TechPowerUp and GIGABYTE Announce Game on X'mas Giveaway

btarunr · Nov 24, 2014

Is the snow outside thicker than you think? Prefer crafting to building a snowman? Is your idea of the holiday a hot chocolate and some of the latest games NVIDIA and AMD badgered us for driver updates every week? Then TechPowerUp and GIGABYTE got you covered. By simply "Liking" our Facebook page, and filling in a tiny form (or having Facebook fill it for you), you could stand a chance to win a rad GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 G1.Gaming SOC graphics card, which combines this season's hottest GPU (pun not intended), with GIGABYTE's latest WindForce 3X cooling solution. The contest is open to everyone. Good Luck!

For more details, and to participate, visit this page.

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jigar2speed · Nov 24, 2014

Cannot be missed,

Jack1n · Nov 24, 2014

Bah, facebook...

GreiverBlade · Nov 24, 2014

bah faceb... oh wait ... nope no problem at all.

MakeDeluxe · Nov 24, 2014

Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
My GTX 760 just died and I really need a new card

thebluebumblebee · Nov 24, 2014

The contest is open to everyone

No it's not. Only open to those with a Facebook account.

Entry into to giveaway is only possible after liking TechPowerUp on Facebook.

MakeDeluxe said:
My GTX 760 just died and I really need a new card

Why isn't it under warranty?

MakeDeluxe · Nov 24, 2014

thebluebumblebee said:
Why isn't it under warranty?

Oh it should be. But as long as I don't have confirmation that it really is under warranty I'm looking out for other options

manofthem · Nov 24, 2014

J/K TPU

yogurt_21 · Nov 24, 2014

thebluebumblebee said:
No it's not. Only open to those with a Facebook account.

Just because you're too lazy to sign up for a free facebook account doesn't mean that it isn't available to everyone.

Brusfantomet · Nov 24, 2014

One of the few GLOBAL contest and 1/3 of the posts are complaints that its on facebook? I can agree that its not optimal but at least TPU understands that they have a global audience.

GreiverBlade · Nov 24, 2014

manofthem said:
J/K TPU

just thanking you for the Morpheus ... not agreeing on the text tho

bahahaha GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN TO ALL CONTESTANT BTW!

Liquid Cool · Nov 25, 2014

Facebook?

I'll have to pass. Like the video card though...

LC

haswrong · Nov 25, 2014

why is it restricted to the fb suckers only? i will never support unethical fb. might aswell stop visiting tpu. food for thought.

rooivalk · Nov 25, 2014

Don't let the door hit you on the way out, take care.

JTristam · Nov 25, 2014

I've got an error or something when I submitted. It looks like I couldn't access the page or something related to connection. Should I repeat it again? Will I violate the rules if I try to submit once more?

RCoon · Nov 25, 2014

haswrong said:
why is it restricted to the fb suckers only?

The whole purpose of these giveaways is not for any user's particular benefit. The entire point of these exercises is marketing. The general idea for giveaways is that it brings more traffic to both TPU's website, and facebook page, as well as provide positive marketing for Gigabyte. More traffic means more ad monies for TPU, which means W1zzard gets to keep the servers turned on. It also provides Gigabyte with income, as it puts them in the public eye, and provides more sales. The cost of this single GPU giveaway is paled in comparison with the benefits that both TPU and Gigabyte gain from hosting it. Everybody wins, including one lucky person. Facebook isn't the only place that takes all your personal information anyway. If you have a bank account, and phone line, a mobile contract, a broadband contract, you're private information is already forfeit. Use Google for searches? All your information is collected and tracked.

The way I see it, if I'm going to be datamined, I'd rather have the chance to get a little something back by entering one of these.

irazer · Nov 25, 2014

If i dont have pictures in my profile, will they choose me (eventually)? Sorry for bad english

Solaris17 · Nov 26, 2014

thank god now maybe all the give away prizes will stop going to people with 2 posts that have part of TPU for 6 hours.

Maban · Nov 26, 2014

"Prizes will be given away in the week of Dec 8rd." Damn it, W1zzard. Stop making up ordinal numbers. It's hard enough for Americans to understand the system as it is now.

Solaris17 said:
thank god now maybe all the give away prizes will stop going to people with 2 posts that have part of TPU for 6 hours.

Huh? You don't even have to be a member of the TPU forums to enter.

Solaris17 · Nov 26, 2014

Maban said:
"Prizes will be given away in the week of Dec 8rd." Damn it, W1zzard. Stop making up ordinal numbers. It's hard enough for Americans to understand the system as it is now.

Huh? You don't even have to be a member of the TPU forums to enter.

the point being non members are less likely to participate because it is facebook. take it as you will.

AsRock · Nov 26, 2014

More chance winning the lotto than some thing on FB.

natr0n · Nov 26, 2014

Good luck to whom enter I know I never win shit like this.

Mussels · Nov 26, 2014

Snow? is that when all the spiders bunch up in mega-eggs to protect themselves from the heat outside?

irazer · Nov 26, 2014

I'm readear only on tpu site, because i dont know english well and cant help anyone in forum.
Visiting tpu since 2007

Rhythm · Nov 26, 2014

Great!

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