yes, we get Linpack boost of another 0.3% more if the alignment is on 24 KB blocks (six mem channels x 4 KB page) - 99.1 GFLOPs on 50K x 50K matrix

Have you tried Linpack with larger data allocation alignment eg. 12KB. OS likes 4KB blocks and triple channel memory likes factors of 3.

As good wibble list of awards, ALL You need is 3D Mark Vantage Scores that Set House on Fire, here:

Futuremark® Corporation today announced a new competition for PC overclockers everywhere. Utilizing AMD and GIGABYTE hardware, contestants worldwide will compete in two segments for the overall “Gigabyte Dragon” title within multiple prize award categories.

Contest page: http://www.futuremark.com/community/competitions/gigabytedragon
Twitter: http://twitter.com/yougamergirl

The contest entry period will run from Aug 17th to Sep 13th. Prizes will be awarded to first to third place finishers for the following segments, top 3DMark score and top CPU overclocking.

Grand prizes include GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5P motherboard, FSP Everest 800 Watt power supply, Maxcube Amoris 6010 Architectural Designed Gaming Case, GlacialTech X-Wing Notebook Cooling Pad, Gskill F3 Triple Channel DDR3 6GB memory module, and Enermax Apollo series 12cm Fan. Additional prizes awarded to second and third place runner-ups as well as two weekly lucky draw prizes for GIGABYTE motherboards given away just for entering.

“This is the largest overclocking event of its type we’ve ever seen

Burning Hole Thru Envelope...-When i Smell Burning Transformer Oil in Mourning...it Feels, Well, Like Life.

Ultee' suggests BSOD Contest to go with above event. Count 'Em & Weap...

drashek

Gromacs and Crysis?

So... does an overclocking dual Xeon board exist? (for 55xx series)

Have been looking for a few weeks now, but not finding even a single one. :(

Like, HT on holiday ? Nice rig, shame about the lack of PCIe slots.

I'll say the word again.

CUDA

*poeff*

and francois emerges in the comments :)

No its a good rig, but somehow I miss the HT in action...

This article could attract many Spawn of Intel (SpIntel) to infested in theinquirer to see this newspost.