GIGABYTE Launches Overclocking Contest

Jimmy 2004 · Dec 21, 2007

GIGABYTE has launched an overclocking contest open to anyone in the US or Canada with a GIGABYTE Intel X38 or P35 series motherboard. There is a grand prize of $2,500 for the winner, along with a GIGABYTE X48 motherboard, with the runners-up getting cash prizes ranging from $200 to $2,000 as well as goodies such as laptop bags. The contest involves overclocking your processor and uploading your 3Dmark06 score to GIGABYTE, before going head-to-head against other users, with the overclock receiving the most votes becoming the winner. The contest will run until 20th January next year - for more details, check out this page.

View at TechPowerUp Main Site

Abdullahamir · Dec 21, 2007

thanks for telling dude

regan1985 · Dec 21, 2007

thats a good idea companies should do it more often so they can premote there products

OnBoard · Dec 21, 2007

Yes it's a killer idea, if you got a superduper processor. Anyone not using quadcore & LN it's not even worth to try. Yeah I'm bitter, because there are no competitions for E4x00 series with air

But good luck for those with Gigabyte boards!

JrRacinFan · Dec 21, 2007

The question here is though, How are they going to base the results? By percentage of overclock?

OnBoard · Dec 21, 2007

JrRacinFan said:
The question here is though, How are they going to base the results? By percentage of overclock?

"uploading your 3Dmark06 score"

So best score wins, that's why I said anyone not using a quad has no chance no matter how much OC.

JrRacinFan · Dec 21, 2007

Yeah, well that makes me bitter, I was really thinking of just buying one of their motherboards. Overclocking the hell out of this celeron, this specific one I have are known to hit 5.5 on very good air cooling. 6-6.5 on watercooling. Roughly 7.5 on LN2.

Jimmy 2004 · Dec 21, 2007

OnBoard said:
"uploading your 3Dmark06 score"

So best score wins, that's why I said anyone not using a quad has no chance no matter how much OC.

Actually I believe it may use a voting system. I'll add that to the initial story to clarify things a little.

hacker111 · Dec 21, 2007

Time to hack and get free cash? :laugh:

VIPER · Dec 21, 2007

"Restrictions:
a. Only North American entries (US and Canada) are eligible for entry."

We have a similar contest for some time in Romania which is very successful:

http://www.ultrapro.ro/concurs/

Steevo · Dec 21, 2007

Awesome, and useless, and it will make no difference in what board i will choose. Super idea though as tehre are always fanboys who will bend over backwards to kiss corperate ass that could influince others to buy some of their boards.

PaulieG · Dec 22, 2007

I'll enter this. I wonder if there are certain restrictions, such as no extreme cooling, only one gpu etc. My 3dmark06 is approaching 15K, but I'm only on air and one 8800GT.

System Name	Jimmy 2004's PC
Processor	S754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ @ 2640MHz
Motherboard	ASUS K8N
Cooling	AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans
Memory	1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB)
Video Card(s)	Saphire 256MB X800 GTO @ 450MHz/560MHz (Core/Memory)
Storage	500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA
Display(s)	Digimate 17" TFT (1280x1024)
Case	Antec P182
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers
Power Supply	Corsair HX520W
Software	Windows XP Home

Processor	yorkfield core 2 quad Q8200 3.2ghz 1.26v
Motherboard	asus p5Q SE
Cooling	akasa ak965
Memory	Kingston 1066 2x2gb 1104mhz 2.2v
Video Card(s)	SAPPHIRE HD 2600 XT DDR3 857/1078
Storage	2X Samsung spinpoint 500GB 7200 4x 1tb samsung eco 5400
Display(s)	2xSamsung P2270 22" Widescreen
Case	NZXT Hush Quiet Case in Black
Power Supply	OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent Power Supply
Software	windows 7 64

