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Participate with 2009 Worldwide OC competition, organizer by GlacialTech & Futuremark, the worldwide contest will crown three regional winners from “Lords of Overclocking”
Taiwan, Taipei– MAY 12, 2009 – GlacialTech,Inc 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/
The contest will run from May 18th to June 14th with prizes on offer for the top weekly and overall winners in each region. One overall worldwide winner will also be invited to the MSI Master Overclocking Arena 2009 event in Beijing, China in September 2009.
Each grand prize winner will receive an MSI P45 Diamond motherboard and N260GTX VGA card, Huntkey X7 900W power supply, Thermaltake Element S Pro case, GlacialTech X-Wing NB Cooling Pad, Enermax Apollo cooling fans and a Patriot Memory 3GB 1600Mhz Tri-Channel memory kit.
Weekly prize winners will be rewarded with an 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, and Magma cooling fans and a Patriot Memory 3GB 1600Mhz Tri-Channel memory kit.
“We do believe that fabulous largest overclocking event competition will going to be successes and we’re definitely to back up overclockers everywhere with this community building competition of course,” said Carol Chiu, GlacialTech Marketing Director.
“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 some incredible prizes. We will be surprised if records are not broken,” said Jukka Mäkinen, Futuremark’s Vice President, Products and Services.
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. 3DMark06 is 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 GlacialTech
GlacialTech Inc. is a diversified provider of cooling, power supply, and PC enclosure solutions for consumer and industrial applications. Having established the strong relationships with thermal, SMPS and mechanism technology leaders worldwide, GlacialTech leverages world-class engineering, efficient manufacturing and highest-quality materials to provide its products with an optimal balance of performance and value. For more information about GlacialTech thermal technology, please visit the company homepage at www.GlacialTech.com
GlacialTech Inc. TEL : +886 2 2244 1227 E-mail : PR@GlacialTech.com
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