0 MSI 990FXA-GD80 Sets a New World Record of 8.37GHz with the Latest AMD FX-8350 CPU

MSI 990FXA-GD80 Sets a New World Record of 8.37GHz with the Latest AMD FX-8350 CPU

Z77 MPOWER and Lightning Graphics Card Ranked Top on the world in 3DMark 11 and Unigine Heaven Contests

[Taipei-Taiwan] MSI’s AM3+ mainboards support the latest AMD Vishera processors. In support of this fact is the recent overclocking record on the MSI 990FXA-GD80 which hit the 8.37GHz mark  with an FX-8350 processor, making it the fastest processor AMD FX-8350 in the world. 

MSI’s 990FXA-GD80 successfully runs at 8370.93MHz world record with AMD FX-8350

Additionally, the Z77 MPOWER and Big Bang-XPOWER II Mainboards have both made significant advancement in the HWBOT over-clocking leaderboards with MSI Lightning graphics cards. T0LSTY from Ukraine scored 18103 which puts him at the top of 3DMark 11 Performance Single Graphics Card scores with a Z77 MPOWER and R7970 Lightning and was the first contestant to break the 18,000 Marks barrier! T0LSTY, not satisfied with one record, also claimed the top spot in the Unigine Heaven DX11 single card benchmark.

OC_Windforce from Korea chose the Big Bang-XPOWER II and R7970 Lightning to secure his first place at the 3DMark 11 Performance Dual Card top and crowned himself with a Z77 MPOWER and R7970 Lightning in the Unigine Heaven DX11 dual card rankings! All those brilliant over-clocking achievements reflected the superior optimization ability of MSI’s RD teams and performance of high quality mainboards and graphic cards from MSI continue to provide record-breaking performance in the most difficult and extreme over-clocking challenges. 

FX-8350 Record：

Mainboard	Processor	Record	Contestant
990FXA-GD80	AMD FX-8350	8370.93MHz	alvinkenzo
http://hwbot.org/benchmark/cpu_frequency/rankings?hardwareTypeId=processor_2689#start=0#interval=20

3DMark 11 Performance Single Card Record:

Mainboard	Graphics Card	Score	Contestant
Z77 MPOWER	HD7970 Lightning	18103	T0LSTY
http://hwbot.org/submission/2325435_t0lsty_unigine_heaven___xtreme_preset_(dx11)_radeon_hd_7970_4064.84_dx11_marks

3DMark 11 Performance Single Card Record:

Mainboard	Graphics Card	Score	Contestant
Big Bang-XPOWER II	HD7970 Lightning	25457	OC_Windforce
http://hwbot.org/benchmark/cpu_frequency/rankings?hardwareTypeId=processor_2689#start=0#interval=20

Unigine Heaven DX11 Single Graphics Card Record：

Mainboard	Graphics Card	Record	Contestant
Z77 MPOWER	HD7970 Lightning	4064.84	T0LSTY
http://hwbot.org/submission/2325435_t0lsty_unigine_heaven___xtreme_preset_(dx11)_radeon_hd_7970_4064.84_dx11_marks

Unigine Heaven DX11 Dual Graphics Card Record:

Mainboard	Graphics Card	Record	Contestant
Z77 MPOWER	HD7970 Lightning	7021.32	OC_Windforce
http://hwbot.org/submission/2327631_oc_windforce_unigine_heaven___xtreme_preset_(dx11)_2x_radeon_hd_7970_7021.32_dx11_marks