complain complain. I'm just happy I was called out of all those people. I've never won anything from Intel before..
Originally posted by: soltrain
complain complain. I'm just happy I was called out of all those people. I've never won anything from Intel before..
i won the chip, mobo, and a canon printer, as well as a copy of XP and a tshirt at my first intel convention.
-=bmacd=-
I won a 2200+ at the St. Louis event and was initially disappointed that it was an "A" Tbred. But dang, this thing is mad a overclocker for an "A". It's folded for a solid day at 2140 now at 1.75v at 105 degrees F (plain water cooled). I'm going to try for 2200mhz at 1.85v.
Rock-
LOL- Haven't got mine that high- but I figure 2.00 ghz is OK for aircooled (and not a high end heatsink either)
LOL- Haven't got mine that high- but I figure 2.00 ghz is OK for aircooled (and not a high end heatsink either)
I just noticed the Thread about the AMD events here. I posted a review after the Atlanta event in the Distributed Computing Forum and just copied it here. Increase your chances of coming away with a processor or two;
AMD Extreme Performance Project Promo #2 Review
AMD is dancing around the Country promoting it?s CPU line again in 2002 adding to the success of the original promotion in 2001. In 2002 they basically pulled up to various Mall parking lots with a large truck and did the show from there. They had a PA system and some tables, Promo items such as T-shirts, Coffee Mugs and the all important item, processors, about 75 of them given away in 3 successive 25 waves of randomly pulled numbers. They advertised the events well in advance, the times were before sunrise and the AMD loyal turned out in the thousands most of the time in the freezing cold at each event and as an attendee that came away with nothing at all would still say it was a tremendous success for the Company and still fun for me to be there.
For 2002 they took the event inside in large venues such as an aircraft hangar at a local Atlanta airport. They pulled out a lot more stops for showmanship such as large aluminum truss work frames normally seen at shows like Comdex with Dance Club style flashing lights. They set up kiosks that look like Video arcade machines with various demos, they catered some food in, had a Partner Vendor booth that featured $10 off on various Motherboards for AMD CPU?s, and the all important stage from which to work from.
Although during the shortened, compared to 2001, promotion on the Internet they had you fill out an online ?admission? form to bring to the event, but they didn?t take it, you had to fill out a smaller form at a table outside first to give that at the door to get a ticket inside which contained you randomly assigned number for the 3 chances to win a processor. Each ticket with your number had 3 stubs labeled Performance, Reliability and Solutions that you tear off place into 3 boxes around the area immediately to be entered in the 3 drawings. Instead of 3 waves of 25 processors they did 11, 9 and 9.
In addition to the random number chances they have a new twist this year, Battle of the boxes. There is a table near the stage where you fill out a form to enter for a chance to be a Battle Boxes contestant. Now here is where you can increase your chance of getting a processor. The event promotions guy said this, not me, I later found out there is not one AMD employee at the event, it is all the Promotion Company hired by AMD, the guy said to enter as many times as you?d like, in other words people after you get your 3 ticket stubs into the 3 boxes get over to the Battle of the Boxes table and fill out as many forms as you can up until they take the box on stage for the drawing. I?ll tell you why that is so important next.
They pick 2 waves of 5 contestants to answer questions Jeopardy style on the stage. Here is where that is key whether you want to participate in building a Battle box or not, each contestant automatically gets a processor and each of the promo items which were T-shirts, AMD shoulder bag and AMD hats! Now if you answer 5 questions right first you win that heat. Each winner of the two heats gets to pick from a list of parts up to $749 to put together the PC they believe will be the best value and best performer. They have various CPUs 1800+ or 2100+, Ram such as PC2100 or PC2700, Video cards such as onboard Nvidia or TI 4200. They get 30 minutes to assemble the machine. One guy did it 17 minutes while the other guy used the whole 30 minutes and killed the PC by forgetting the Motherboard standoffs, oops. So the guy who got his system up won the grand prize of $2,500 plus another processor and the runner up won $500 and another processor. Normally they would do a benchmark test to see which system is the winner.
So there you have it, second year of a promotion only the AMD CPU Company is doing and it is still successful, the promo Company could turn down the Rave music blasting from the new bigger and louder PA system (they had it so loud at one point that the AMP blew a breaker) and of course would like to see them give out some more processors.
On a side note that should be it but I?m not sure if it is AMD or only the Promo Company trying this. For the first time at the Atlanta show they are featuring a 22 yr old guy from Brooklyn New York that has a book out called Hacker Cracker. He admits to being a Hacker and a Cracker at the ages of 14 to 18, doing things such as the infamous AOL chat room password stealing stunts such as telling people he is an AOL Rep and they lost their password and Credit Card info and people gave it to them. Also hacking into website such as Porn sites and stealing Credit Card numbers there, some 20,000 of them worth. Although he was underage at the time I have no idea why anyone would be promoting such activity and why the guy is not at least on probation for a good part of his adult life much less promoting and profiteering from his past antics. Just my two cents worth after being prosecuted myself for being a hacker when I clearly was not hacking.
