Gigabyte Announces Overclocking Contest

by Marco Chiappetta — Sunday, November 16, 2008, 03:34 PM EDT

Do You Have What it Takes to Beat the Pros?

Top 1508MHz Dual Channel DDR2 and win some cash

Taipei, Taiwan, GIGABYTE – Wanna win some cash? From November 7TH to Dec 30th, 2008, GIGABYTE would like to invite you to show off your overclocking skills in order to beat the pros and win USD$ 1,500 CASH. Fugger and Vapor (Freestyle Champions of the GIGABYTE Open Overclocking Championship, GO OC 2008) challenge you to beat their record memory frequency overclock of 1508MHz Dual Channel DDR2 on one of GIGABYTE’s latest P45 Ultra Durable 3 motherboards.

So tune up your GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 3 motherboard and visit the GIGABYTE website for complete contest details, and get ready to win some moola.

Prizes
1st – USD$ 1,500 CASH
2nd – USD$ 1,000 CASH
3rd – USD$ 500 CASH

How to enter
Simply log on http://ddr2-1508.gigabyte.com.tw/ to submit your memory frequency results.

Rules
(1) All entries must use a GIGANBYTE Ultra Durable 3 motherboard to be eligible for participation. (Only GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P, GA-EP45-UD3R and GA-EP45-UD3 motherboards are qualified for this competition).

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