Giveaway/Contest 16: ABIT RX600 Pro-Guru 256MB PCI-E Video Card

[3dGameMan]

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GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED

Congrats to the winner. Please contact me at gameman@3dgameman.com with your complete mailing address.

Winner:
CyberGuy - cyberguy@cyberguyz.org


Info/Rules (PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY):
- In order to qualify you need to be a registered 3dGameMan.com forum member with over 50 quality posts.
- You also need to fill out the ABIT Gamer Survey (http://www.abit-usa.com/LANParty/lansurvey.php) to be eligible. Please remember to use the same email as used in your 3dGameMan.com forum account. Upon completing the ABIT Survey 3dGameMan.com receives notification of your email address. 3dGameMan.com (not ABIT) will draw one winner from all emails.
- Only residents of the USA or Canada are eligible.
- You must have a fixed address for shipping reasons.
- ONE (1) winner will be drawn. Prizes include an ABIT RX600 Pro-Guru 256MB PCI-E Video Card (http://www.abit-usa.com/products/graphics/techspec.php?categories=2&model=217) and a Goodie Bag (ABIT notebook mouse, a t-shirt, wrist band some other small items).
- Winner has 7 days to claim their winnings.
- Products will be shipped directly from ABIT. It will take 2-4 weeks for delivery.
- Winners will be drawn on Dec. 31, 2004

Good luck :beer

Product pics (Giveaway product will be a new item):

http://www.3dgameman.com/vr/abit/abit_rx600/abit_rx600_01.jpg

http://www.3dgameman.com/vr/abit/abit_rx600/abit_rx600_02.jpg

http://www.3dgameman.com/vr/abit/abit_rx600/abit_rx600_03.jpg

http://www.3dgameman.com/vr/abit/abit_rx600/abit_rx600_04.jpg

http://www.3dgameman.com/vr/abit/abit_rx600/abit_rx600_05.jpg

http://www.3dgameman.com/vr/abit/abit_rx600/abit_rx600_06.jpg

http://www.3dgameman.com/vr/abit/abit_rx600/abit_rx600_07.jpg

[MaStA]

So no e-mail to you is required? I don't get this really how your doing a giveaway when it seems ABit is really doing the giveaway unless you arranged this with them.

Jared

[3dGameMan]

So no e-mail to you is required? I don't get this really how your doing a giveaway when it seems ABit is really doing the giveaway unless you arranged this with them.

Jared

Upon completing the ABIT Survey I receive notification of your email address. Then when the time comes I will personally (not ABIT) draw one winner from all emails.

If anyone else has any questions/comments please post away.

[Turks]

I just filled out the survey! I can't wait to see who wins. Good luck to all.

[Tivon]

Let me know if you received notification of my email address. :Thumb

[3dGameMan]

Let me know if you received notification of my email address. :Thumb

Yes Mr. jmaynard ;)

To everyone else,

If you fill out ABIT Survey I will automatically receive your email. Please remember to use the same email address as you have for your 3dGameMan.com forum membership though.

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

that would be one hell of an xmas present.

[mdsbrain]

This would be one KICKASS giveaway even though I agree with Rod that it is "Great".
My bud needs a pci express card for his new pc wouldn't this be a kickass gift to him. :-)

[Tivon]

Yes Mr. jmaynard ;)

To everyone else,

If you fill out ABIT Survey I will automatically receive your email. Please remember to use the same email address as you have for your 3dGameMan.com forum membership though.

Thanks! http://acns.fsu.edu/~jmaynard/3GM/winkingsanta@3gm.gif

[wazman]

I think I'll pass on this one. Cool card, but I just upgraded my video card, and I don't have the money to upgrade my entire system (motherboard and CPU) to use PCI Express. I'd rather someone win this who can actually use it.

Good luck to the winner! :Thumb

[Baker_God]

sweet giveaway, good luck too all :thumb

[PeteRoy]

How many people here have pci express motherboards anyway?

[Baker_God]

alot of people real soon, nforce4 is just around the cornor....

[Tivon]

I think I'll pass on this one. Cool card, but I just upgraded my video card, and I don't have the money to upgrade my entire system (motherboard and CPU) to use PCI Express. I'd rather someone win this who can actually use it.

Good luck to the winner! :Thumb

It does not matter.. you can sell it on e-bay! :KICK ASS

[2JSC]

I think I'll pass on this one. Cool card, but I just upgraded my video card, and I don't have the money to upgrade my entire system (motherboard and CPU) to use PCI Express. I'd rather someone win this who can actually use it.

Good luck to the winner! :Thumb


I'm with you on this.

