AMD AUSTIN Office open house day - sign up if you are in the area

[Qianglong]

Just found this through linkedIN:
http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1146966

Should be an interesting visit for the GPU and CPU fanboys!

 

[Blitzvogel]

I live near Dallas, and the drive would be worth it.....

Edit: The Fort Worth Alliance airshow is on the same date, and my heart's set on that

 

[dawp]

^I've been to that a few time when I lived in Hurst. Always a good time, just wear plenty of sunblock.

 

[Borkil]

i'll probably show up, maybe i'll run into some forum members and not even know it ha

 

[OCGuy]

My prediction: Posts in VC&G drop by 70% that day.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

This might finally get me to drive my a*s down to Austin.
Never been

 

[FalseChristian]

Could someone pick me up in Toronto and drive me to Austin. I'll give you $5 for gas.

 

[TuxDave]

I like company open houses but I always wonder if employees in rival companies can attend.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

I like company open houses but I always wonder if employees in rival companies can attend.

How would they know if you don't write it down? :sneaky:

 

[Blitzvogel]

^I've been to that a few time when I lived in Hurst. Always a good time, just wear plenty of sunblock.

I went in 2010, but missed it last year. Luckily I'm off from work the day of the airshow, Oct 6. I'm pretty stoked.

 

[dadarkchild]

i live in austin and i've never been, but i just registered, and I'll be there on the 6th!

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Is there a program somewhere? Trying to figure out when to head down from Dallas.

Edit : /facepalm. I should have RTFM (or rather RTFe-mail :S )

 

[Borkil]

woah they are giving away a free second generation A-Series APU for registered attendees

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Had a blast and it was well worth the drive down from Dallas!
Got to play the new Rise of the Triad, poke a developer of Hitman : Absolution, talk to folks from id and got a TON of swag! (2x A8-5600K, 2x Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 mobos, some Kingston RAM and 8-core FX).

Fess up - who's the lucky SOB who got the Sapphire 7950 Vapor-X and/or the Gigabyte 990 FXA-UD7 and/or the mini-PC from Sapphire?! :sneaky:

 

[Blitzvogel]

Had a blast and it was well worth the drive down from Dallas!
Got to play the new Rise of the Triad, poke a developer of Hitman : Absolution, talk to folks from id and got a TON of swag! (2x A8-5600K, 2x Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 mobos, some Kingston RAM and 8-core FX).

Fess up - who's the lucky SOB who got the Sapphire 7950 Vapor-X and/or the Gigabyte 990 FXA-UD7 and/or the mini-PC from Sapphire?! :sneaky:

Damn! So what is mostly for developers and programmers or was it truly an everyone and everybody interesting kind of affair. That's some hardcore swag just to be given away.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Damn! So what is mostly for developers and programmers or was it truly an everyone and everybody interesting kind of affair. That's some hardcore swag just to be given away.

It was for a general audience. When the AMD guy announced at the beginning that all 500 registrants would be taking home an A8-5600K, I wuz liek
The rest of the stuff (mobos, graphics cards, SSDs, FX 8M/4C Steamrollers, etc.) were all raffled.

 

[Blitzvogel]

It was for a general audience. When the AMD guy announced at the beginning that all 500 registrants would be taking home an A8-5600K, I wuz liek
The rest of the stuff (mobos, graphics cards, SSDs, FX 8M/4C Steamrollers, etc.) were all raffled.

Damn! Despite the cold weather and icy wind, the air show was worth it, especially since my girlfriend went with me, but if AMD has another open house, I'm doing it!

 

[bryanW1995]

Crap, just found this thread. I'll plan to go next year!

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Crap, just found this thread. I'll plan to go next year!

Let's plan an AT meetup or something. They'll definitely be holding it again next year in Austin.

 

[ikachu]

Could someone pick me up in Toronto and drive me to Austin. I'll give you $5 for gas.

You may be in luck... looks like they are having an event in Markham on the 20th/21st.

http://www.facebook.com/radeonextravalanza

 

[MoMeanMugs]

Had a blast and it was well worth the drive down from Dallas!
Got to play the new Rise of the Triad, poke a developer of Hitman : Absolution, talk to folks from id and got a TON of swag! (2x A8-5600K, 2x Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 mobos, some Kingston RAM and 8-core FX).

Fess up - who's the lucky SOB who got the Sapphire 7950 Vapor-X and/or the Gigabyte 990 FXA-UD7 and/or the mini-PC from Sapphire?! :sneaky:

Did you win the FX at that Raiderz speech, or were you the guy in the green shirt that won the Street Fighter contest?

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Did you win the FX at that Raiderz speech, or were you the guy in the green shirt that won the Street Fighter contest?

Neither. Got mine at the raffle near the end of the event. Was it an ATer who asked that transparency and deferred rendering question in the Hitman Absolution talk?