Futuremark P55 GIGABYTE OverclocKing Announces First Ever 10K 3DMark Challenge

Prizes to be Awarded in Multiple Categories by GIGABYTE, Antec, "KINGMAX",
GlacialTech, and Enermax
SARATOGA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Futuremark Corporation today announced a new challenge for PC overclockers
everywhere. Utilizing INTEL and GIGABYTE P55 hardware, contestants worldwide
will compete in two segments for the overall "OverclocKing" title within
multiple prize award categories.

Top three overall 3DMark06 scorers worldwide will be crowned OverclocKing. In
addition this year will feature a brand new competition called the 3DMark 10K
Challenge. This special skill based challenge will award the top three
contestants who first comes closest to scoring exactly 10,000 3DMarks,
contestants can use ANY version of 3DMark to enter. Contest entry period will
run from Nov 1st through Nov 30th.
http://www.futuremark.com/community/competitions/gigabyteoverclocking/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/yougamergirl

Grand prizes for overall top score and 10K Challenge include GIGABYTE
GA-P55A-UD6 Motherboard and GV-N26SO-896I VGA card, Antec Twelve Hundred gaming
case and TruePower Quattro TPQ-1200 Watt power supply, "KINGMAX" DDR3 2200 Dual
Channel Overclock Memory Module, GlacialTech X-wing Cooling Pad, and (2) Enermax
12cm Apollish Fans.

Also, random winners chosen will receive GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD4 and GA-P55A-UD3R
motherboards. Daily luck draw 10K Challenge entries will also receive
Futuremark`s newly announced Shattered Horizon zero gravity multi-player first
person shooter for PC, total of 30 luck winners will be announced, one for each
day of the contest period.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/raid-on-shattered-horizon/57737
http://www.shatteredhorizon.com

"This is the second annual worldwide OverclocKing competition with over 16,000
entries last year. We`re delighted to be partnering with Futuremark to support
GIGABYTE overclockers everywhere with this community building competition," said
Tony Liao, Associate Vice President of Marketing at GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO.,
LTD.

3DMark06 is 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 "OverclocKing" competition visit
http://www.futuremark.com/community/competitions/overclocking09.

About Futuremark Corporation

Futuremark Corporation is the leading provider of performance analysis software
and services for PCs and smartphones. Futuremark is known around the world for
its benchmark products, including 3DMark (with more than 45 million copies
distributed worldwide), PCMark, SPMark and VGMark 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.

© 2009 Futuremark® Corporation. Peacekeeper, 3DMark®, PCMark®, SPMark and VGMark
trademarks and logos, Futuremark character names and distinctive likenesses, are
the exclusive property of Futuremark Corporation.

Futuremark Inc.
North America:
Oliver Baltuch, +1-408-517-0910 (PST)
President
ollie@futuremark.com
or
Europe and ROW:
Jukka Mäkinen, +358 20 759 8250 (+2 GMT)
Vice President, PC Products and Services
jukka@futuremark.com

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