Gigabyte Throwdown contest at Futuremark.com

[Pasi_FM]

Hey guys,

We are running another contest starting today with GIGABYTE before the upcoming launch of 3DMark 11.

http://www.futuremark.com/community/...yte_throwdown/

This time we'll be competing with GIGABYTE's Intel boards in two different categories:

1) H55 Integrated

This category is for 3DMark Vantage Entry-preset with H55 Integrated graphics only.

Entrants must use Gigabyte brand motherboards.

Highest score wins, all usual validity criteria apply, latest Intel HD Graphics drivers have been approved for use with 3DMark Vantage.

Scores must be submitted to ORB and published for validation. Any published valid scores are automatically entered into the contest.

2) X58/P55/H55 + Any GPU

The second category is for GIGABYTE's X58, P55 or H55 chipset motherboards with any GPU. GPU manufacturer, based on the subsystem vendor ID, must be AMD/ATI, NVIDIA or GIGABYTE.

In this contest we'll be using 3DMark Vantage Performance preset and 3DMark06 with default settings. Your overall score is the sum of these scores.

You can enter the contest with just one benchmark, but your score just increases by running the other one.

You can also enter this category with the trial version of Vantage. To do this, the email address the trial key was sent to must match the email address of the ORB account that has the 3DMark06 score.

If you have any issues, you can email me directly at pasi(at)futuremark.com or post in the Official contest thread

Both categories have prizes from sponsors Gigabyte, Enermax, Antec, Kingston and GlacialTech and we're giving away weekly hardware prizes and free copies of Shattered Horizon randomly drawn between everyone who submits a score fulfilling the contest criteria.

See the contest page for details and have fun:
http://www.futuremark.com/community/...yte_throwdown/

[xdan]

Hi, i have some questions regarding Gigabyte Throwdown.

First: For X58/P55/H55 any Gpu, if a have a license for 3dmark 2006 but not for Vantage, and i run Vantage Trial, did ORB recognize my results(using same mail, account) as one user, and my results are join togheter?

Second: If i buy and Advanced edition of Vantage, and i pay with paypal i can receive by mail only the serial code for license, i hope that you don't have to sent me anyway the disc with a CD KEY(what if it doesn't arrive in time...) , i mean i just need the key to activate what version i want, vantage itself i can download from everywhere.
So if i pay with paypal, complete mail adress,..., i receive the cd key by mail?

And, also i can win prises at both categories?

[Aerou]

Question: Can I enter with a H57 board?

[SuicidePhoenix]

no GTX580 allowed? -.-