[PR] Final Countdown of 3DMark 11 OC Competition

Let’s Challenge The Record of P9277 by Elmor! Also challenging the top score 30.854 of the highest DX 11 C/P graphics card!

(Taipei, Taiwan) The 3DMark 11 competition, held by Futuremark and the official sponsor partner of 3DMark 11, MSI, will conclude in one week on 4^th Jan, 2011. The competition is intense among global users, and the submitted results are even more impressive, totaling over 108,000 qualified entries before 20^th Dec, 2010. Both the MSI N480GTX Lightning overclocking competition and the highest DirectX 11 C/P graphics card competition are being actively challenged by famous overclockers worldwide.  Come and submit your outstanding result(s) for a chance to claim top honors and win prizes totaling US $7000!

In the MSI N480GTX Lightning overclocking contest, the current leader is “Elmor” from Sweden with a score of P9277 and a GPU overclock from the reference speed of 750MHz to 1375MHz. A mere 75MHz more and the previous record of 1450MHz can be reached!  Do you want to beat the GPU clock record and be winner of US$ 2,000? We are waiting for your challenge!

In the highest DirectX 11 C/P graphics card competition, the winners of the first and second weeks are Runmc from U.S. and lucky_n00b from Indonesia with scores of 30.684 and 30.854, respectively. Users can submit new scores from any GeForce 400 or 500-series graphics cards before the competition is over.  Not only are weekly prizes up for grabs, entrants can also win US $1000 for the highest C/P ratio graphics card!  Additionally, lucky draws will also be held for all participants for chances to win MSI graphics card, mainboard, or 3DMark 11 Advanced version!  Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity, come join us now!

MSI N480GTX Lightning OC Competition Rules

• Contestants must use the MSI N480GTX Lightning in the competition. There is no restriction on other hardware/system configuration.
• The benchmarking software item is 3DMark 11 P-Score.
• Contestants must successfully upload the score to the ORB system; otherwise, no score will be considered.
• The contestant with the highest score can win a cash prize of US$1,000.
• Contestants beating the past best record of the N480GTX Lightning core speed (1450 MHz) can win a cash prize of US$1,000.*

Best Performance vs Cost Competition

• Contestants can use any graphic cards using GPU from the Nvidia GeForce GTX400 or Nvidia GeForce GTX500 family.
• The benchmarking software item is 3DMark 11 P-Score.
• Contestants must successfully upload the score to the ORB system.
• Score calculation: 3DMark 11 P-Score/Suggested Retail Price of Graphic Card = Final Score. (For example, if a contestant uses a GTX 480 graphic card and gets a score of 24300, and the suggested retail price of the GTX 480 SRP is US$400, his/her final scale is 24300/$400=60.75)
• The suggested retail price is either provided by MSI or determined by Futuremark. Details will be posted on the event website.

*When there are many contestants beating the past record (1450 MHz), the cash prize will go to the one with the highest speed. When there is more than one contestant with the same highest speed, the cash prize will go to the one who delivers the score to the ORB system first.

Contest page: http://www.3dmark.com/competitions/3dmark-11-oc-challenge/

For more information about MSI and 3DMark11, please visit: http://event.msi.com/vga/3dmark11