[Deviationer]

I like this contest. even though the card isn't that kick ass of a card, its still nice to win stuff. good luck all.

[3dGameMan]

It does not matter.. you can sell it on e-bay! :KICK ASS

Exactly, or if the winner doesn't want it they can give it away :beer

[wazman]

Nah... I'd rather somebody who can use it gets it. I get such a deal on my parts anyway. I wouldn't feel right turning around and giving or selling it.

Somebody else deserves it more than I do. I've got so much already. :)

[SAMSAMHA]

very nice prize, hope i win:)

[CyberGuy]

I did the survey thing. I'm not a fan of Abit's products havving been burned by them a few times, but a free vid board? Sure, why not. If I win I'll think of it as payback for all the crap I got from them that didn't live up to the hype.

[LBJGH]

stupid me... I used my hotmail account till I read the whole thing... please disregard my hotmail e-mail address Rod.

tx LBJGH

[3dGameMan]

stupid me... I used my hotmail account till I read the whole thing... please disregard my hotmail e-mail address Rod.

tx LBJGH

hehee. That's why I have "PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY" in uppercase, red font ;) My hope is people will actually read the info/rules. Although I know most will probably not but it's in your own best interest to be informed ;)

To recap (in short): You need to be a registered 3dGameMan.com forum member (use your forum email in the survey) with 50+ quality posts and live in Canada/USA.

[Venom]

It's always the fine print and details that get everyone. :negative

Good luck to everyone who enters. I think this would be a cool "late" Christmas gift.

[SlipSand]

Count me in. I just need to get 50 posts or so... :Roll Eyes

[LBJGH]

hehe, fine print? HA. I usually go back to read the manual/fine print when something doesn't work. :)

Good luck everyone!

It's always the fine print and details that get everyone. :negative

Good luck to everyone who enters. I think this would be a cool "late" Christmas gift.

[Darc]

heh, now the question is...which rig should I fill in the boxes with. :D

I used my Abit one :devil

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!

[zomby22]

Hey Rod, I enter the contest by filling the survey, but Im only at 33 post, If I get 50 post by December 31st, will I be Ok ;)

[Tracer]

Man this is a great prize! I never win anything but its fun to try. I am going to wait till the bugs are shoo'd out of the new PCI-e motherboards before I switch over but this vid card would be a great enabler to get started! :Thumb

man...I hope I have at least 50 "quality" posts...I dunno bout that one :Yea right :rofl2

[3dGameMan]

Hey Rod, I enter the contest by filling the survey, but Im only at 33 post, If I get 50 post by December 31st, will I be Ok ;)

Good question.

Yep, as long as you have 50 quality posts by Dec. 31, 2004 :Thumb

[werty316]

Sweet contest Rodney perfect for Christmas.

[werty316]

Upon completing the ABIT Survey I receive notification of your email address. Then when the time comes I will personally (not ABIT) draw one winner from all emails.

If anyone else has any questions/comments please post away.


Oh crap Rodney I messed up when entering the contest. I accidently hit the subit button twice and you might get my emaill address twice. YOu should recognize it; it is the same as my forum name. Sometimes my finger get twictchy. :o

One more thing that is weird is that I couldn't edit my prevous post. I was just gonna add this post to it but I couldn't.

[zomby22]

Those RamSink on that ATI card looks pretty good, do you know where to buy those types of RamSinks ? Also I just got a 3.2Ghz CPU with the Asus P5GD2 motherboard, and I wanna know which is the nicest and great cooling HeatSink that I can get from either thermalright, swiftech or thermaltake ?

[MaStA]

Those RamSink on that ATI card looks pretty good, do you know where to buy those types of RamSinks ? Also I just got a 3.2Ghz CPU with the Asus P5GD2 motherboard, and I wanna know which is the nicest and great cooling HeatSink that I can get from either thermalright, swiftech or thermaltake ?

Those are coming off the stock core cooler. Which it is pretty dumb having ram sinks on 4 memory chips and not the other 4...whatever lol

Jared

[3dGameMan]

Those are coming off the stock core cooler. Which it is pretty dumb having ram sinks on 4 memory chips and not the other 4...whatever lol

Jared

True, I've even mentioned this in the Video Review (http://www.3dgameman.com/vr/abit/abit_rx600/video_review.html). The ramsinks on the front side don't even cover the memory and there are none on the back. You could always replace the cooler and add ramsinks though :Thumb

[MaStA]

True, I've even mentioned this in the Video Review (http://www.3dgameman.com/vr/abit/abit_rx600/video_review.html). The ramsinks on the front side don't even cover the memory and there are none on the back. You could always replace the cooler and add ramsinks though :Thumb

I bought the Arctic Cooling ATi Silencer 1 for my 9800 Pro. It works great and I did the softmod to make it a 9800XT hehe :Thumb

Jared

[PattmynX]

And that makes me entered. When I get the newsletter can I cancell it and still be in the contest? And do they sell their mailing lists to anyone? I would love to keep that address spam free.

