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   #4. Posted at 02:00 PM on Oct 13th 2008 Edit   Reply
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#4, I was just trying to go back and edit that out!!! LOL Let me ...  :  wingless  (#6)  «
#6, To be fair, I'm not sure they even realized people had ad...  :  Tamale  (#8)  «
#6, 5000 USD still has some buying power. Granted that it is ...  :  Krogoth  (#10)  «
#10, Still, that fat kid's face looks like he wants more mo...  :  VILLAIN_xx  (#17)  «
#10, It does indeed, US Dollar increased 20% in price, if c...  :  glacius555  (#21)  «
#21, before ranting about things you obviously know very...  :  SubSeven  (#26)  «
#21, errrr...have you been watching the exchange rate la...  :  derFunkenstein  (#33)  «
#21, Uh, that amount was 700 billion. Or whatever that eq...  :  The Stench  (#48)  «
#6, Ahem, cool stuff.. "I had no idea tweaking 3DMark registry...  :  Richie_G  (#27)  «

   #46. Posted at 02:00 PM on Oct 15th 2008 Edit   Reply
donkeycrock
I was wondering what OS they were using.
Did you post a picture of the Sweden 2 setup? What made their setup so much better than anybody else?

loved the article, best read in a long time.

Pictures were top notch also.
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#46, XP Pro 32 bit.. as for sweden's setup: http://techreport.com/i...  :  Tamale  (#47)  «

   #30. Posted at 05:23 AM on Oct 14th 2008 Edit   Reply
Meadows
I loved Darth Vader.

I have a question, can someone explain what causes the "cold bug"?
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#30, Doing a massive handwave over the details of semiconductor p...  :  notfred  (#39)  «
#39, That makes sense, my own idea revolved around resistance ...  :  Meadows  (#42)  «
#42, Semiconductors have something of a weird temperature -...  :  IntelMole  (#43)  «
#43, From what I know the cold bug is caused by the PLL ...  :  d0g_p00p  (#45)  «

   #29. Posted at 05:02 AM on Oct 14th 2008 Edit   Reply
sdack
The price money is a joke!!

$5,500 as first price? Come one! Considering the costs people must have had to compete in the event - from plane tickets to extra hardware - only a few of the winners should not have made a minus.
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#29, Thats the first thing I thought too. However, maybe everythin...  :  Kulith  (#38)  «
#38, Also... clearly these participants are not making money o...  :  continuum  (#40)  «
#29, Still better then investing in the stock market. :)  :  ew  (#41)  «
#41, If you bought Monday morning and traded in the afternoon,...  :  indeego  (#44)  «

   #37. Posted at 11:21 AM on Oct 14th 2008 Edit   Reply
MaxTheLimit
This article is missing a 'Surprise Victory By Max!' section.

I really enjoyed the pics and paragraphs on the different methods used to coats the PCBs.
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   #13. Posted at 03:25 PM on Oct 13th 2008, Edited at 03:27 PM on Oct 13th 2008 Edit   Reply
eitje
In America, it's common...

I know that when folks from the US say "In America...", they really mean "In (the United States of) America..."

Since my girlfriend is from Central America, I *also* know that particular misuse really gets under the skin of many people that are from America, but don't live in the United States. :)

I was disappointed to see that no one in the competition was from Central, South, or North America (except for the USA). no Canadians or Brazilians? That's a surprise!

Maybe those just aren't big markets for Gigabyte, though...
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#13, Many countries that competed at the regional level didn't ma...  :  Tamale  (#15)  «
#15, Yeah I couldn't see any UK team there from the pictures, ...  :  srg86  (#36)  «
#13, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT0OqHr3wHQ  :  Nitrodist  (#20)  «

   #34. Posted at 10:28 AM on Oct 14th 2008 Edit   Reply
bfellow
I haven't beaten 3DMark 01 yet much less 3DMark06. Anyone have any cheat codes for it?
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#34, What's the point of your post?  :  Meadows  (#35)  «

   #32. Posted at 07:32 AM on Oct 14th 2008 Edit   Reply
Dposcorp
That was an awesome article.
Excellent pictures.
Job well done; that's a fact that is a fact. :)
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   #31. Posted at 06:42 AM on Oct 14th 2008 Edit   Reply
mako
Truly epic. This sure beats the pants off of IDF's notebook-assembly competition.
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   #28. Posted at 04:45 AM on Oct 14th 2008 Edit   Reply
pogsnet
Cool! ...but they should add air cooled competition and the passive ones =)
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   #25. Posted at 10:42 PM on Oct 13th 2008 Edit   Reply
d0g_p00p
This was great coverage. Good job TR.Loved all the pics.
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   #24. Posted at 10:41 PM on Oct 13th 2008 Edit   Reply
d0g_p00p
Great coverage
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   #1. Posted at 01:35 PM on Oct 13th 2008 Edit   Reply
Usacomp2k3
What a great write-up! Thanks a bunch! Very well written and pictures.
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#1, indeed, the excitement (not kidding) of reading that was fan...  :  ReAp3r-G  (#2)  «
#1, 100% agreed.  :  eitje  (#12)  «
#1, Yeah this article is as "cool" as LN2!  :  ssidbroadcast  (#19)  «
#19, ++++++ on all the great in action pictures. Great work......  :  jobodaho  (#23)  «

   #22. Posted at 10:28 PM on Oct 13th 2008 Edit   Reply
fpsduck
Nice hit Josh.

LN2 made me think of Foxconn BlackOps motherboard, not Gigabyte.
If Gigabyte want to be more serious in OC field,
they should learn from BlackOps board.

FYI, I don't hate Gigabyte. (my GA-8KNXP is still kick ass)
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   #16. Posted at 04:38 PM on Oct 13th 2008 Edit   Reply
Fighterpilot
That was a killer article...well done guys!
Any arguments about who has the fastest graphics cards...? :)
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#16, The general consensus among competitors was that the Radeon ...  :  Tamale  (#18)  «

   #14. Posted at 03:33 PM on Oct 13th 2008 Edit   Reply
tesla120
taipei 101 has nothing on the KVLY tower here in ND.... they threw up that tower overnight and its currently the tallest completed structure
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   #11. Posted at 02:49 PM on Oct 13th 2008 Edit   Reply
UberGerbil
Love the Cup O' Noodles cup. Haven't seen one of those in a while.

And the South Africa team looks like a good bunch to have a beer with.
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   #9. Posted at 02:28 PM on Oct 13th 2008 Edit   Reply
UberGerbil
Right now those Europeans are probably unhappy that they didn't get 5000 Euros because the USD has very little buying power nowadays.

Depends on who those "Europeans" are. If they're Icelanders, they're probably ecstatic.

It also depends on what you mean by "nowadays"

http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?from=USD&to=EUR&amt=1&t=3m
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   #7. Posted at 02:06 PM on Oct 13th 2008 Edit   Reply
alex666
Absolutely terrific story IMHO. You made my lunchbreak. Hats off to gigabyte for sponsoring this, and appearing to do it with a lot of class. Any video of this, interviews?
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   #5. Posted at 02:04 PM on Oct 13th 2008 Edit   Reply
Hance
Cool story. I really like seeing write ups on stuff like this. I got excited just reading it.
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