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Foxconn searches for the best overclockers
Foxconn is using cash and high end components to lure out the best overclockers to test its new equipment.
Its Quantum Force Scholarship program promises the goodies if you can hit high sky 3DMark scores with liquid nitrogen cooled processors on Foxconn motherboards.
Foxconn won't say how much cash is up for grabs but apparently you won't need to travel anywhere to do the testing (at home is fine) and only those with thoroughbred overclocking credentials need apply.
If there was a solid sum of money attached (and I didn't have a job) I would consider applying. I successfully fried my first chip (a 486 DX2 66MHz) by pushing the voltage too high back in my early teens. Today I have a liquid nitrogen dewar in my shed to help with such experiments:
Posted by Emil Larsen on November 14, 2007 | Permalink
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