CES 2010 Wrap-up – Looking to our Future

Outside CES

There was far more going on at CES than what is viewed in the exhibition halls.  Many vendors chose to exhibit by invitation-only in the private meeting rooms in CES and also at the nearby hotels.  This editor had the opportunity for several such meetings including AMD’s tailgate party at the Wynn Towers which we reported on in Day One of our CES coverage.

XtremeSystems O/C’ing event at Pole Position

Fugger over at his XtremeSystems gave an open invitation for an overclocking event at Pole Position Raceway a couple of miles away from CES.  Here the food was free, delicious and you could ride the mini-race cars from 5 PM until midnight on Saturday.  Plus there were vendors representatives available to give away prizes and information on their products.  It was a very cool event and ABT thanks Fugger and his sponsors.

If you are going to attempt a world record overclock, you need LN2.  It is really not expensive and although not dangerous, it can cause permanent damage to someone if used carelessly.

Here is the team that used Phenom 975 X4.

You have to prepare the board before you can use LN2:

The food was ethnic Eastern European and delicious! Many thanks to the sponsors.

Huge thanks to AMD, Intel, Gigabyte, MSI and Futuremark for splitting the venue rental.  Bulgarian dinner thanks to Kingston Memory and the Serbian late lunch was by Thermaltake. All of the food was delicious. Transportation was provided by Swiftech and LN2 provided by EVGA.  Prizes from OCZ, Corsair, and Futuremark.

Thanks, XtremeSystems!

Here is a video from the event.  Listen carefully to hear what overclock the team using Phenom II achieved:

That Phenon II 965 x4 made it to 6.5 GHz; it’s extreme limit and wall.  As to the Pole Position race, Fugger is the owner of XtremeSystems.org – XtremeSystems won overall fastest of the night.  ASUS won fastest manufacture.  OCTV won fastest media. I didn’t compete.  I have a herniated neck disk from an auto accident – and these guys play rough and will bump you to get ahead.