hwboints - the global overclocking competition

RichBa5tard · 3rd November 2006, 14:27

You have or have not seen the latest features at HWbot. Beside the global rankings, we have developped a new sort of competition, which will make the overclocking scene more interesting and competitive.

This pointing system is fantastic to compare overclockers to each other, while keeping it fun for those who can't afford the latest Q6700 + 1950 CF. Eg. you will receive a rather low score for being in the top 10 of pcmark (because there isn't much competition), but you will get a huge amount of points when you start to get near the top 50 of superpi, as the competition is very fierce. Same goes for hardware achievements. Having the fastest matrox parhelia will not get you much credits, but having the fastest 7900GT will get you a lot.

If this system gets support for the community (and we are confident we do), we are going to organize contests based on hwboints. Untill then, please share your thoughts on how we can make it even better.

If you are interested in how we calculate these 'hwboints', here's the calculation. it's still open for discussion.

Code:

hwboints = global points + hardware points

    * global points (top 5): (50,40,35,30,25 * application weight) * 0.6
    * global points (other): ((-20/145) * your rank + (600/29) * application weight) * 0.6
    * hardware points (top 5): (5,4...1 * hardware weight) * 2

application weigth: 0.5 (<500 participants) - 2 (2000 or more participants)

hardware weigth: 0.2 (1 participant) - 1 (100 or more participants)

Many thanks to mtzki, who's the intelectual father of hwboints. I'm just the grunt who coded it.

All the info you'll ever need about hwboints can be found here

The Hwboints ranking is divided in two sections: one for members, which is currently dominated by (who else?) ... k|ngp|n, and one for teams, dominated by XS.

Current team ranking:

Current member ranking:

new result info page:

new member info page:

At hwbot we always try to listen to the needs of our users, so if you have a brilliant idea or some remarks, just let us know.

- The hwbot crew.

jmke · 3rd November 2006, 14:38

just FYI, yours truly is responsible for the very cool HWBoints nominator

Massman · 3rd November 2006, 14:58

great work jmke

jmke · 13th November 2006, 08:57

finally a signature worth having

RichBa5tard · 13th November 2006, 10:41

I agree.

But sadly:

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jmke · 13th November 2006, 10:58

I'm not sad

it's a cool sig to have, but IMG in sig's for forums add too much page load in my humble opinion

RichBa5tard · 13th November 2006, 11:02

Normally your browser loads images last, after all the content is displayed, but I can't blaim you.

the hwbot sig is only 16kb!

jmke · 13th November 2006, 11:33

20~30 posts/page= 480Kb extra data per page... no thanks, not everybody is on broadband

jmke · 14th November 2006, 13:46

come on

people, don't let me be the big piece in the pie

jmke · 14th November 2006, 13:48

is there a reason why you are member of OCX RB?

3rd November 2006, 14:27	#1
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	hwboints - the global overclocking competition You have or have not seen the latest features at HWbot. Beside the global rankings, we have developped a new sort of competition, which will make the overclocking scene more interesting and competitive. This pointing system is fantastic to compare overclockers to each other, while keeping it fun for those who can't afford the latest Q6700 + 1950 CF. Eg. you will receive a rather low score for being in the top 10 of pcmark (because there isn't much competition), but you will get a huge amount of points when you start to get near the top 50 of superpi, as the competition is very fierce. Same goes for hardware achievements. Having the fastest matrox parhelia will not get you much credits, but having the fastest 7900GT will get you a lot. If this system gets support for the community (and we are confident we do), we are going to organize contests based on hwboints. Untill then, please share your thoughts on how we can make it even better. If you are interested in how we calculate these 'hwboints', here's the calculation. it's still open for discussion. Code: hwboints = global points + hardware points * global points (top 5): (50,40,35,30,25 * application weight) * 0.6 * global points (other): ((-20/145) * your rank + (600/29) * application weight) * 0.6 * hardware points (top 5): (5,4...1 * hardware weight) * 2 application weigth: 0.5 (<500 participants) - 2 (2000 or more participants) hardware weigth: 0.2 (1 participant) - 1 (100 or more participants) Many thanks to mtzki, who's the intelectual father of hwboints. I'm just the grunt who coded it. All the info you'll ever need about hwboints can be found here The Hwboints ranking is divided in two sections: one for members, which is currently dominated by (who else?) ... k\|ngp\|n, and one for teams, dominated by XS. Current team ranking: Current member ranking: new result info page: new member info page: At hwbot we always try to listen to the needs of our users, so if you have a brilliant idea or some remarks, just let us know. - The hwbot crew. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

3rd November 2006, 14:38	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	just FYI, yours truly is responsible for the very cool HWBoints nominator __________________

3rd November 2006, 14:58	#3
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	great work jmke __________________

13th November 2006, 08:57	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	finally a signature worth having __________________

13th November 2006, 10:58	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	I'm not sad it's a cool sig to have, but IMG in sig's for forums add too much page load in my humble opinion __________________

13th November 2006, 11:02	#7
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	Normally your browser loads images last, after all the content is displayed, but I can't blaim you. the hwbot sig is only 16kb! __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

13th November 2006, 11:33	#8
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	20~30 posts/page= 480Kb extra data per page... no thanks, not everybody is on broadband __________________

14th November 2006, 13:46	#9
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	come on people, don't let me be the big piece in the pie __________________

14th November 2006, 13:48	#10
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	is there a reason why you are member of OCX RB? __________________

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