Monday

GIGABYTE & TeamAU teaming up for EB Games Expo this weekend in Sydney!

If you’re in Sydney (Australia) and love your tech, there’s only one place to be this weekend and that’s EB Games Expo! Battlefield4 is launching with EA stand overflowing with GIGABYTE powered PCs. TeamAU is also going to be showing off GIGABYTE’s latest technology with a liquid nitrogen show. Gaming PCs and laptops will also be on display. If you are visiting make sure you drop by GIGABYTE booth in the Home Grown Gaming area next to the main stage!

Here’s what TeamAU has cooking for the show

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Friday

Video: GIGABYTE G1.Sniper A88X examined by Overclock3D.net

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I know it’s the second time this week that I’m plugging a Tiny ‘Tom’ Logan video, but to be honest I just can’t get enough of this guy. Cracks me up no end. Today’s video involves our very first AMD platform G1.Killer gaming board, the G1.Sniper A88X motherboard. Tom doesn’t attempt a full (epic 30 mins?!) vid here, it’s more of a preview or first look, but as you’d expect, Tom covers all the features and technologies and gives you a really good overview of a one of our most eagerly anticipated boards.

 

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G1.Sniper A88X product info.

Wednesday

GIGABYTE ‘Pi is Returned’ OC Contest Winners Officially Announced

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Yesterday we officially announced the winners of our ‘Pi is Returned’ contest on HWBOT.org. We had $5,000 USD up for grabs with four stages centered on the classic Super Pi benchmark. As my buddy Dino has posted a few times already, the contest inspired a few overclockers to break couple of AMD world records – in fact several records were repeatedly smashed on the finale weekend alone.

Here are the final standings including, nationality, scores and winnings.

Group A - FM1/2 (Llano/Trinity/Richland)

  • Stage 1: Super Pi 1M
    • 1st Place: Dfordog (China) - 10sec 297ms on GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4
      • Wins $500 + $500 for World Record
    • 2nd Place: The Stilt (Finland) - 10sec 343ms on GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4
      • Wins $250
    • 3rd Place: Hero (China) - 10sec 343ms on GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4
      • Wins GIGABYTE F2A88XN-WIFI* & AMD A10-6800K
  • Stage 2: Super Pi 32M
    • 1st Place: Wizerty (France) - 9min 54sec 812ms on GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4
      • Wins $500 + $500 for World Record
    • 2nd Place: The Stilt (Finland) - 9min 55sec 922ms on GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4
      • Wins $250
    • 3rd Place: SF3D (Finland) - 9min 59sec 343ms on GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4
      • Wins GIGABYTE F2A88XN-WIFI* & AMD A10-6800K

Group B – AM3+ (Bulldozer/Piledriver)

  • Stage 1: Super Pi 1M
    • 1st Place: The Stilt (Finland) - 9sec 218ms on GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD7
      • Wins $500 + $500 for World Record
    • 2nd Wizerty (France) - 9sec 390ms on GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3
      • Wins $250
    • 3rd I.nfraR.ed (Belgium) – 9sec 437ms on GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3
      • Wins GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3 & AMD FX-8350
  • Stage 2: Super Pi 32M
    • 1st The Stilt (Finland) - 9min 34sec 78ms on GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD7
      • Wins $500 + $500 for World Record
    • 2nd I.fraR.ed (Belgium) - 9min 39sec 218ms on GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3
      • Wins $250
    • 3rd Wizerty (France) - 9min 47sec 157ms on GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3
      • Wins GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3 & AMD FX-8350

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A big thanks to all who took part in the contest. Great to see so many records busted using GIGABYTE motherboards.

You can find the full standings and scores at the ‘Pi is Returned’ contest page here on HWBOT.org