[3dGameMan]

And that makes me entered. When I get the newsletter can I cancell it and still be in the contest? And do they sell their mailing lists to anyone? I would love to keep that address spam free.

I'm not ABIT nor do I know what they do with surveys or related material. I do expect they use it get your opinions on their products though. Then use that information to make better products and offer a higher quality of support/service. That would be my hope.

Also, you can cancel the subscription and still be in this draw.

[PattmynX]

I'm not ABIT nor do I know what they do with surveys or related material. I do expect they use it get your opinions on their products though. Then use that information to make better products and offer a higher quality of support/service. That would be my hope.

Also, you can cancel the subscription and still be in this draw.
Good to hear, thanks. :thumb

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

well when i win it i shall take it as a sign to upgrade my motherboard and cpu :D

[Venom]

Originally Posted by KaNaDiAnIcEmAn
well when i win it i shall take it as a sign to upgrade my motherboard and cpu :D

Feeling a bit confidant aren't we?? Are you paying Rod under the table to slip your name to the top of the drawing basket??

[Traffy]

I just filled out the questionare GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!!! Thx for another kick ass contest ROD! :Thumb :thumb

[pan]

I'm just wondering which rocket scientist at ABit made the survey?

'How ofter do you upgrade your motherboard? Every 3 months. Every 6 months. Every day.'

Every day? What are they smoking and where can I get some? Maybe now we know where that Canadian medicinal marijuana ended up. :rofl2

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

well if you work at say a compuer magazine you would be testing various setups in rigs.


as for me and rod, mum is the word :D

then again i did pay rod some money...........

you can too!
THIS WILL NOT AFFECT YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING
become a contributer to 3dgameman!

http://www.support3gm.com

[rubenmer1]

Niceeeeeeeeeeee :Thumb

[yumyum001]

this would be awesome

[yumyum001]

man... I should've know this earlier!! :clapping :tantrum

[Venom]

I'm just wondering which rocket scientist at ABit made the survey?

'How ofter do you upgrade your motherboard? Every 3 months. Every 6 months. Every day.'

Every day? What are they smoking and where can I get some? Maybe now we know where that Canadian medicinal marijuana ended up. :rofl2

Yeah, I laughed at that too. It'd be nice to have the money to upgrade my motherboard everyday, but then you'd run out of products to upgrade.

[CyberGuy]

'How ofter do you upgrade your motherboard? Every 3 months. Every 6 months. Every day.'

Every day? What are they smoking and where can I get some? Maybe now we know where that Canadian medicinal marijuana ended up. :rofl2

I've changed my motherboard 4 times in a single week, but every day? :jawsdown
If you get ahold of what they're smoking, pass some my way!! :lmao

[3dGameMan]

Reminder:
If you have not yet entered this giveaway the draw date is quickly approaching.

[LBJGH]

Good luck everyone... me included. ;)

Reminder:
If you have not yet entered this giveaway the draw date is quickly approaching.

[IanBMW]

Ya I thought the question was kinda odd. They should have included once a year or bi-yearly. Good luck everyone :smokin

[Saturn2888]

1:
How am I notified? By e-mail or by front page of 3GM?

2:
Exactly, or if the winner doesn't want it they can give it away :beer

If anyone wants to know, I'm thinking of making a new system (AMD-64) w/ the money from this holiday season (even though so far there's nothing under my invisible tree, but I know, come Christmas day, I'm going to have cash) and if you win this and aren't going to use it I'd be able to use it. It'd be a real nice upgrade from my 8500 I'm using right now (which is pullin' down my PC greatly). I'm not begging, just asking if you're not going to be using it. :hail

Just as a side not, I'm not going to build a new rig w/o a new VPU, so it's not like I'm building one w/o the VPU, I just won't build it, heh.

Okay, that's my post there, I'm really lookin' forward to this giveaway because last year, I had 143 posts and didn't make the 150. Now I've got a year under my belt and I'm ready for some winnin'!