Free Computing On!
David McOwen
AMD Extreme Performance Project Promo #2 Review
AMD is dancing around the Country promoting it?s CPU line again in 2002 adding to the success of the original promotion in 2001. In 2002 they basically pulled up to various Mall parking lots with a large truck and did the show from there. They had a PA system and some tables, Promo items such as T-shirts, Coffee Mugs and the all important item, processors, about 75 of them given away in 3 successive 25 waves of randomly pulled numbers. They advertised the events well in advance, the times were before sunrise and the AMD loyal turned out in the thousands most of the time in the freezing cold at each event and as an attendee that came away with nothing at all would still say it was a tremendous success for the Company and still fun for me to be there.
For 2002 they took the event inside in large venues such as an aircraft hangar at a local Atlanta airport. They pulled out a lot more stops for showmanship such as large aluminum truss work frames normally seen at shows like Comdex with Dance Club style flashing lights. They set up kiosks that look like Video arcade machines with various demos, they catered some food in, had a Partner Vendor booth that featured $10 off on various Motherboards for AMD CPU?s, and the all important stage from which to work from.
Although during the shortened, compared to 2001, promotion on the Internet they had you fill out an online ?admission? form to bring to the event, but they didn?t take it, you had to fill out a smaller form at a table outside first to give that at the door to get a ticket inside which contained you randomly assigned number for the 3 chances to win a processor. Each ticket with your number had 3 stubs labeled Performance, Reliability and Solutions that you tear off place into 3 boxes around the area immediately to be entered in the 3 drawings. Instead of 3 waves of 25 processors they did 11, 9 and 9.
In addition to the random number chances they have a new twist this year, Battle of the boxes. There is a table near the stage where you fill out a form to enter for a chance to be a Battle Boxes contestant. Now here is where you can increase your chance of getting a processor. The event promotions guy said this, not me, I later found out there is not one AMD employee at the event, it is all the Promotion Company hired by AMD, the guy said to enter as many times as you?d like, in other words people after you get your 3 ticket stubs into the 3 boxes get over to the Battle of the Boxes table and fill out as many forms as you can up until they take the box on stage for the drawing. I?ll tell you why that is so important next.
They pick 2 waves of 5 contestants to answer questions Jeopardy style on the stage. Here is where that is key whether you want to participate in building a Battle box or not, each contestant automatically gets a processor and each of the promo items which were T-shirts, AMD shoulder bag and AMD hats! Now if you answer 5 questions right first you win that heat. Each winner of the two heats gets to pick from a list of parts up to $749 to put together the PC they believe will be the best value and best performer. They have various CPUs 1800+ or 2100+, Ram such as PC2100 or PC2700, Video cards such as onboard Nvidia or TI 4200. They get 30 minutes to assemble the machine. One guy did it 17 minutes while the other guy used the whole 30 minutes and killed the PC by forgetting the Motherboard standoffs, oops. So the guy who got his system up won the grand prize of $2,500 plus another processor and the runner up won $500 and another processor. Normally they would do a benchmark test to see which system is the winner.
So there you have it, second year of a promotion only the AMD CPU Company is doing and it is still successful, the promo Company could turn down the Rave music blasting from the new bigger and louder PA system (they had it so loud at one point that the AMP blew a breaker) and of course would like to see them give out some more processors.
On a side note that should be it but I?m not sure if it is AMD or only the Promo Company trying this. For the first time at the Atlanta show they are featuring a 22 yr old guy from Brooklyn New York that has a book out called Hacker Cracker. He admits to being a Hacker and a Cracker at the ages of 14 to 18, doing things such as the infamous AOL chat room password stealing stunts such as telling people he is an AOL Rep and they lost their password and Credit Card info and people gave it to them. Also hacking into website such as Porn sites and stealing Credit Card numbers there, some 20,000 of them worth. Although he was underage at the time I have no idea why anyone would be promoting such activity and why the guy is not at least on probation for a good part of his adult life much less promoting and profiteering from his past antics. Just my two cents worth after being prosecuted myself for being a hacker when I clearly was not hacking.
Free Computing On!
David McOwen
Thinking of going to Philly and NY... hey, does IBM qualify as a VIP? I'll bring my badge just in case..
Stupid AMD, didn't anybody tell them that November 14th was the day before opening day of deer season? That's almost a Michigan state holiday! I would've been in Detroit if it hadn't been for that.