Processor	Core i5-750 @ 3.6GHz 1.136V 24/7
Motherboard	Gigabyte P55A-UD3, SATA 6Gbit/s & USB3.0 baby!
Cooling	Alpenföhn Brocken HeatpipeDirectTouch
Memory	Geil Ultra Series 4GB 2133MHz DDR3 @ 1440MHz 7-7-7-24
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB OC (mostly stock speeds)
Storage	OS: Samsung F3 500GB Games: Samsung F1 640GB
Display(s)	new! Samsung P2350 23" FullHD 2ms / Mirai DTL-632E500 32" LCD
Case	new! Xigmatek Midgard/Utgard side window with red cathodes, 1x140mm & 3x120mm fans
Audio Device(s)	new! ASUS Xonar DG & JVC HA-RX700 headphones
Power Supply	Cougar CM 700W Modular
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Benchmark Scores	Logitech UltraX Premium & G5 laser v2 + Ulti-mat Breathe X2 for fragging

System Name	Snow White
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Tt CTE 600 Snow Edition
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Corsair K65 Mini
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Avermedia Live HD2

Processor	Core i5-750 @ 3.6GHz 1.136V 24/7
Motherboard	Gigabyte P55A-UD3, SATA 6Gbit/s & USB3.0 baby!
Cooling	Alpenföhn Brocken HeatpipeDirectTouch
Memory	Geil Ultra Series 4GB 2133MHz DDR3 @ 1440MHz 7-7-7-24
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB OC (mostly stock speeds)
Storage	OS: Samsung F3 500GB Games: Samsung F1 640GB
Display(s)	new! Samsung P2350 23" FullHD 2ms / Mirai DTL-632E500 32" LCD
Case	new! Xigmatek Midgard/Utgard side window with red cathodes, 1x140mm & 3x120mm fans
Audio Device(s)	new! ASUS Xonar DG & JVC HA-RX700 headphones
Power Supply	Cougar CM 700W Modular
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Benchmark Scores	Logitech UltraX Premium & G5 laser v2 + Ulti-mat Breathe X2 for fragging

GIGABYTE Launches Overclocking Contest

Jimmy 2004

New Member

Abdullahamir

New Member

regan1985

New Member

OnBoard

New Member

JrRacinFan

Served 5k and counting ...

OnBoard

New Member

JrRacinFan

Served 5k and counting ...

Jimmy 2004

New Member

hacker111

New Member

VIPER

Steevo

PaulieG

Processor	AMD A10-6800k @4.8GHz
Motherboard	GIGABYTE G1.Sniper A88X
Cooling	SCYTHE Katana 3 Type A
Memory	4GB DDR3/1600 Exeleram (for now)
Video Card(s)	AMD HD8670D (APU)
Storage	WDC WD10EALX / WDC WD6401AALS / Seagate ST3320620AS / Seagate ST3160812AS
Display(s)	Iiyama Pro Lite E2200WSV B1 22"
Case	Antec
Audio Device(s)	GIGABYTE AMP-UP Audio
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 500W

System Name	Compy 386
Processor	7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus
Cooling	Air for now.....
Memory	64 GB DDR5 6400Mhz
Video Card(s)	7900XTX 310 Merc
Storage	Samsung 990 2TB, 2 SP 2TB SSDs, 24TB Enterprise drives
Display(s)	55" Samsung 4K HDR
Audio Device(s)	ATI HDMI
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Razer
Software	A lot.
Benchmark Scores	Its fast. Enough.

Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
Cooling	EK AIO 360 (2)/EK AIO 240, Arctic Cooling Freezer II 280/EVGA CLC 280/Noctua D15/Cryorig M9(2)
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX3060/EVGA 970(2)/Asus 750 ti/Old Quadros
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB/WD Black M.2 NVMe 500GB/Adata 500gb NVMe
Display(s)	Acer 1080p 22"/ (3) Samsung 22" 1080p
Case	(2) Lian Li Lancool II Mesh/Corsair 4000D /Phanteks Eclipse 500a/Be Quiet Pure Base 500/Bones of HAF
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850G(2)/EVGA Supernova GT 650w/Phantek Amps 750w/Seasonic Focus 750w
Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu