Futuremark Announces World's Largest PC Overclocking Competition

SARATOGA, CA, May 18 (MARKET WIRE) --
Futuremark(R) Corporation today announced a new competition for PC
overclockers everywhere. The contest will see game, DIY, and overclocking
enthusiasts from Europe, Asia and the Americas competing for the "Lord of
Overclocking" title for their region. With Futuremark anticipating over
200,000 entries, the online contest will be the largest overclocking
competition ever staged.
http://www.futuremark.com/community/competitions/overclocking/regional09

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The contest will run from May 18th to June 14th with prizes on offer for
the top weekly, random, and overall winners in each region. Furthermore,
one overall top winner will also be invited to attend the MSI Master
Overclocking Arena 2009 event in Beijing, China in September 2009.

Grand Prize includes: MSI P45 Diamond motherboard and N260GTX VGA card,
Huntkey X7 900W power supply, Thermaltake Element S pro case, GlacialTech
XWing NB Cooling Pad, Enermax Apollo (8cm+12cm) cooling fans.

Weekly prizes include: MSI X58 Pro-E motherboard and N250GTS VGA card,
Huntkey X7 800W power supply, Thermaltake V9 gaming case, GlacialTech UFO
CPU Cooler, Enermax Cluster, Everest, Magma (8cm+12cm) cooling fans.

Weekly random prizes: Patriot Memory 3GB 1600Mhz Viper Tri-Channel memory
kits.

"Overclocking is growing in popularity all the time and on average we see
a new benchmark result submitted to our database every 4 seconds. This
worldwide competition gives people in three regions the chance to compete
for great prizes. We will be surprised if records are not broken," said
Jukka Makinen, Futuremark's Vice President, Products and Services.

"This is the largest overclocking event of its type we've ever seen. We're
delighted to be supporting overclockers everywhere with this community
building competition," said Jason Lee, MSI's Marketing Director.

Contestants will be competing to see who can achieve the highest score
with 3DMark06, a benchmark program from Futuremark that measures the 3D
gaming performance capabilities of PCs. 3DMark software has been
downloaded more than 45 million times. The 3DMark06 edition is currently
the world's most popular benchmark and can be downloaded for free from
the Futuremark website. http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/

For further details of the "Lords of Overclocking" competition visit
http://www.futuremark.com/community/competitions/overclocking/regional09

About Futuremark Corporation

Futuremark(R) Corporation is the leading provider of performance analysis
software and services for PCs and smartphones. Futuremark(R) is known
around the world for its benchmark products, including 3DMark(R) (with
more than 45 million copies distributed worldwide), PCMark(R), SPMark(TM)
and VGMark(TM) and value-added services powered by the ORB, an online
database of over 30 million real life benchmarking results. Futuremark
maintains offices in Saratoga, California and Helsinki, Finland. For more
information, please visit http://www.futuremark.com

Copyright 2009 Futuremark(R) Corporation. Peacekeeper(TM), 3Dmark(R),
PCMark(R), SPMark(TM) and VGMark(TM) trademarks and logos, Futuremark
character names and distinctive likenesses, are the exclusive property of
Futuremark Corporation.

Company Contacts
North America:
Oliver Baltuch
President, Futuremark Inc.
Phone: +1 408 517 0910 (PDT)
Email: Email Contact

Europe and ROW:
Jukka Makinen
Vice President, PC Products and Services
Phone: +358 20 759 8250 (+2 GMT)
Email: Email Contact

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