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You acknowledge and agree that the participation
in the GIGABYTE “Beat Me If You Dare” Global Online
Graphics Overclocking |
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Competition
(hereinafter "Competition") is subject
to the terms and conditions described herein. By
submitting your entry to the Competition, you hereby
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express
your consent and agree to be bound by these Rules.
GIGABYTE Technology reserves the right to disqualify
any entry if it has reasonable |
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grounds
to believe the participant has breached any of these
Rules. |
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Competition is organized by GIGABYTE Technology
and all Rules, jury and winner nomination remain
at the sole discretion of GIGABYTE Technology. |
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GIGABYTE
Technology reserves the right not to award any Competition
entry when appropriate. GIGABYTE Technology also
reserves the right to |
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change
or amend the Rules, to postpone the Competition,
to interrupt it or to cancel the Competition at
any time without prior notice and without any |
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compensation
to any participant. Any changes will be posted on
pages at http://event.gigabyte.com.tw/BeatMeIfYouDare/、Facebook
、Twitter |
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By entering the Competition, you hereby guarantee
that all information submitted by you is true, current
and complete. |
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by you may be used for further marketing purposes
of GIGABYTE Technology or any of its partners, |
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to GIGABYTE Technology privacy policy. |
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agree to transfer and assign to GIGABYTE Technology
all copyrights and other rights regarding |
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the
competition entry without any further compensation
or fees. All possible content and substance of the
entry submitted by you will become the sole |
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property
of GIGABYTE Technology and may be used by GIGABYTE
Technology or any other party without any link to
the participant. |
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You hereby agree that GIGABYTE Technology may publish,
at their sole discretion, any entry submitted to
the Competition on web sites and other |
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presentation
materials of GIGABYTE Technology or its partner
network. |
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| Run
order: |
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October
GTX 260 (3DMark Vantage P) + Resident Evil 5 game
benchmark |
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November
GTX 275 (3DMark Vantage P) + Resident Evil 5 game
benchmark |
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December
GTX 275 SLI (3DMark Vantage P) + Resident Evil 5
game benchmark |
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| Qualifications:
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Join as a member on the “Beat Me If You Dare” microsite.
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Contestants must use graphics cards with appointed chip set. There is no brand limitation. |
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Competition entry period is October 1 through December
31 2009. |
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Persons employed by or in a similar relation to
GIGABYTE Technology, their subsidiaries or to companies
participating on the preparation and |
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organization
of the whole Competition as well as members of their
families, are nonetheless excluded from participation. |
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Competition entries must conform to the Competition
instructions. GIGABYTE Technology shall evaluate
only such entries that fulfill all criteria described
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by
GIGABYTE Technology. No inaccuracies in form or
format can be accepted and will not be tolerated. |
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By participating in the Competition you hereby guarantee,
that you have created the entry by yourself and
that it was not for payment or in any other way
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put
at the disposal of a third person, to which your
rights have been granted or transferred. |
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You hereby guarantee and are liable to ensure that
the entry will not infringe any copyright, trade
secret, other proprietary right or privacy of any
third |
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party
and will not contain anything which is libelous,
defamatory, obscene, indecent, harassing or threatening.
Any unauthorized use of any copyrighted |
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material
is strictly prohibited and will lead to disqualification
of such participant without notice. GIGABYTE Technology
shall not be responsible of any |
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infringements
of any intellectual property rights. |
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| Online
submissions: |
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3DMark Vantage: |
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Use Performance settings
for 3DMark Vantage |
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Have a valid screenshot:
clearly show 3Dmark score, 3Dmark subtest scores,
3Dmark settings, processor in CPU-Z,
videocard in GPU-Z
(GPU-Z
in |
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screenshot,
dropdown must be visible if you run in SLI
so all videocards are identified. Rivatuner
may be used if GPU-Z fails to identify videocard
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final result screenshot must be uploaded in BMP
file format |
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Please
upload as ONE .bmp file. Example as below: |
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Have a valid Futuremark orb link as verification
for scores. Link should begin with http://service.futuremark.com/
(Check 3D Mark |
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Resident
Evil 5 game benchmark: |
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Use Resident Evil 5 DirectX 10 version |
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Use Variable Benchmark
scene presetting with 1280x1024 display resolution |
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Have a valid screenshot: clearly show fps score
and system configurations, processor in CPU-Z,
videocard in CPU-Z
(CPU-Z
in screenshot, dropdown |
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must be
visible if you run in SLI so all videocards
are identified. Rivatuner
may be used if CPU-Z
fails to identify videocard properly) |
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final result screenshot must be uploaded in BMP
file format |
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Please
upload as ONE .bmp file. Example as below: |
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Contestants must upload one picture of the actual
platform to show that the components are clearly
marked |
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Each participant may submit multiple scores to the
Competition, but only the most recent score will
be accepted |
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Submitting the same score to multiple accounts is
