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Originally Posted by
FtW 420 
Benching gets addicting. A few years ago I felt my p3 was getting too slow, so I got a 920 rig (for gaming) & it just seemed so fast I ran some benchies to compare to the old rig. Comparing them on the net they seemed kinda low, started overclocking to catch up, & wondering just how they guys with WAY higher scores did that.
Turned out to be more interesting & challenging for me than the gaming, benching addiction begun...
it is indeed very gratifying.. and addicting
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Originally Posted by
CalinTM
Well if you have the money to spend, is ok. If you bench and race against other benchmark-ers, a PC component that could bring you that extra 40 points to be in the 1st place for a short period of time could cost many dollars, 300-600....
yes it can get expensive, but it's a fun hobby. and competitive benching will teach you so much about computer hardware, software, engineering, etc.. i thought i knew everything there was to know but when i started learning how to bench, i realized there was sooo much to learn still. its a far more in-depth understanding of how things work and, more importantly,
why they work the way they do
What does the rest of your setup look like? Are you running PCIe 3.0?
