Calling all overclockers!

Futuremark have wound up this year's Overclocking Competition which begun a few days ago and runs through till Oct 28th. This should be the perfect excuse for many of you to squeeze the absolute maximum from your systems in an effort to reign supreme with the highest 3DMark Vantage score.

The incentive? some very mean prizes. There's a chance to pick up ASUS' beautiful gaming notebook, the Republic of Gamers series G71, with second and third place holders scoring ROG G70 and G50 notebooks respectively.

The ORB will store all of the competitors' submissions and feature the top (P) Performance setting scores for 3DMark Vantage. It also will provide overclockers with discussion forums, advice on overclocking VGA cards and motherboards as well as tips from an overclocking professional on how to maximize one's hardware. A Benchmark Ticker will scroll live as benchmarks are being submitted for all to see.

No doubt competition will be fierce, what with many of the best overclockers out there making use of LN2 cooling and other extremities to send the ORB to new heights. But if you're up for the challenge and feel like getting involved for a bit of fun, head over to the official competition website and go over the rules/checklist before hopefully heading into Vantage to push out some jaw dropping scores.