Mayan-
I've seen several different lists of the questions used- from AMD specific (whats the actual speed of a AMD 2700+ processor), to the common- (what does IRQ stand for)
I've seen several different lists of the questions used- from AMD specific (whats the actual speed of a AMD 2700+ processor), to the common- (what does IRQ stand for)
Originally posted by: Creig
Stupid AMD, didn't anybody tell them that November 14th was the day before opening day of deer season? That's almost a Michigan state holiday! I would've been in Detroit if it hadn't been for that.
If you opt to go hunting instead of going to this event, then I seriously question your "nerd" status.
I won't be able to make it to the Chicago event tonight. Car trouble + too much homework + sick = me not going. Have fun guys, and win lots of free stuff!
Have fun guys, and win lots of free stuff!
Miramonti
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I'm gonna try and make it tonight. I'm hoping lots will stay home and watch the Bears game making it easier for me to go home with a new cpu.Originally posted by: bizmark
I won't be able to make it to the Chicago event tonight. Car trouble + too much homework + sick = me not going.
Originally posted by: lsman
Planned to go to the PA at Nov18 but don't like to drive (NJ -> PA), THEN remember that it is our 2nd wedding Anniversary. Easy choice here.
So, how was the AMD event?
Originally posted by: jjsole
I'm gonna try and make it tonight. I'm hoping lots will stay home and watch the Bears game making it easier for me to go home with a new cpu.Originally posted by: bizmark
I won't be able to make it to the Chicago event tonight. Car trouble + too much homework + sick = me not going.
that's true about the bears, but i don't know of too many computer geeks that watch alot of sports.
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Just got back from Phillly, the loser was actually trying to take the heat sink off the RAM. Needless to say, he didn't get it built in time. All in all a good time. Got 2 t-shirts and would have got more but I think Ed "Too Tall" Jones was in front of me. Even me being 6'2", he had a bag and 2 shirts w/in the first 5 minutes.
Just got back from Philly one also.... had a good time. My friend who went with me won a processpr (2200+), but I didnt. The VIP event was good, they had food and drink, got to hear about heatsinks and such. Had stations set up with GTA3, Unreal2003, and a couple other games. Had fun beating a couple guys, but the mouse was sort of awkwardly placed... and it wasn't optical. Around 830 when everyone else came in everybody just hung around for a while, then they selected some of the people for processors and threw t-shirts and bookbags and hats to the crowd. I got a t-shirt, bag, and a hat.
The jeopardy style thing for the Battle of the Boxes was sort of dumb, nobody really knew the answers, most guessed and the crowd yelled out the right answer. One guy in the Battle of the Boxes knew what he was doing, and he got his system working fine. The other guy was just an idiot, he tried to take the metal casing off the RAM. He never got it to boot...
I had a pretty good time, I'd definetly go again if I had the chance.
The jeopardy style thing for the Battle of the Boxes was sort of dumb, nobody really knew the answers, most guessed and the crowd yelled out the right answer. One guy in the Battle of the Boxes knew what he was doing, and he got his system working fine. The other guy was just an idiot, he tried to take the metal casing off the RAM. He never got it to boot...
I had a pretty good time, I'd definetly go again if I had the chance.
Miramonti
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haha...thats true! I just got back and there were plenty of geeks there...when they gave the bears score it didn't seem like many people cared. (atleast for the bears anyways!)Originally posted by: drewdogg808
that's true about the bears, but i don't know of too many computer geeks that watch alot of sports.Originally posted by: jjsoleI'm gonna try and make it tonight. I'm hoping lots will stay home and watch the Bears game making it easier for me to go home with a new cpu.Originally posted by: bizmark I won't be able to make it to the Chicago event tonight. Car trouble + too much homework + sick = me not going.
I didn't win anything - suck.
I wasn't too impressed with it - partially because the mic's for the people on the stage didn't work very well and when the guys were building the pc's, the screens that showed the video of it seemed visible to people standing next to it...they were too low. Oh well it was free and I had my chance to win.
Originally posted by: jjsole
haha...thats true! I just got back and there were plenty of geeks there...when they gave the bears score it didn't seem like many people cared. (atleast for the bears anyways!)Originally posted by: drewdogg808
that's true about the bears, but i don't know of too many computer geeks that watch alot of sports.Originally posted by: jjsoleI'm gonna try and make it tonight. I'm hoping lots will stay home and watch the Bears game making it easier for me to go home with a new cpu.Originally posted by: bizmark I won't be able to make it to the Chicago event tonight. Car trouble + too much homework + sick = me not going.
I didn't win anything - suck.
