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(bluesy rock music) - [Host] But in a competition like this, sometimes those RTX 2080 Ti's get affected by VirusS, and then that can combine with a Bǎng Baby, and cause all sorts of problems. So in 2018, this is the 10th anniversary of this overclocking tournament, there is a total of 20 competitors, playing for first place prize pool of six thousand US dollars, second place is five thousand, and third place four thousand, now there's also a bonus 20 thousand US dollars up for grabs, for every world record that is broken, so if you break a world record at this event, there is a one thousand dollar piece for each of those records, and in last year's 2017 event, there was 16 world records broken in Thailand, if you haven't seen that event already, I'll put the link up here for you guys, Now in terms of this competition itself, there's four different benchmarks, ranging from times by 3DMark, to Port Royal, the new ray tracing benchmark, and then moving across to Cinebench R15 on the CPU side of things, as well as a Geekbench multi-core benchmark. Now in terms of each of the competitors and what hardware they are using, they'll all receive a RTX 2080 Ti special OC Labs edition, I'm told there's only 100 of these made, and they feature a 16 plus three phase power design, as well as having three eight pin connectors, and also a special sample BIOS, which is not going to released to the public, with of course some very generous overclocking settings there, enabling them to extract the most of out the LN2. Also equally as crazy is they're using Hall of Fame, 48 hundred megahertz XMP profile memory, CL 19-26-26-46, and the outputting custom heatsinks on this memory too. As this competition continues, I will update you on all the twists and turns as this is really exciting when you're here in person, and I'll try to give you the best experience possible on the showroom floor. (electronic buzzing) So starting out this competition, looks like all the competitors are going with the CPU bound benchmarks, that being Cinebench and also Geekbench multicore. And they have set a ceiling for the clock speeds on the CPU at six gigahertz, so the competitors can keep it fair across the board, and not have someone lockout with silicon lottery, for example, where we do know, especially with the 9900 K, there's some big variance when it comes to those CPUs and locking out. Also when we move on to the graphic cards themselves, the hundred samples here of the RTX 2080 Ti OC Labs editions are binned, so it does keep this competition a lot more fairer, in that the person with the most skills on this day will come out ahead. Some of the strategies involved, however, are really interesting already. Some are just quickly getting the Cinebench and multi gig scores done and dusted, and then moving onto the GPU scores, and then moving back to the CPU scores later, but for instance a competitor who won 2016's competition Lucky Noob, he's actually going for the CPU rankings, number one on both, straight away and taking his time, and then he's gonna finish off with the RTX 2080 Ti scores, I guess trying to seal the deal from 2017's winner, Alex Roe, who's currently on the leaderboard at second place. Now besides all this, I was speaking with Galax in relation to the RMA rates and all those rumors you've been hearing about RTX cards failing, and they tell me that nothing's unusual about the RMA rates on their RTX 2000 series cards across all product skews, they have heard however some of the founder's cards were having problems, so if there is any truth to those rumors, then it would be within relation to the founder's cards themselves, and not the cards that the AIB partners, or at least Galax, have been testing out. However, speaking of RTX cards in late 2018 from Galax, they are keeping up that commitment with their EXOC models, having a clean aesthetic but also bringing really good value to the table, and then if you wanna step things up and you have a higher budget, they have the Hall of Fame series cards, bringing that bigger and juicer VRM and bigger PCB, as well as that massive cooler on board. Though as for Australia and RTX cards, they tell me that the 2070 is their main goal, and they will be revamping their EXOC model, which they then will allow me to review for you guys on the channel, so stay tuned for that. But also with their DDR4 memory, they are of course, as we saw before with these competitors, releasing some aggressively timed memory, as well as bringing what I thought is some of the best looking aesthetics to DDR4 memory, I was confused. They had the neuro-style finish, but it looked like it was continuing on, like kind of translucent. I had to scratch