prohibited. Any contestant that breaks this rule
will be disqualified |
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| Rules:
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No liquid Helium. |
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Accept launched graphic card, including engineering
sample and retail kit |
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Accept launched CPU, including engineering sample
and retail kit, but Gulftown (Core i9) is disallowed. |
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No cheating. GIGABYTE will not allow people to cheat
their way to higher scores and disadvantage those
who play fair. We try to be as clear and strict
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as
possible when it comes to cheaters, and block the
score instantly. Depending on the method used and
the motivation behind the cheating, we will |
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also
ban the individual from future competitions. |
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Instant ban if it is considered as severe cheating |
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Submitting scores that belong to other people |
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Using software or human interaction altering the
perceived speed of the benchmark program, tricking
it to believe it ran faster |
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Using a program to edit screenshots to have more
points |
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Forbidden tweaks |
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PhysX drivers |
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Mipmap tweaking |
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Any software or human interaction altering the perceived
speed of the benchmark program, tricking it to believe
it ran faster |
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Wireframe hacks: any software or driver causing
a benchmark program not (properly) render the textures |
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Rendered image differs too much from the original
due to other software tweaking |
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Accept 3DMark Vantage presets of performance; not
allow changing system registry or adjusting LOD
Bias. |
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If your 3DMark sub-test score 2 exceeds sub-test
score 1, the contester must provide your overclocking
video for approval and confirmation. |
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Prizes provided for first, second and third place
for top 3 overall final score winner. If you beat
our in-house overclocked score, GIGABYTE will DOUBLE
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the
prize! |
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Scoring method: |
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(contestant's
3DMark Vantage Performance GPU score – 9000) / 9000
= X1 % |
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(contestant's
game benchmark fps score – 100) / 100 = X2 % |
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X1 *80% + X2 *20% = final score |
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Note: 3DMark Vantage (Performance) GPU score 9000
and Resident Evil 5 benchmark 100 result from GIGABYTE
official platform, using standard GTX |
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260
graphics card. |
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| Results: |
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Results for each test must be submitted by the end
of each month with no exceptions allowed. |
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Timezone
is the International Time/Date Line: so GMT +8 hours. |
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For
any inquiries, please email: gigabyte.vga@gigabyte.com.tw.
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| Prizes: |
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GIGABYTE will judge the winners based on the ranking
of attendees’ final score after submitting deadline.
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GIGABYTE will keep a running real time score of
the top 3 members on this microsite, but only the
final top 3 overclockers will win prizes. |
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GIGABYTE will announce the final 3 winners as well
as 5 lucky draw winners on the 5th day of every
month during the “Beat Me If You Dare” online OC
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competition,
and may contain the name, surname, town and state
of the winner. |
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Please check awards for winners in award page. |
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Winners of the Competition will be notified by e-mail.
Return of any prize notification as undeliverable
or failure to reply as specified in the notification
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within
the time stated therein may result in disqualification
and selection of an alternate winner. |
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The winner shall be deemed waiving his/her rights
to the prize if the winner fails to claim the prize
within 1 month from the day the list of winners
is |
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announced
or if the winner fails to comply with the required
procedures |
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GIGABYTE is responsible for the expense of delivering
the prize, but the winner is responsible for any
tariffs or additional taxes, which are stipulated
by |
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tax-laws
of Taiwan, related to the prize. |
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| Disclaimer:
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Eligibility:
Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
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| Winner
Selection: Top 3 winners announcing and a random
drawing for 5 lucky attendees will take place on
the 5th day of every month during the
“Beat |
| Me
If You Dare” online OC competition with all the
eligible entries received. The drawing will be conducted
by GIGABYTE. The decisions of GIGABYTE are |
| final
and binding in all matters relating to this competition.
The potential winner/s will be notified by GIGABYTE
by email and posted onto the competition’s |
| website.
If such notification is undeliverable or no response
is received by GIGABYTE from the potential prize
winner within ten (10) business days of the |
| date
of notification or attempted notification, then
such potential prize winner will be disqualified,
and an alternate winner may be selected at GIGABYTE’s
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| sole
discretion. Potential prize winner’s failure to
return all required forms within 1 month may result
in the potential prize winner being disqualified
and an |
| alternate
winner may be selected at GIGABYTE’s sole discretion. |
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| Privacy:
All information collected by GIGABYTE in connection
with the entries will remain confidential. GIGABYTE
may at times send promotional news to |
you
in the future.
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| Agreement:
GIGABYTE reserves the right to cancel or suspend
this competition should viruses, bugs or other causes
beyond their control corrupt the |
| administration,
security or proper play of the competition. GIGABYTE
further reserves the right to modify the rules of
the competition in any way or at any |
| time,
as long as reasonable notice is given. |
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