GIGABYTE Refreshes 3DMark Vantage World Record in “OC Guru Is You” Overclocking Competition

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Join the competition to be the next world record breaker!

May 14, 2010

Taipei, Taiwan, May 14^th, 2010 – GIGABYTE, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, is pleased to announce a world record with single GPU/CPU 31298 3DMark Vantage score with GIGABYTE’s HD 5870 graphics cards in graphics card overclocking competition, OC Guru Is You at HWBOT. 8 of the top 20 world records are set with GIGABYTE’s HD 5870 graphics cards, of which the number one world record is created with GIGABYTE’s very own Super Overclock Series HD 5870 SOC. The one-month competition has successfully come to an end on April 30^that HWBOT. We congratulate these world record setters and welcome the next world record breaker!

TOP 20 WORLD RECORDS OF SINGLE GPU/CPU IN 3DMARK VANTAGE

Data collected as of April 30^th, 2010

GIGABYTE HD 5870 SOC

The world record breaker:

Best Performance card in HD 5870 Series
Ultra Durable VGA
GPU Gauntlet™ Sorting
Anti-Turbulence Dual Fan
OC Guru Software

GIGABYTE’s second OC Guru challenge, OC Guru is YOU! - GIGABYTE AMD HD 5000 Series OC Challenge has launched on the 1^st of May. Contestants are required to use only GIGABYTE AMD motherboards and GIGABYTE HD 5000 series graphics cards, excluding HD 5800 & HD 5900 series to enter the competition. The winner of highest Vantage overall will receive USD $1500, the winner of highest GPU score will receive HD 5770 SO graphics card, and the winner with weekly precision challenge will be rewarded with one motherboard, including GA-MA785GMT-US2H, GA-MA74GMT-S, GA-890GPA-UD3, and GA-880GA-UD3H. The sum of all these wonderful prizes adds up to USD $2100.

For further details about the GIGABYTE OC Guru is YOU! - GIGABYTE AMD HD 5000 Series OC Challenge competition please visit: http://hwbot.org/competition/gbt_hd5000_challenge

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