my head for a second, but they are releasing different skews of those across southeast Asia, yet to hit Australia with some of that DDR4 memory. (happy electronic music) I also forgot the golden microphone this time, I was told to cut down on all the gear I could bring, so let us know in the comments section too, if you are missing the golden microphone as much as I am. Scratch that, lets move on to a quick 80's style Tech Yes lovin' shot. ♪ Wherever I go you know she's there ♪ ♪ And she takes possession she has control ♪ ♪ Next to you I can touch the fire ♪ So a little bit of an update now, there's only half an hour left on the multi benchmark competition, and that started at 10:30 and finishes at three p.m., so they've only got four and a half hours in total, to win across those four different benchmarks, and currently, Lucky Noob is still out in front at number one, so this is getting pretty tight-knit, with some of the competitors really racing to get their scores validated and in this case, they have to put their hand up, and then have an official come over and validate the scores with pen and paper. But after three p.m., then the 20 competitors will move across with an additional two hours to then try and break individual world records. (jazzy electronic music) So the competition has concluded for the first round of the multi benchmark competition where each benchmark was actually weighted 25% each, and in the end, Bullshooter came in third, knocking off Lucky Noob, because his graphics card managed to go above 2.5 gigahertz on the core. Second place was awarded to Dancop, who scored 2.55 on his RTX 2080 Ti, then number one was Rauf, coming in with a massive 2.6 gigahertz core clock, and that enabled him to win both the time spot and Port Royal benchmarks, and of course the CPU benchmarks weighing in, but all the top three competitors did pretty well across Cinebench and also Geekbench. However, I was talking to last year's winner, Alex Roe, and this time around he just came into some really bad luck, his first RTX 2080 Ti, it just died, and then his second one didn't do so well, plus he had motherboard issues where it was too wet, so he had to replace his motherboard during this competition, so this is what it all comes down to on the fly, when they're time strapped. But now there's some additional time given to all the competitors to try and break world records, so we're gonna get on inside and see what magic can happen. So I'm now standing outside, and after two hours of intense competition for the world records, nine in total were beaten, those being Fire Strike, Fire Strike Extreme, 3DMark 11, 3DMark Vantage, Hardware Bot Prime and also 3DMark 11 Physics, Catzilla 720p, and also GPUPI v. 3.3 for CPU 1B and also the 100 M version. Now another interesting thing is that two of the records were taken out by Mad, who is actually the developer of the Hall of Fame division with Galax, so I guess that's a really cool thing that Galax have employees that not only design the products but they're also enthusiasts themselves, so everything from the aesthetic to the VRM to the PCB design is made by an enthusiast. And I guess that's why, in ways, Galax are on the rise in terms of being one of the best GPU makers out there, and certainly all of the cards that have come through on my channel have definitely more than impressed me. Whether it's been a premium item or a value for money play, they're definitely covering both bases there. Anyways guys, hope you enjoyed today's coverage of the GOC 2018 event in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh city, if you did then be sure to hit that Like button, also the three winners were announced and they got to take home their prizes, as well as the fact they're giving away graphics cards, and giving away some merch. I scored myself a pretty cool hoodie as well, but it's pretty hot, I'm not really gonna wear it here in Vietnam. Anyways guys, let us know in the comments section below what was your favorite part of the event. Also, I'm meeting up with viewers and subscribers, thank you guys so much, love each and every one of you. This is Boo right here, and he's taking me around Vietnam, showing me some of the underground deals, so they'll be another video on top of the parts hunt, so stay tuned for that, and I'll catch you guys in another tech video vary soon. - [Boo] Peace out for now, bye! (upbeat electronic music) (static) - [Host] So now, after two hours of intense competitions for the world records, the results are in, and over nine world records were broken that being Fire Strike, also Fire Strike Extreme-- Ah. Crap. There's like a wedding going on. Ha ha, oops. (upbeat dance music) - [Deep Voice] I've got the crosshairs all lined up.