nV News 3DMark Contest - guess the Vantage Score & win 3DMark 11 Advanced!

ragejg · 12-03-10, 07:06 PM

Ok guys, Futuremark was kind enough to supply the staff at nV News with a few keys to their upcoming benchmarking program 3DMark 11. We're left with one extra, and we'd like to give it to a member of our valued community! So we're holding a contest.

CONTEST START: 12/6/2010, 11AM EST/16:00 GMT
CONTEST ENDS: 12/7/2010, 9AM EST/14:00 GMT
WINNER ANNOUNCED: SOME TIME AFTER 9AM EST/14:00 GMT

RULES:

This is a contest for nV News forum members only; this does not include moderators or staff members... or you, MikeC, you already have a key.
Submissions are to be made in this thread only. Any submissions made outside the specified times will not count.
One submission per member. Duplicate accounts are easily sniffed out and dispatched by "the hounds".
In the event of a tie, a guaranteed fail-safe tiebreaker contest will be held. I am not at liberty to discus the details of this unless it actually happens.
The winner receives one key for 3DMark 11 Advanced Edition as soon as the results are finalized, compared and verified.
Until the winner is announced, no spamming or unnecessary posting in this thread. Only post your submission. After the contest is over, feel free to take time to throw rotten eggs at the winner, mingle with the fellow losers and discuss directional rotation of jump-assisted breasts dependent on hemispherical location, and their effect on control subject bob saget.
If there has to be an appeal, PM me or MikeC.

OBJECTIVE:

Guess the 3DMark Vantage Performance Preset GPU score of NVIDIA's GTX 570 at reference speeds using CPU physics, in the nV News GeForce GTX 570 review which will be published on December 7th. The person with the closest answer wins.

.... I'll post a "go!" in this thread (opening it) when the contest starts, I'll post at the submission cutoff time, and I'll report back when the result and winner is finalized. Good luck! ... it beats guessing jellybeans in a jar, no?

Again, this thread will open upon contest start at 11:00 EST/16:00 GMT Dec. 6.

ragejg · 12-06-10, 10:09 AM

12-06-10, 10:50 AM

6.000

12-06-10, 11:20 AM

13850

ragejg · 12-06-10, 11:22 AM

Clue: review rig is the same spec as what was used for the last nV News review.

It's possible to either take a shot in the dark on this, or you could get pretty accurate with just a bit of looking around.

I'm not going to do any of the legwork for you though.

**Maverick123w** · 12-06-10, 11:42 AM

12-06-10, 12:37 PM

12750

**bob saget** · 12-06-10, 12:56 PM

13,000

Madpistol · 12-06-10, 12:57 PM

18551

**ATOJAR** · 12-06-10, 01:01 PM

11,500

**Roadhog** · 12-06-10, 01:15 PM

19900

XMAN52373 · 12-06-10, 01:15 PM

I'm gonna go with 4950

12-03-10, 07:06 PM	#1
ragejg nV News Alumni Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Finger Lakes of Hell, NY Posts: 5,399	nV News 3DMark Contest - guess the Vantage Score & win 3DMark 11 Advanced! Ok guys, Futuremark was kind enough to supply the staff at nV News with a few keys to their upcoming benchmarking program 3DMark 11. We're left with one extra, and we'd like to give it to a member of our valued community! So we're holding a contest. CONTEST START: 12/6/2010, 11AM EST/16:00 GMT CONTEST ENDS: 12/7/2010, 9AM EST/14:00 GMT WINNER ANNOUNCED: SOME TIME AFTER 9AM EST/14:00 GMT RULES: This is a contest for nV News forum members only; this does not include moderators or staff members... or you, MikeC, you already have a key. Submissions are to be made in this thread only. Any submissions made outside the specified times will not count. One submission per member. Duplicate accounts are easily sniffed out and dispatched by "the hounds". In the event of a tie, a guaranteed fail-safe tiebreaker contest will be held. I am not at liberty to discus the details of this unless it actually happens. The winner receives one key for 3DMark 11 Advanced Edition as soon as the results are finalized, compared and verified. Until the winner is announced, no spamming or unnecessary posting in this thread. Only post your submission. After the contest is over, feel free to take time to throw rotten eggs at the winner, mingle with the fellow losers and discuss directional rotation of jump-assisted breasts dependent on hemispherical location, and their effect on control subject bob saget. If there has to be an appeal, PM me or MikeC. OBJECTIVE: Guess the *3DMark Vantage* Performance Preset *GPU score* of NVIDIA's GTX 570 at reference speeds *using CPU physics, in the nV News GeForce GTX 570 review which will be published on December 7th. The person with the closest answer wins. .... I'll post a "go!" in this thread (opening it) when the contest starts, I'll post at the submission cutoff time, and I'll report back when the result and winner is finalized. Good luck! ... it beats guessing jellybeans in a jar, no? Again, this thread will open upon contest start at 11:00 EST/16:00 GMT Dec. 6.* Last edited by ragejg; 12-06-10 at 01:28 PM.

