PowerColor and TechPowerUp Pimp My Rig Contest Winners

btarunr · Oct 3, 2011

Announcing the winners of PowerColor and TechPowerUp Pimp My Rig Contest. Over September, we ran an interesting contest open to GPU-Z users, in which the one with the lowest valid 3DMark 03 score gets to win an exotic new PowerColor HD 6970 X2 dual-GPU graphics card, and one lucky participant with any valid score, is given a PowerColor HD 6870 X2 graphics card.

And the winners are:

Sheng from South Africa, wins the PowerColor HD 6970 X2 for the lowest valid score
Max from Brazil, wins the PowerColor HD 6870 X2, for getting lucky big time

TechPowerUp and pals will return with more awesome contests.

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mtosev · Oct 3, 2011

No americans or europeans won a prizes

caleb · Oct 3, 2011

lol I forgot to submit for that random win. Gratz to winnners!

RejZoR · Oct 3, 2011

There was a contest? I could run the GPU-Z inside virtual machine that i run using emulator on Commodore II. I bet i'd win with that score...

Frick · Oct 3, 2011

RejZoR said:
There was a contest? I could run the GPU-Z inside virtual machine that i run using emulator on Commodore II. I bet i'd win with that score...

Nope, you had to complete certain game runs in 3dMark.

sy5tem · Oct 3, 2011

what was the secret to get 1 3dmark with a 6 core cpu and a 5770 videocard? lol

rpsgc · Oct 3, 2011

sy5tem said:
what was the secret to get 1 3dmark with a 6 core cpu and a 5770 videocard? lol

Core & memory clock = 0 MHz.

Which is bollocks and shouldn't have counted. An actual low score (with a crappy video card) should have won, not this.
Not to mention his rig doesn't need "pimping", but whatever.

-1

the54thvoid · Oct 3, 2011

Does that gpu frequency actually mean it was in his case but not in use? And can a 1090T downclock to those frequencies?

I'm with 'rpsgc' on this. This should have been won by some dude with a 10 yr old rig. Something beige and Bill Gates-ish.

Completely Bonkers · Oct 3, 2011

Congratulations to the winners

Random prize was random prize. Can't argue with that.

Non-random prize... congrats on scoring such a low score... but I thought the competition would have been better using approved drivers and "true working rig". Handouts to the people running the true slowest rig would have been more in the TPU spirit IMO. But I'm not knocking Sheng. He won within the rules of this competition.

But how did he do it? Should be part of the win requirement to reveal all

claylomax · Oct 3, 2011

Congratulations to the winners! ... but not to the judges; a 1090t cpu and a HD5770 card got the lowest score? Give me a break, this is so wrong. :shadedshu

s{orpion · Oct 3, 2011

"1" 3Dmark??? LMAO!

seriously... how the HELL do you get a score THAT low????

He is running a 5770, Phenom II, and 4gig ram... with scores like ".07"???

oh... wait a tick... unapproved driver.

appears he is using a 'special' driver for the 5770.

kudos for duping the challenge with 'tweaks' :cool:

LoL

insane 360 · Oct 3, 2011

i agree with the rest of you...i was looking forward to see what kind of crappy pc one the contest...instead i saw a 1090t and a 5770....

this is much better than my specs, i can't afford them but he can and now has a video card that i can't afford either...nicely done

caleb · Oct 3, 2011

@Wizzard Curious how many 1's were there in valid score submits?

HalfAHertz · Oct 3, 2011

grats to the winners!

uuuaaaaaa · Oct 3, 2011

The funny thing is that fps below 1 won't show on orb.

Like this
http://3dmark.com/3dm03/6436527

http://imageshack.us/f/690/19144623.png/

Maban · Oct 3, 2011

uuuaaaaaa said:
The funny thing is that fps below 1 won't show on orb.

Like this
http://3dmark.com/3dm03/6436527

http://imageshack.us/f/690/19144623.png/

Orb was changed to show <1FPS like September ~18-19. Submissions after that date showed values.

Grats to the winners. My lowest was a valid 5 with my current rig minus one 470.

uuuaaaaaa · Oct 3, 2011

Maban said:
Orb was changed to show <1FPS like September ~18-19. Submissions after that date showed values.

