QA
with Ignacio “Nacho Arroyo” Martin Arroyo
Country Name and City:
My name is Ignacio Martin Arroyo,
from Argentina; I live in Rosario City,
about 300Km away from the capital
Buenos Aires
What language(s) do you speak?
Spanish and some funny English
(hahah)
Where did your nickname “Nacho”
come from?
The nickname is not exclusively for
me, in my country we say “Nacho” to
everyone called Ignacio.
You have been overclocking withLN2
for a long time, when did it begin and
what made it so addictive?
I started with LN2 in 2010; I remember
the first time using LN2 was in my
attempt to qualify for GOOC LATAM
where I got the 2nd place and an invite
to Taiwan. First place went to my
friend Juan Sebastian from Colombia.
What makes it so addictive, I think is
the performance that u can gain by
using LN2. I remember my first time
with LN2 I just couldn’t believe the
improvement in clock speeds it gave.
It was truly amazing.
I know you like 3D benchmarks a
lot, but which is your favourite and
why? If you had to start doing 2D
benchmarks, which one do you think
you would like the most?
Yes, I really like 3D benchmarks,
far more than 2D bench, but I don’t’
mind 2D as well. My favourite 3D
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benchmarks are 3DMark11 and
Vantage. I’ve also started looking at
the new Catzilla benchmark.
You’ve recently started doing some
overclocking for ZOTAC. How did this
relationship start and do you think
one day in the future we may see an
overclocking card from ZOTAC like
we have with the MSI Lightning, ASUS
Matrix series or EVGA classified?
Yes, I have been working with Zotac
for more than a year. This relationship
started when I proposed to Zotac that
we begin a serious work relationship
and I asked for their support. They
said yes as they wanted to do that and
here we are working together.
As for the overclocking cards, I hope
so but I don’t think their focus is on
that kind of product right now. I would
like to have a stronger, more capable
custom PCB from ZOTAC but right now
it’s not in any plans that I know off.
Do you compete for ranking in any
of the leagues or cups or do you just
overclock because you have fun doing
it?
I am on in the PRO OC League, and I
am on Kronos TEAM.
At present it’s my job to test hardware,
write reviews, do some extreme
overclocking and sometimes obtain
some crazy results. I love my job, I
enjoy it.
What was the most difficult graphics
card for you to ever overclock and
which was the easiest?
Well as you know, each card is different.
You can test ten pieces of the same