OC GURU IS YOU – GIGABYTE AMD HD 5000 OC Challenge

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Similar to the first challenge, respective winners in different categories will receive different prizes. However, this time GIGABYTE has added weekly prizes. The winner of highest Vantage overall will once again, 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. Competition will be held from May 1st to May 31st. Contestants are required to use ONLY GIGABYTE AMD motherboards and GIGABYTE HD 5000 series graphics cards (excluding HD 5800 and HD 5900 series).

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OC GURU IS YOU – GIGABYTE AMD HD 5000 OC Challenge is closed since 31 May 2010.
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Stages

Stage 1 - 3DMark Vantage - Performance
Stage 2 - GPU Score
Stage 3 - Precision Challenge W1 - 3DMark03
Stage 4 - Precision Challenge W2 - 3DMark01
Stage 5 - Precision Challenge W3 - 3DMark06
Stage 6 - Precision Challenge W4 - 3DMark05

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Prizes

Highest Vantage Overall: US $1500

The overclocker who manages to grab the win in the 3DMark Vantage - Performance stage takes home a US $1500 cash prize.
Highest GPU score: GIGABYTE HD 5770 Super Overclock Series graphics card

The overclock who hits the highest score in the 3DMark Vantage - Performance: GPU Score stage will be the happy owner of a GIGABYTE HD 5700 Super Overclock Series graphics card.
Precision Challenge Winners: Various mainboard prizes

Each week, the winner of the Precision Challenge will receive an AMD GIGABYTE mainboard. The mainboard differ from week to week.

# Week 1: 3Dmark03 - GA-MA785GMT-US2H
# Week 2: 3Dmark01 - GA-MA74GMT-S2H
# Week 3: 3Dmark06 - GA-890GPA-UD3H
# Week 4: 3Dmark05 - GA-880GA-UD3H

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OC GURU IS YOU – GIGABYTE AMD HD 5000 OC Challenge ranking

Ryba

18 pts

Topalof

14 pts

rickss69

11 pts

Nick.ua

10 pts

HowToPlay

9 pts

zoro

3 pts

MILANS

1 pts

Jayro

0 pts

G.Foyle

0 pts

Diabolique

0 pts

Benji Tshi

0 pts

Official competition

This is an online event. Participants can compete from all around the world, and make submissions online.

As this is an official level 1 competition, competitors will receive season points for the final ranking as following.

Comments

3 May 2010 zoro says:

I see that the first 2 stages require AMD CPUs. For the other stages INTEL system can be used, or not?

thanks

4 May 2010 rickss69 says:

It would make sense that AMD be used throughout, but it is unclear atm...

4 May 2010 richba5tard says:

If it's not listed as a limitation, it's not required.

4 May 2010 Massman says:

The main stages are indeed AMD limited, the precision challenges are not platform limited.

4 May 2010 topdog says:

So we can use intel cpu on a gigabyte motherboard with 5870 graphics card for the four precision challenges

4 May 2010 richba5tard says:

Sure.

4 May 2010 topdog says:

thanks richba5tard

4 May 2010 zoro says:

with a gigabyte 5870 of course

5 May 2010 rickss69 says:

Stage two - Is that a gpu score from the Vantage bench?

5 May 2010 Massman says:

Yes.

5 May 2010 rickss69 says:

I am unable to make public any results for '03. All others are fine...any way around this problem? I have re-installed another OS, but no go.

5 May 2010 Massman says:

Are you using 980X or any other very recent VGA card? This might be due to the FM Systemscanner-thing not working properly

5 May 2010 rickss69 says:

Are you using 980X or any other very recent VGA card? This might be due to the FM Systemscanner-thing not working properly

Using Gigabyte 5770, Gigabyte mb, and AMD 1090T for the contest. I can public all other bench's but '03. Anyone else having a problem with this? Got some great results but can't submit... PM'd Admin at the ORB but no reply yet.

5 May 2010 rickss69 says:

I would really like to submit this one for stage 3...hate to get torpedoed by a third party.

6 May 2010 zoro says:

Rick, don't you have any other processor to try? you don't need a 6core, not even a 4core for stage 3.

I don't have problems with i5/750.

Also catalyst 10.4 are not FM approved. i guess this is not a problem, is it?

6 May 2010 G.Foyle says:

I can't publish either

I'm using an i7-960 w/ HD5870 SOC and 10.4 drivers.

6 May 2010 zoro says:

When you said you can't publish you mean that you can't upload the result to FM?

Make sure you are using the system info. When i don't use system info i cannot upload

6 May 2010 G.Foyle says:

I'm using system info and I have the latest patch. I had a 50268 score yesterday but I couldn't make it public because of ORB not working (as usual). As far as I remember the orb has never been working

6 May 2010 Massman says:

We will cut the prize in X equal parts, with X = the amount of people who hit the target.

J/k: 2) If multiple people hit the target, a lucky draw between the people who hit the target will determine who wins the prize"

6 May 2010 G.Foyle says:

I finally managed to publish a score! Despite having the latest patch I could only publish two of ~10 scores from yesterdays benching.

I hit the spot 3 times, but ORB didn't like two of them...

7 May 2010 rickss69 says:

Figured it out guys...it's the patch for '03 that is snafu. Uninstall then reinstall '03 without the patch. You can then make public without further headaches.

7 May 2010 Massman says:

Three hoorays for FM's update system?

Nice one Rick ... I'm happy you're actually posting this in a public forum and not holding the info for yourself!

7 May 2010 rickss69 says:

I posted this on their forum as well...see what comes of it. Btw, Vantage also has this bug, but not as severe.

7 May 2010 G.Foyle says:

FYI, yesterday I installed the latest patch, ran 3dmark03 10 times in a row, and only 2 of 10 validations were publishable. So you can publish scores with the patch, but not all it seems... Now I don't know how much of this is update system not working, and how much is just ORB not working

OC GURU IS YOU – GIGABYTE AMD HD 5000 OC Challenge

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Prizes

<b>Highest Vantage Overall</b>: US $1500

<b>Highest GPU score</b>: GIGABYTE HD 5770 Super Overclock Series graphics card

<b>Precision Challenge Winners</b>: Various mainboard prizes

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