GIGABYTE Announces AMD A-Series APU Overclocking Challenge!
GIGABYTE today announced a new overclocking competition in conjunction with HWBOT.org called the “A75 OC Challenge” during the month of August. The contest looks to see who can get the most performance from an APU in terms of graphics performance with no discrete video card being installed into the system. Gigabyte hopes to show off just how powerful the graphics inside the APU really is! This should be a fun contest, but the winner gets an AMD 990FXA-UD5 motherboard. You’d think they’d give the winner a dedicated graphics card since all the focus is on the GPU!
Since the recent launch of the world’s first APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) from AMD, there has been a lot of benching going on to see if AMD really has created an onboard graphics solution that can compete head-to-head with the lower end discrete market. But many are asking the age-old question, “will it blend”? No, wait a second…we really don’t suggest trying that. The real question is will it overclock? During the month of August, GIGABYTE would like you guys to answer that for us. So, using any GIGABYTE A75 motherboard (learn all about them HERE), submit your best scores for each of the 5 stages using only the APU graphicsie., no discrete graphics cards allowed. Since HWBOT is hosting, HWBOT rules apply. The first place winner gets a 990FXA-UD5 and second and third place each get a E350N-USB3
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