Following the spirit of the HWBOT Country Cup-series, on June 1st we're kicking off our first HWBOT Team Cup competition. Similar to the Country Cup, the Team Cup is all about group effort and joining forces. Only, this time, you'll be competing for the glory of your team!
The HWBOT Team Cup 2012 features 6 different sub-competitions, each focusing on different hardware and benchmarks and runs for a period of 3 months (June-July-August). More than enough time to gather the troops and aim for the highest spot! Good luck!
The Format
The Cup is, as previously mentioned, divided into 6 sub-competitions. For each sub-competition, you can gather points based on the team's final position in the sub-competition. In the end, the team with the most points wins the competition ... it's as simple as that! Similar to last year's Country Cup, there are three different sub-competition levels:
Update:: due to the level of complexity, we have changed the format for the overall Team Cup ranking. The ranking of the 2012 competition is based on the points you gather in each sub-contest. For a level 1 competition, this means you can gather as much as 325pts if you are 1st in all stages of that competition. Those 325pts will all count for your Team Cup ranking.
The Competitions
Now that we know how the competition works, let's have a look at the competition details.
Sub-competition 1:
"GeForce History Tour"
Sub-competition 2:
"Core 2 OC"
Sub-competition 3:
"Memory Clock"
Level
Level 1
Level 2
Level 2
Start
June 1st 00h00 GMT+2
June 1st 00h00 GMT+2
July 15th 12h00 GMT+2
End
September 1st 00h00 GMT+2
July 15th 12h00 GMT+2
September 1st 00h00 GMT+2
Benchmark
3DMark03, single GPU
UCBench2011
CPU-Z validation
Stages
S1: GeForce 256 series
S2: GeForce 2 series
S3: GeForce 3 series
S4: GeForce 4 series
S5: GeForce 5 series
S6: GeForce 6 series
S7: GeForce 7 series
S8: GeForce 8 series
S9: GeForce 9 series
S10: GeForce 200 series
S11: GeForce 400 series
S12: GeForce 500 series
S13: GeForce 600 series
S1: Core 2 8000 series
S2: Core 2 7000 series
S3: Core 2 6000 series
S4: Core 2 5000 series
S5: Core 2 4000 series
S6: Core 2 3000 series
S7: Core 2 2000 series
S1: EDO
S2: FB-dimm
S3: RD-ram
S4: SD-ram
S5: DDR
S6: DDR2
S7: DDR3
Sub-competition 4:
"The AMD Family"
Sub-competition 5:
"IGP Platform"
Sub-competition 6:
"PCMark05 xCore"
Level
Level 3
Level 3
Level 3
Start
June 1st 00h00 GMT+2
July 1st 00h00 GMT+2
August 1st 00h00 GMT+2
End
July 1st 00h00 GMT+2
August 1st 00h00 GMT+2
September 1st 00h00 GMT+2
Benchmark
SuperPI 32M
3DMark06
PCMark05
Stages
K6
K7
K8
K10
Vision
Llano
GMA HD
AMD HD3000/4000
GeForce IGP
GMA series
1x CPUcore
2x CPUcore
3x CPUcore
4x CPUcore
6x CPUcore
The Prizes
Several of our partners already committed to providing prizes for the competition. We'll be updating you on the exact prize list during the course of this month!
Here at HWBOT we try our best to deliver a fair and enjoyable playing field for all those who participate in the rankings and competition. To be able to provide this kind of service we have tried to design some submission and general rules to help remove any doubts about whether something is allowed or not. Based on continued experience these rules will be updated, expanded and completed as time goes by. Please check back for any updates.