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Sapphire Launched "Go Vertical With Vista" Competition

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Sapphire Launches "Go Vertical With Vista" Competition

Sapphire Technology are tantalizing consumers with the opportunity to win a prize bundle, combining a copy of Microsoft's Windows Vista Ultimate, an AMD Athlon X2 5000+ system processor and a CPU cooling solution courtesy of ZEROtherm's BTF90.

Click here to sign up for the competition.

View at TechPowerUp Main Site
 
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thanks, just signed up :)
 
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Thanks, i entered.. If i win.....i will thank you with the copy of vista they will give me..
 
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i enter but i probly wont win, i never have won anything :'( w/e life goes on.
 

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Extra parts are always nice, but kinda funny they didn't throw in a mobo and some memory :)
 
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Sweet. Im entering
 

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nifty.

kinda surprised they let people from outside the states enter, usuaully these kinds of things are "US/canada residents only"...
 

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I´m also in,expecting to win,pushed thx button,waiting to thx Sapphire...Now what i mean ???.
 

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kinda surprised they let people from outside the states enter, usuaully these kinds of things are "US/canada residents only"...

Yeah, was thinking the same my self when I saw the address, but the competition is under every sapphiretech page and there are tens (of countries) of those.
 
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:toast: I'm surprised they let us Canadians enter! :laugh:
 
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i enter but i probly wont win, i never have won anything :'( w/e life goes on.

If you think positively you never know mate :)
 

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sapphire said:
Sapphire is proud to announce the first winners of the “Go Vertical with Vista” contest. Congratulations to:

1. Jesus Ignacio of Spain

2. Ong Joon Kian of Malaysia

3. Travis Buffington of the United States

Woot, jesus won an AMD! jesus uses vista!
 
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nifty.

kinda surprised they let people from outside the states enter, usuaully these kinds of things are "US/canada residents only"...

Dude...i'm asian.
 

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Thanx, dark. Just entered. The more possible computer parts, the merrier.
 

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Agility - and? lol. I'm Australian, and i still miss out on 95% of these online competitions.

I just don't see how thats a reply to his post - he (spectre 440) is from israel, not like he's American either.
 

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Damn it... the one competition that includes the UK, and loads of people enter... ah well, if it gives me a chance...
 
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Add another to the comp lol, my girlfriend can have it, her HP is shit! If I win that is :)
 
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