Competition points => 3dmark11 is decisive benchmark
Benchmark points => first submit is ranked higher

[T0lsty]

competition points
thanks boss

p.s. should we calculate the rounded points for competition rank, or those 60 - 43,2 - 38,4 - 36 - 33,6 - 31,2 - 28,8 - 26,4 including decimals?

[dRweEz]

eish! The EMEA MOA Qualifiers has been extremely tough for alot of us judging by some of the conversations and posts here.
while MSi has done a great job with the Z77A-GD65 and i like the board compared to its predecessors but only the first couple of bench session are great and then something go's wrong with the ME8/bios and or the components on the board.
I have had 4 boards now that developed the issue where the maximum multiplier is 39x and after a wipe/reflash the board works and functionality is restored but no stability at high clocks and low temps can be reached again.

added to this have tested a total of five 7970 Lightnings and the results have been a wild!
1) LN2 CB -140 1600 @ 1.598 - AIR 1300Mhz @ 1.3
2) LN2 CB -30 1550 @ 1.550 - AIR 1300Mhz @ 1.3
3) LN2 CB -80 1630 @ 1.610 - AIR 1300Mhz @ 1.3 - DEAD (0.0 vGPU)
4) LN2 CB -90 1500 @ 1.650 - AIR 1200Mhz @ 1.3 - DEAD (0.0 vGPU)
5) LN2 CB -95 1610 @ 1.620 - AIR 1300Mhz @ 1.3

Last night my best 7970 lightning died while testing memory clocks for SuperPi32 on a GD65 that had the 39x error fix, stock bios, stock heat sink at stock clocks just 5 seconds into 06 with 0.0vGPU

My best sessions was always my first session so after 4 weeks of hard frustrating benching tonight will be my last dash to the finish line (If I can get 03 and 11 to load) with my last good 7970 on my 5th GD65 with a new CPU.

This has been a real wild ride of emotions but all the same what a great competition and good luck to everyone during the last 2 days of benching
Thank you MSi, Hwbot and every one else who has assisted and advised over the last 4 weeks