12-06-10, 10:09 AM	#2
ragejg nV News Alumni Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Finger Lakes of Hell, NY Posts: 5,399	Re: nV News 3DMark 11 Contest - win a free copy of 3DMark 11 Advanced! GO! __________________ 2010-2011 Reviews: GTX 570 \| GTX 580 \| GTS 450 \| GTX 460 \| GTX 465 Pre-2010 Reviews: 6600 GT \| XMS 4400 DDR \| SilenX Cooler \| 6800 \| 5900 XT \| Personal Cinema \| 5900 NU ______________________________________________ Phenom II x6 1090t @ 4.0 ghz \| Asus M498TD-EVO Am3 SLI nForce 980a \| 2x EVGA GTX 560 SLI \| 2x4gb DDR3-1333 \| Antec EarthWatts EA650 PSU \| 60gb Mushkin Calisto Enhanced Sandforce SSD \| 2x WD2500KS RAID 0 \| Sunbeam Tuniq 3 case \| 24" Asus 19x10 LED LCD \| 26" Panasonic 720p TV \| Sidewinder X5 mouse \| Logitech MX5500 & Revolution mouse \| Altec Lansing 5.1 THX-Certified audio \| Win 7 Ultimate \| desk \| couch "Stars must die so that I may live. I... stepped out of a Supernova."

12-06-10, 10:50 AM	#3
PeterJensen Guest Posts: n/a	Re: nV News 3DMark 11 Contest - win a free copy of 3DMark 11 Advanced! 6.000

12-06-10, 11:20 AM	#4
grey_1 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: nV News 3DMark 11 Contest - win a free copy of 3DMark 11 Advanced! 13850

12-06-10, 11:22 AM	#5
ragejg nV News Alumni Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Finger Lakes of Hell, NY Posts: 5,399	Re: nV News 3DMark 11 Contest - win a free copy of 3DMark 11 Advanced! Clue: review rig is the same spec as what was used for the last nV News review. It's possible to either take a shot in the dark on this, or you could get pretty accurate with just a bit of looking around. I'm not going to do any of the legwork for you though. __________________ 2010-2011 Reviews: GTX 570 \| GTX 580 \| GTS 450 \| GTX 460 \| GTX 465 Pre-2010 Reviews: 6600 GT \| XMS 4400 DDR \| SilenX Cooler \| 6800 \| 5900 XT \| Personal Cinema \| 5900 NU ______________________________________________ Phenom II x6 1090t @ 4.0 ghz \| Asus M498TD-EVO Am3 SLI nForce 980a \| 2x EVGA GTX 560 SLI \| 2x4gb DDR3-1333 \| Antec EarthWatts EA650 PSU \| 60gb Mushkin Calisto Enhanced Sandforce SSD \| 2x WD2500KS RAID 0 \| Sunbeam Tuniq 3 case \| 24" Asus 19x10 LED LCD \| 26" Panasonic 720p TV \| Sidewinder X5 mouse \| Logitech MX5500 & Revolution mouse \| Altec Lansing 5.1 THX-Certified audio \| Win 7 Ultimate \| desk \| couch "Stars must die so that I may live. I... stepped out of a Supernova."

12-06-10, 11:42 AM	#6
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12-06-10, 12:37 PM	#7
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12-06-10, 12:56 PM	#8
bob saget Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Vancouver, originally Russia Posts: 23,133	Re: nV News 3DMark 11 Contest - win a free copy of 3DMark 11 Advanced! 13,000

12-06-10, 12:57 PM	#9
Madpistol It's a wittle baby! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United States Posts: 4,554	Re: nV News 3DMark 11 Contest - win a free copy of 3DMark 11 Advanced! 18551 __________________ http://bfbc2.statsverse.com/sig/deta...d%20Pistol.png MadPistol's Rig AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE (RB-C3) @ 4Ghz, 1.425 Vcore, 1.25V NB VID Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme (w/ Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm fan) Gigabyte UD3H AM3 790GX motherboard XFX Radeon HD 5870 PNY XLR8 2x2GB CL8 DDR3 1600 G.Skill Ripjaws 2x2GB CL8 DDR3 1600 Soundblaster X-Fi Fatality Titanium OCZ Vertex II 120GB SSD (OS drive) Western Digital 500GB Caviar (black) Western Digital 640GB Blue Samsung DVD burner Logitech MX performance mouse Logitech G15 keyboard Corsair HX 750-watt Modular PSU Antec Nine Hundred case Windows 7 Home Premium x64 ASUS MK241 24" LCD ACER X241W 24" LCD - RIP

12-06-10, 01:01 PM	#10
ATOJAR Bish Bash Bosh Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, England. Posts: 2,751	Re: nV News 3DMark 11 Contest - win a free copy of 3DMark 11 Advanced! 11,500 __________________ Intel i7 920 D0@3.6GHz(Ultra-120 eXtreme) - ASUS P6T iX58 - 6GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3@1376MHz - Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer - Corsair 120GB Force 3 SSD(Win7/apps) - Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB(storage/games) - LG W2452T 24" LCD 1920x1200 Monitor - Gainward GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB - Windows 7 Ultimate X64 - Corsair 750W TX PSU - Antec 900 Case - Logitech G500 Mouse - Logitech G15 v2 Keyboard.

12-06-10, 01:15 PM	#11
Roadhog Resident Alien Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,776	Re: nV News 3DMark 11 Contest - win a free copy of 3DMark 11 Advanced! 19900

12-06-10, 01:15 PM	#12
XMAN52373 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 534	Re: nV News 3DMark 11 Contest - win a free copy of 3DMark 11 Advanced! I'm gonna go with 4950 __________________ C2Q6600@3.3 ASUS GTX570 eVGA 780i SLi AR 8GB DDR2 PC8500 Windows 7 U x64