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Getting a CPU Z validation is a sport, nothing more. But they have to develop tricks and techniques to further their sport, which may have other benefits in ter
by wbhart 9y ago
Getting a CPU Z validation is a sport, nothing more. But they have to develop tricks and techniques to further their sport, which may have other benefits in terms of understanding the hardware.
- kungito 9y agoWhat is preventing someone from doing the same with the latest Intel chip? Do they fry immediately or do they just emergently shut down?
- lodi 9y agoIntel chips overclock even higher[1], but this article is about the AMD chips just released this week. [1] https://www.extremetech.com/computing/250622-intel-core-i7-7740k-shatters-overclocking-records-hits-7-5ghz-thanks-liquid-helium https://www.extremetech.com/computing/250622-intel-core-i7-7...
- jhoward321 9y agoDifferent chips have different limits. I used to do some of this competitively back in the day. Different architectures can't get as high max frequencies, some respond differently under the extreme cold. These records are typically done using liquid nitrogen or phase change cooling and a lot of chips will freeze up below a certain temperature. Then its also a toss up between different individual cpus of the same model. It's a bit of a crapshoot.
- cududa 9y agoHell I even remember back in the day hunting down RAM produced from specific batches