Grats to the winners. My lowest was a valid 5 with my current rig minus one 470.

lolol, my bad then, i shouldn't have quit the contest then :/

Thank you for the info

Jegergrim · Oct 3, 2011

Congratulations to the winners, thought I should bring it up, whether it was 1090T or Intel Celeron, grats :laugh:

devguy · Oct 3, 2011

insane 360 said:
i agree with the rest of you...i was looking forward to see what kind of crappy pc one the contest...instead i saw a 1090t and a 5770....

this is much better than my specs, i can't afford them but he can and now has a video card that i can't afford either...nicely done

lol, how does it make you feel to see a rig considerably more powerful than yours make the lowest score on record? j/k

:roll:

AlRah · Oct 3, 2011

I got 0 score for this contest. I didn't win though... maybe it was not a valid score? well, congrats to the winners

my 0: http://3dmark.com/3dm03/6442497

Thank you for this contest techPowerUp

[H]@RD5TUFF · Oct 3, 2011

congrats to the winners

kohan69 · Oct 3, 2011

I'm contesting this contest!

Why wasn't ALRah the winner?!

Helltech · Oct 3, 2011

Because he didn't get a numeric result for the GT test scores as the rules clearly stated.

m00nr4k3r · Oct 3, 2011

Congratulations !

Gratz to the winner!

kohan69 · Oct 3, 2011

Helltech said:
Because he didn't get a numeric result for the GT test scores as the rules clearly stated.

I can't see that, when I click Detailed Scores, nothing happens :confused:

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Storage	Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
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Case	Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D PCIe
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse	Razer Abyssus
Keyboard	Microsoft Sidewinder X4
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	Core i7 930
Motherboard	Asus P6X58D Premium
Memory	6gb SuperTalent WB200UX6G8
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Storage	Intel X25-M 80
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp 2209wa
Case	Haf 932
Audio Device(s)	Integreted sound card
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Display(s)	LG 1440x900
Case	Chieftec Mesh Midi
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Corsair TX750V2
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System Name	Black MC in Tokyo
Processor	Ryzen 5 2600x
Motherboard	Asrock B450M-HDV
Cooling	AMD Wraith Spire I think
Memory	2 x 8GB G-skill Aegis 3000 or somesuch
Video Card(s)	Asus GTX 760 DCU2OC 2GB
Storage	Kingston A400 240GB \| WD Blue 1TB x 2
Display(s)	BenQ GL2450HT
Case	Some old Antec
Audio Device(s)	Line6 UX1 + slightly modded Sony DR-ZX302
Power Supply	Fractal Design Effekt 400W
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX-Board 3.0
Software	Windows 10 Pro
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System Name	Custom DIY
Processor	Intel i7 2600K @ 4.8 Turbo 1.4v
Motherboard	Asus P8Z68-V Pro 8801
Cooling	XSPC RS240 + 120mm Rad/fan
Memory	Corsair 1866 Vangence 9-10-9-27-2T
Video Card(s)	2X EVGA GTX570 SLI
Storage	OCZ Revodrive 110GB + 2x1TB seagate
Display(s)	ASUS MT276HE
Case	CoolerMaster Sniper
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
Power Supply	ANTEC TP-750 Blue 750Watts
Software	win7 64
Benchmark Scores	http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1347866

PowerColor and TechPowerUp Pimp My Rig Contest Winners

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator

mtosev

New Member

caleb

RejZoR

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

sy5tem

rpsgc

the54thvoid

Completely Bonkers

New Member

claylomax

s{orpion

New Member

insane 360

caleb

HalfAHertz

uuuaaaaaa

Maban

uuuaaaaaa

Jegergrim

devguy

AlRah

New Member

[H]@RD5TUFF

kohan69

New Member

Helltech

New Member

m00nr4k3r

New Member

kohan69

New Member

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Memory	16GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3-1866
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480 8GB
Storage	Crucial m4 128GB + Crucial MX100 512GB
Display(s)	Dell U2311H + BenQ G2400WD
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1150
Power Supply	Corsair AX750
Mouse	Logitech G400s
Keyboard	ASUS Echelon Mechanical Keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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Motherboard	Asus Crosshair VI Hero
Cooling	TR Le Grand Macho
Memory	16Gb G.Skill 3200 RGB
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Storage	Samsumg 960 Pro m2. 512Gb
Display(s)	LG 32" 165Hz 1440p GSYNC
Case	Lian Li PC-V33WX
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TItanium 850
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Memory	Corsair XMS 2GB
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System Name	dell beast
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Mouse	logitech
Keyboard	logitech
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System Name	penguin
Processor	i3-4160
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Storage	Plextor M5S 120GB+1TB Seagate
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Case	CM Elite 130
Audio Device(s)	stock
Power Supply	Corsair CX430m
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