[SAMSAMHA]

just 10 more days to go, hope I can win:)

[KaNaDiAnIcEmAn]

rod if i win i shall be giving it away at this lan party we are having at liquidmatrix, if you would like you can send us a banner and we would be more than happy to put it up in the store, i am trying to get pictures but i happened to leave my digital camera in my sisters car and she is now 500km up north :(

[3dGameMan]

Just a few more days. If you are a new member time is running out to reach the required 50 quality posts. Drawing on Dec. 31st.

Good luck to all :Thumb

[3dGameMan]

1:
How am I notified? By e-mail or by front page of 3GM?


Winner will be announced in this thread on Dec. 31st, 2004.

[BMANZZS]

It requires 50 posts.
:(

Oh well, watcha gonna do, eh?

[wazman]

All right, you guys talked me into it. :)

Good luck to the winner!

[tweakerxp]

Alright, I'm in :thumb

[3dGameMan]

GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED

Congrats to the winner. Please contact me at gameman@3dgameman.com with your complete mailing address.

Winner:
CyberGuy - cyberguy@cyberguyz.org

[LBJGH]

Congrats CyberGuy :thumb :Thumb :Beer

[SAMSAMHA]

didn't win:(. Well, congrat to the winner. Have fun with your new card.

[Saturn2888]

Hey, that's really cool. For some reason I'm really glad that someone won even though someone had to win.

[Tivon]

Yeah, I laughed at that too. It'd be nice to have the money to upgrade my motherboard everyday, but then you'd run out of products to upgrade.


Congratulations CyberGuy! :Thumb

[mdsbrain]

Congrats!! :Thumb
Enjoy :)

[3dGameMan]

Since the winner has not contacted me yet I will announce it in this thread again.

GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED

Congrats to the winner. Please contact me at gameman@3dgameman.com with your complete mailing address.

Winner:
CyberGuy - cyberguy@cyberguyz.org

[Tivon]

LOL.. give him 2 more days then send it to someone else. :KICK ASS

[CyberGuy]

I just noticed it now. I've contacted Rod.

Now on to......


Holy ******* ****! I Won??!! Me??!! But, I never win anything! This is soooo freakin' cool! WooHoo!

ok. I'm done now.

Thanks for all the congrats guys! I think the dancing monkey in my sig says it all.

[3dGameMan]

I just noticed it now. I've contacted Rod.

Now on to......


Holy ******* ****! I Won??!! Me??!! But, I never win anything! This is soooo freakin' cool! WooHoo!

ok. I'm done now.

Thanks for all the congrats guys! I think the dancing monkey in my sig says it all.

Since the winner(s) have 7 days to claim their prize(s) you almost missed it :jawsdown Congrats again.

ABIT has the giveaways items so I will send your address to ABIT and they will then send all the goodies to you. This could take 4-8 weeks so please be patient.

[Saturn2888]

I just noticed it now. I've contacted Rod.

Now on to......


Holy ******* ****! I Won??!! Me??!! But, I never win anything! This is soooo freakin' cool! WooHoo!

ok. I'm done now.

Thanks for all the congrats guys! I think the dancing monkey in my sig says it all.

I have only one thing to say to that: LOL!

[3dGameMan]

There will be more of these larger products giveaways like this one in 2005. So look forward to some great upcoming 3GM giveaways :Thumb

[Tivon]

Since the winner(s) have 7 days to claim their prize(s) you almost missed it :jawsdown Congrats again.

ABIT has the giveaways items so I will send your address to ABIT and they will then send all the goodies to you. This could take 4-8 weeks so please be patient.

DAM! We only had a few more days... :Blah

[CyberGuy]

DAM! We only had a few more days... :Blah

LOL I almost did miss it :taunt

If it wasn't for a good samaritan in these forums who recognized my email and PM'ed me (oh thankyouthankyouthankyou!) it would have gone up for grabs again.

I so seldom win anything (read as 'never') that I gave up on checking back on results. :noway

[Saturn2888]

LOL I almost did miss it :taunt

If it wasn't for a good samaritan in these forums who recognized my email and PM'ed me (oh thankyouthankyouthankyou!) it would have gone up for grabs again.

I so seldom win anything (read as 'never') that I gave up on checking back on results. :noway

So I'm guessing you don't get forum updates in your e-mail then or you just didn't answer the e-mails or what? I was checked just to see, I thought it'd be fun to congratulate the winner and all.

Seems like I'm stuck w/ my Radeon 8500. At least it'll run HL2. That's all tha matters.

[CyberGuy]

So I'm guessing you don't get forum updates in your e-mail then or you just didn't answer the e-mails or what?

I don't turn on email notifications (subscribing). I tried that for a while and my inbox started getting really full, really fast - I participate in a lot of threads, and some of them get really active...

