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8Pack smashes Heaven single card WR with MSI Lightning at 1610/1740mhz on MSI Z97 M Power Max mb

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Heaven single card is now mine ;)!!

http://hwbot.org/submission/2562102...n_r9_290x_5589.26_dx11_marks?recalculate=true

Details of the bench
4770K at 5700mhz
MSI M Power Max AC MB
G.SKILL Ram 2800 10-12-12-21 1T
MSI R290X Lightning at 1610/1740
Antec 1200 PSU

Efficiency was not 100% as I had very little time to tune in the system due to running low on LN2. Still a very good overclock and I am sure the card has more in it. I was running 1640 Core clock when we ran out of LN2. Heaven is tough on GPU so 1640 Heaven translates into possibly 1675+ Firestrike Xtreme which is an Epic R290X clock.

MSI M Power Max Z97 is looking like a very solid overclockers platform.

Ragged!!! ;)

Rig pics




and me !!

 
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Awesome! I'll have to get some pointers from you on the MSI z97 platform, make sure I'm getting the best from my xpower ac.

You benching for MSI now? I did notice elmor was benching for Asus at the oc cup, so they'll be after a new chief clocker ;)
 
No I am not benching for MSI. I represent all manufacturers we sell at OCUK.

The four way TI FSX world record I did Monday was with ASUS. I benched both ASUS and Gigabyte in GSKILL event, Galaxy (KFA2 HOF) at there booth and MSI also as examples.

Elmor is now working in Motherboard R and D within ASUS ROG. Elmor is a great engineer and overclocker. More importantly for them and the entire OC community is Shamino is also back at ASUS developing the new X99 platform.
 
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Nicely done 8Pack :cool:



You offering your services :D

Haha I'm sure MSI don't want to get laughed at with me at the helm, I'd manage to set something on fire even with ln2 lol.

No I am not benching for MSI. I represent all manufacturers we sell at OCUK.

The four way TI FSX world record I did Monday was with ASUS. I benched both ASUS and Gigabyte in GSKILL event, Galaxy (KFA2 HOF) at there booth and MSI also as examples.

Elmor is now working in Motherboard R and D within ASUS ROG. Elmor is a great engineer and overclocker. More importantly for them and the entire OC community is Shamino is also back at ASUS developing the new X99 platform.

That's good to hear, wasn't shimano leaving Asus at one point? Great news for Asus.

The MSI z97 oc boards are incredible, moved it up to a whole other level from their x79 efforts. Even makes my previous z87x-oc look quite mediocre in comparison.

Don't fancy doing an MSI z97 oc guide when you get chance do you? The sheer amount of tweaking options is quite overwhelming, especially for memory!
 
Haha I'm sure MSI don't want to get laughed at with me at the helm, I'd manage to set something on fire even with ln2 lol.



That's good to hear, wasn't shimano leaving Asus at one point? Great news for Asus.

The MSI z97 oc boards are incredible, moved it up to a whole other level from their x79 efforts. Even makes my previous z87x-oc look quite mediocre in comparison.

Don't fancy doing an MSI z97 oc guide when you get chance do you? The sheer amount of tweaking options is quite overwhelming, especially for memory!

He left ASUS for 6 Months but is back now.

MSI have come along way in the last few years for sure. Z97 still needs work but is proving to be a good stable platform by them. Especially M Power Max.

I really dont have time to produce full guide but I can answer questions as and when they come up. I am going to try several different IC on the board on my return to UK.
 
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