Xtreme Addict Makes a Clean Sweep in the GIGABYTE 'Winter OC Whiteout' Overclocking Competition

Taipei, Taiwan, January 24, 2013 - GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today announces the winner of its latest overclockingcompetition, the 'GIGABYTE Winter OC Whiteout'. Running from December 21st2012, to January 20th 2013, the 'GIGABYTE Winter OC Whiteout' competition was an open overclocking competition hosted at HWBOT.org. Congratulations to overclocker Xtreme Addict who won all three stages.

'Winter OC Whiteout' Stages:
Stage 1: 3DMark11"No 2011"- Any Non-Socket 2011 Intel CPU; Single GPUonly
Stage 2: 3DMarkVantage "Dual core" - Dual or Single core Intel CPUs only; Single GPU
Stage 3: Heaven DX11"Full Out" - Any Intel CPU; Single GPUonly

Stage Scores
Stage 1: 3DMark11- 17786 Marks
Stage 2: 3DMarkVantage - 31222 Marks
Stage 3: Heaven - 4074.44 DX11Marks

Bonus Stage:
A bonus prize is also claimed by Perica_barii, offered to the submission photo that most creatively inspires the festive spirit. The winner was determined by the number of Facebook likes on the GIGABYTE Motherboard Tech Column Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/GIGABYTEmotherboards


Prizes
Stage Prizes:
· GIGABYTEZ77X-UD4H motherboard
· Cooler MasterSeidon120M liquid cooling kit

Bonus Stage Prize:
· GIGABYTEZ77-HD4 motherboard
· Cooler MasterSirus S-5.1 gaming headset


For full contest rules, scoring and more details, please visit the contest page hosted at HWBOT
http://hwbot.org/competition/gbt_winter_whiteout

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