India just crossed a major milestone in the competitive gaming space by hosting the first ESL One DotA 2 championship in Mumbai. Seven teams from around the world came down to Mumbai, with the eight team, Team Signify from India, joining them at the NSCI Dome for a shot at the $300,000 prize pool. As the teams competed against each other, we scoured the Intel demo pavilion at the venue to see what kind of machines had been brought down for gamers to experience.
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K
GPU: Dual Nvidia GTX 1080Ti in SLI
RAM: 32GB
Display: 3 Acer Predator XB1 27” Curved monitors with 144Hz refresh rate
Processor: Intel Core i7-8750H
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 Max-Q
RAM: 24GB
Processor: Intel Core i9-8950H
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060
RAM: 16GB
Processor: Intel Core i7-8750H
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050Ti
RAM: 16GB
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070
RAM: 32GB
Processor: Intel Core i7-8750H
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070 Max-Q
RAM: 16GB
Processor: Intel Core i7-9700K
GPU: Gigabyte Aorus RTX 2070
RAM: 16GB
Storage: 512GB NVMe
Liquid Cooler: NZXT Kraken X72
Case: NZXT H700 Full Tower
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080 Founder’s Edition
RAM: 32GB
Storage: 1.2TB Intel SSD 750 Series
Liquid Cooler: Intel
Case: InWin 805 Infinity
VR Headset: Oculus Rift |Asus ROG Zephyrus (GX501)
Processor: Intel Core i7-8750H
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 Max-Q
RAM: 24GB
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080
RAM: 2x16GB
Storage: 512GB NVMe
Cooler: Asus ROG Liquid Cooler with 140mm Fan
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080
RAM: 2x16GB
Storage: 512GB NVMe
Processor: Intel Core i7 – 8750H
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080 Max-Q
RAM: 24GB0
The Intel Pavillion at ESL One Mumbai was littered with gaming machines that would be the stuff of dreams for many gamers. We saw desktops and laptops powering unique gaming experiences like the Acer Predator Thronos gaming chair or even the Audica VR Game which used the Oculus Rift paired with an ROG Zephyrus laptop. While we did try to get a close look at the machines being used by the teams at ELS One, the only concrete information we walked away with was that they were all powered by the Intel Core i9-9900K processor.