Motherboard manufacturers love a good bit of PR. Every time a new processor or graphics card launches, you can always expect a few ‘new world record’ claims made by overclockers with liquid nitrogen (LN2) cooling and a one-in-a-hundred binned CPU or GPU. All designed to show off the unrivalled prowess of a certain motherboard or piece of hardware.
As we come up to a week since the launch of Intel’s 12th Gen processors, motherboard and RAM makers are allowed to flex their overclocking muscles. Every day, new press releases are despatched detailing the latest records.
Gigabyte is no exception. It proudly claimed that its upcoming Z690 Tachyon motherboard was able to hit an impressive 8.0GHz with a Core i9 12900K. Sounds good right? However, according to the developer of the CPU-Z validator, this result is not real (via Tom’s Hardware.)
Is it intentionally fake though? We don’t think Gigabyte would sink to those levels, but what it does mean is that anytime you see an LN2 cooled…