Announcing the TechPowerUp GIGABYTE Xtreme Gaming Edition Giveaway

btarunr · Sep 28, 2015

TechPowerUp, in partnership with GIGABYTE bring you the Xtreme Gaming Edition Giveaway. We are giving away a swanky GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 950 Xtreme Gaming Edition graphics card (review here) to one lucky winner. In addition to segment-best cooling and performance for full HD gaming, the card comes with a suite of design innovations. Simply fill up a short form, and answer one simple question about this card, and you could win it! This contest is open to all.

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

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SK-1 · Sep 28, 2015

We have received your contest submission. Good luck!

c2DDragon · Sep 28, 2015

Thanks for the giveaway !
My GTX 570 is about to die.
Good luck everybody !

peche · Sep 28, 2015

well entered, i hope will be worldwide!

patrico · Sep 28, 2015

nice! cheers TPU & Gigabyte not going to enter gl TPU members! :clap:

W1zzard · Sep 28, 2015

peche said:
well entered, i hope will be worldwide!

yes this contest is worldwide

bogami · Sep 28, 2015

Exteime piss of shit !
It would be more accurate to describe the preformance ability of this gameing card only capable for low resolution play.
Pitiful advertising ! You can afford better Gigabyte. :cool:

natr0n · Sep 28, 2015

I bet some kid in Botswana wins this.

patrico · Sep 28, 2015

bogami said:
Exteime piss of shit !
it would be more accurate to describe the power of this gameing card only for low resolution.
pitiful advertising you can afford better Gigabyte.

gaming*

and if you have onboard this is better!

natr0n said:
I bet some kid in Botswana wins this.

we all live on a big rock, who cares where on the rock someone comes from !!!!!! :slap:

peche · Sep 28, 2015

W1zzard said:
yes this contest is worldwide

epic!
thanks

remixedcat · Sep 28, 2015

entered

PLAfiller · Sep 29, 2015

bogami said:
Exteime piss of shit !
It would be more accurate to describe the preformance ability of this gameing card only capable for low resolution play.
Pitiful advertising ! You can afford better Gigabyte.

I don't get the hate. X50- series has always been entry class gaming cards for nVidia. Depending on the games you play, you simply might not want anything else. If you play SC2 competitively in your free time, you don't exactly need gtx970 to do that. And it's not exactly the first contest from TPU in partnership with Gigabyte.

Nordic · Sep 29, 2015

bogami said:
Exteime piss of shit !
It would be more accurate to describe the preformance ability of this gameing card only capable for low resolution play.
Pitiful advertising ! You can afford better Gigabyte.

Really? I have a 750ti and it is a pretty good card. It can play most games 1080p at 60fps, and many of them at maximum settings. I may have a 970 in my main rig to get 120fps for a 120hz monitor, but if I had a 60hz 1080p monitor I don't see the need for anything more than a 750ti.

walker15130 · Sep 29, 2015

Well, 750Ti I have had never ever reached 60 fps in Witcher3/1080p, that was sad (but it's the game to be blamed).

950 probably closes this gap ...and here it's for free.

Ja.KooLit · Sep 29, 2015

entered. hope to win

Good luck to all. out of thousand who will join only one winner.

W1zzard said:
yes this contest is worldwide

shipping included? or winner has to pay shipping?

stoney101 · Sep 29, 2015

night.fox said:
entered. hope to win

Good luck to all. out of thousand who will join only one winner.

shipping included? or winner has to pay shipping?

From the t&c's

'Winner is not responsible for shipping cost or customs fees.'

Frick · Sep 29, 2015

I'm set for GPU's, but it's a giveaway so I have to enter.

W1zzard · Sep 29, 2015

night.fox said:
shipping included? or winner has to pay shipping?

Shipping included of course

64K · Sep 29, 2015

bogami said:
Exteime piss of shit !
It would be more accurate to describe the preformance ability of this gameing card only capable for low resolution play.
Pitiful advertising ! You can afford better Gigabyte.

What a crappy thing to say in a giveaway. :shadedshu:

ZeppMan217 · Sep 29, 2015

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rtwjunkie · Sep 29, 2015

Entry submitted and received.

Thanks for the contest!

Nordic · Sep 29, 2015

walker15130 said:
Well, 750Ti I have had never ever reached 60 fps in Witcher3/1080p, that was sad (but it's the game to be blamed).

950 probably closes this gap ...and here it's for free.

As I said, most games. I don't even mean future games. For the mid range card that it is, I expect it to not do as well in future games.

Stefaturbog40 · Sep 29, 2015

Thanks very much for Giveaway! This would be nice upgrade from my Gigabyte GTX650 ^_^.
Good luck EVERYONE!!

wagana · Sep 29, 2015

I need a GPU...

RyanK · Sep 29, 2015

First off, nobody talk poorly about anything being given away. I don't care if it us a bag of TPU zip ties. Don't enter and go away if you don't have anything nice to say. Second, this card is a low power card marketed towards RTS games which it would work very well for. Last, goodluck everyone that enters!

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