I usually use the '-New Posts-' button to see what was going on since my last visit & sometimes i spend so long going over those (and answering) I don't always get the end of that list. Often that list is 2-3 pages long and the form software flushes them on mebefore I actually see the new entries on the last page or two.

[3dGameMan]

UPDATE:
The next Giveaway (#17) will be something sweet as well :Thumb I'm not leaking any other information yet but I should have full details soon. Ok, a hint. It's a product I've reviewed recently ;)

[unloadedak]

UPDATE:
The next Giveaway (#17) will be something sweet as well :Thumb I'm not leaking any other information yet but I should have full details soon. Ok, a hint. It's a product I've reviewed recently ;)

its the CM Centurion 5 :)

[CyberGuy]

It is now March 4th and no card showed up.

March 2nd marked the expected 8 weeks delivery period so this prize is now considered as a non-delivery. Also of note - Abit never contacted my by email or otherwise with shipping information, tracking or any other feedback.

I thought my opinion of Abit as a company was at the bottom of the pit. Winning this contest allowed me to revise that opinion upward slightly but now they have managed to drop my view of them even lower than it was before.

That is unfortunate.

I am not blaming Rodney for this. All Rod did was administer the contest on good faith for Abit. It is Abit that dropped the ball here.

[3dGameMan]

It is now March 4th and no card showed up.

March 2nd marked the expected 8 weeks delivery period so this prize is now considered as a non-delivery. Also of note - Abit never contacted my by email or otherwise with shipping information, tracking or any other feedback.

I thought my opinion of Abit as a company was at the bottom of the pit. Winning this contest allowed me to revise that opinion upward slightly but now they have managed to drop my view of them even lower than it was before.

That is unfortunate.

I am not blaming Rodney for this. All Rod did was administer the contest on good faith for Abit. It is Abit that dropped the ball here.

This is unfortunate, odd and a little troubling considering I contacted ABIT on the day I announced that you as the winner. That was some time ago :( I will contact them again!

Since I do not have these goodies in hand I’m relying on them to send out the giveaways items.

[3dGameMan]

CyberGuy,

Good news. I just got word back from ABIT and they are sending it out today :Thumb Please let me know when you receive it. Enjoy :beer

[CyberGuy]

CyberGuy,

Good news. I just got word back from ABIT and they are sending it out today :Thumb Please let me know when you receive it. Enjoy :beer

Thanks muchly Rodney. Will do :Thumb

[Saturn2888]

Yay! At least it'll end well :)

[3dGameMan]

Thanks muchly Rodney. Will do :Thumb

Have you received it from ABIT yet?

[CyberGuy]

Have you received it from ABIT yet?

Not yet. No contact from Abit or their shipper.

If it shows up, I'll be sure to post here that very day. Thanks for remembering.

[3dGameMan]

Not yet. No contact from Abit or their shipper.

If it shows up, I'll be sure to post here that very day. Thanks for remembering.

I again emailed ABIT on this matter. I believe you should have an email directly from ABIT ;) Please let me know when you receive it. I'm expecting it will be soon!

[CyberGuy]

I again emailed ABIT on this matter. I believe you should have an email directly from ABIT ;) Please let me know when you receive it. I'm expecting it will be soon!

Not a peep from them yet ...

[werty316]

This is very werid I have been a big fan of Abit and it is sad to hear they are so slow or not existent with replies. I wonder the deal is?

I think Abit should give you a bonus for being so patient like in stead of the X600 pro they give you a X700 pro but I guess I am just dreaming.

[3dGameMan]

Not a peep from them yet ...

I received an email from ABIT on the 28th which was emailed to both of us:

Hey Mark,

This is Harry from ABIT, can you give me your address again so that I can track it down from the UPS system? Once again I am deeply sorry for the inconveneince.

So you didn't even receive this email?

[CyberGuy]

I received an email from ABIT on the 28th which was emailed to both of us:



So you didn't even receive this email?

I didn't see it. Could you please forward that note to me and I will answer him?

Thanks.

[CyberGuy]

At long last my prize has arrived!

It was a long 4 months, but after a lot of help from Rodney it was finally delivered :thumb

When I opened the box I found a few more little suprises:

- a t-shirt
- a wrist band
- a laptop mouse
- a few pens

Thanks again for your help Rod :hail

[3dGameMan]

At long last my prize has arrived!

It was a long 4 months, but after a lot of help from Rodney it was finally delivered :thumb

When I opened the box I found a few more little suprises:

- a t-shirt
- a wrist band
- a laptop mouse
- a few pens

Thanks again for your help Rod :hail

That's great news. You finally got it :)