Master the Tube, and win a Radeon!

primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
edited December 2010 in Science & Tech
Master the Tube, and win a Radeon!
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  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    O.oooooooooo do want! I'll be doing this when I get home.
  • Makke375
    edited November 2010
    US only? I am From Finland D:
  • Makke375
    edited November 2010
    my time is now 23:31
  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States (including DC)
  • Makke375
    edited November 2010
    ok
  • jhutch
    edited November 2010
    wait, this technically can be two words... what's goin on here?
  • ziu
    edited November 2010
    US ONLY! After all this Bull****. Tell us up front when your going to pull this kind of cheap stunt. I'm from Canada, there's absolutely no reason, legal or financial, to exclude us. We're practically interchangeable with the US when it comes to this kind of thing. I already own a top end HD-5970 but I'm mad enough to go back to NVIDIA for my next GPU after this crap. Congratulations on a really well thought out, customer alienating, publicity stunt.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    Way to overreact.
  • OptixOptix New Brunswick, Canada
    edited November 2010
    ziu wrote:
    US ONLY! After all this Bull****. Tell us up front when your going to pull this kind of cheap stunt. I'm from Canada, there's absolutely no reason, legal or financial, to exclude us. We're practically interchangeable with the US when it comes to this kind of thing. I already own a top end HD-5970 but I'm mad enough to go back to NVIDIA for my next GPU after this crap. Congratulations on a really well thought out, customer alienating, publicity stunt.
    Would you like some...

    cheese_oh_cheese.jpg

    ...with your whine?

    Sheesh.

    Good luck folks. Being from Canada as well it looks like I'll have to go about getting mine the other way....paying for it. Blech! :p
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    OH NO I DON'T GET FREE STUFF. I AM ENTITLED TO FREE STUFF> WAH WAH WAH
  • AnnesAnnes Tripped Up by Libidos and Hubris Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    Entered! Those videos were pretty amusing :)
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    Oddly enough, I go the word "IMAn00b" out of that. :confused:
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    This just in: three more Radeon 6850s added to the prize pool. Oh snap!
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    OMG 8! That's like super Eyefinity!
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    Om nom nom nom...
  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    Lol at the rage for being in Canada and excluded. Impressive!
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    I'm just brute-forcing the word. How many 5-letter words can there be?
  • QuadyTheTurnipQuadyTheTurnip Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    To be honest, I hate it when contests are US-centric too.

    Out of curiosity, how awesome is this card?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    I'm sure we all hate contests that exclude us or many of our friends, but accounting for every country's taxation, privacy and data collection laws is simply untenable. I'm sure people understand.
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    @shwaip How you underestimate my contest form. :ninja:
  • OptixOptix New Brunswick, Canada
    edited November 2010
    Quady the Turnip wrote:
    Out of curiosity, how awesome is this card?
    Very. It can trounce the 5830 when overclocked properly and pushes close to 5850 territory all for under $180 here in Canada land.
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    Optix wrote:
    Very. It can trounce the 5830 when overclocked properly and pushes close to 5850 territory all for under $180 here in Canada land.

    And the 6850 does this while drawing 30% less current under load, and AMD has idling efficiency down to an absolute are with this series.

    That is where this card really shines, it makes high end graphics practical again.
  • _k_k P-Town, Texas Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    wait. Shouldn't a 6850 be faster than a 5850??
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    _k_ wrote:
    wait. Shouldn't a 6850 be faster than a 5850??

    One may think, but AMD decided to change the naming conventions. The 69XX Cards coming out on 12/13 are going to be the new high end.
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    _k_ wrote:
    wait. Shouldn't a 6850 be faster than a 5850??
    Read the other thread, get up to speed.

    Also............... OLD!!
  • _k_k P-Town, Texas Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    Cliff_Forster wrote:
    One may think, but AMD decided to change the naming conventions. The 69XX Cards coming out on 12/13 are going to be the new high end.

    That seems a little misleading, I just assumed the 6850 should be faster since thats what the previous naming conventions of AMD have told me.
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91103
  • _k_k P-Town, Texas Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    Why do you have to ruin my fun? And letting thrax link to hard...tisk tisk.
  • MAGICMAGIC Doot Doot Furniture City, Michigan Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    Just do what every sensical person would do and take each new generation of graphics cards as exactly that, a new generation. Make an educated decision based on what the product is, not the name...
  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    edited November 2010
    MAGIC wrote:
    Just do what every sensical person would do and take each new generation of graphics cards as exactly that, a new generation. Make an educated decision based on what the product is, not the name...
    But that is just so .... logical. While I admit there is a speck of merit to the claim that it should be "faster" because the number is higher, we and AMD has specifically stated what the differences are and a lack of intelligence doesn't make the company wrong. On the other hand, this is America.
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