I wasn't too impressed with it - partially because the mic's for the people on the stage didn't work very well and when the guys were building the pc's, the screens that showed the video of it seemed visible to people standing next to it...they were too low. Oh well it was free and I had my chance to win.
hehe....it was pretty entertaining to say the least. out of my group of 5, 2 won processors and a couple caps. it was funny, because i brought my gf along to increase my chances of winning a processor, and her name was actually drawn for the battle of the boxes! she would've won the questioning, but she didn't want to answer any more questions after she was in the lead (with 4 questions while everyone else had 2 or less!), because she doesn't know how to build a pc. i was actually going over questions with everyone on the way to the event, so it actually came in handy for her for a couple questions. she got a couple answers from the crowds yelling too. some of those guys didn't have a clue. oh well....we all had fun, and i still got a processor even though i didn't "technically" win.
Miramonti
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wow she was kickin butt...and then all of a sudden she stopped answering - not even anymore guessing! I don't blame her for worrying about building a box if she didn't know how i guess...the crowd might have been tough on her. She handled it well tho and atleast scored a proc for you - and you scored twice - once for getting the proc and once for the having the cute g/f.Originally posted by: drewdogg808
hehe....it was pretty entertaining to say the least. out of my group of 5, 2 won processors and a couple caps. it was funny, because i brought my gf along to increase my chances of winning a processor, and her name was actually drawn for the battle of the boxes! she would've won the questioning, but she didn't want to answer any more questions after she was in the lead (with 4 questions while everyone else had 2 or less!), because she doesn't know how to build a pc. i was actually going over questions with everyone on the way to the event, so it actually came in handy for her for a couple questions. she got a couple answers from the crowds yelling too. some of those guys didn't have a clue. oh well....we all had fun, and i still got a processor even though i didn't "technically" win.Originally posted by: jjsolehaha...thats true! I just got back and there were plenty of geeks there...when they gave the bears score it didn't seem like many people cared. (atleast for the bears anyways!) I didn't win anything - suck.Originally posted by: drewdogg808that's true about the bears, but i don't know of too many computer geeks that watch alot of sports.Originally posted by: jjsoleI'm gonna try and make it tonight. I'm hoping lots will stay home and watch the Bears game making it easier for me to go home with a new cpu.Originally posted by: bizmark I won't be able to make it to the Chicago event tonight. Car trouble + too much homework + sick = me not going.
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the chicago one was fun... I was the one up at front that the speaker told me to stop giving answers out during the battle... filip(sp?) would've won during the build cuz I KNOW he heard me yell at him to fix his floppy cable, ah but alas, he didn't listen and lost out on 2500 bucks... they both took soooo long also... why bother putting more than 3 motherboard standoffs+screws? =/ oh well, I made out with a cap and the standard mint+cd... a processor would've been nice... NEXT YEAR!
Just got back from Philly, got 2 hats and a shirt... It was an OK event, the guy behind me SCREAMING the answers was getting annoying! Overall it was fun, gonna hit the NY event and hopefully score something more...
Originally posted by: drewdogg808
hehe....it was pretty entertaining to say the least. out of my group of 5, 2 won processors and a couple caps. it was funny, because i brought my gf along to increase my chances of winning a processor, and her name was actually drawn for the battle of the boxes! she would've won the questioning, but she didn't want to answer any more questions after she was in the lead (with 4 questions while everyone else had 2 or less!), because she doesn't know how to build a pc. i was actually going over questions with everyone on the way to the event, so it actually came in handy for her for a couple questions. she got a couple answers from the crowds yelling too. some of those guys didn't have a clue. oh well....we all had fun, and i still got a processor even though i didn't "technically" win.
Your g/f is cute.
My friend was the contestant next to her. I gave him a list of all the AMD questions listed in this thread before the show, but he lost. Well, at least he got a processor, bag, t-shirt, and cap. Since he already had a t-shirt, he gave me the extra one. I scored a cap myself.
The speaker system sucked (again). Hard to tell what the announcer was saying, and I was within 10 feet of the stage.
The two finalists in Build-a-Box BOTH failed to boot. They each got $100. The second guy had no excuse, since after the first guy failed, he had the full half-hour to check and double check and triple check his connections. I think it was a reversed floppy cable.
Anyways, it was fun. STICKERGIRL! STICKERGIRL! <--- You had to be there
More Q's (not verbatim):
1. What does Southbridge do?
2. Who's the head of development for the AthlonXP?
3. What's the fastest XP? 2800
4. What memory standard is used by KT333 chipsets? PC2700
5. Who partnered with AMD to come up with an integrated video solution? Nvidia Nforce
6. The Fujitsu flash memory question came up again.
7. What's hyperthreading?
8. When was AMD founded? 1969
9. How many pins in an XP? 462
Good luck to everybody going to the next events!
Went to the Philly one last night...scored again thanks to my wife's ticket
That's 3 for 3 w/ these AMD events...1 last year, 2 this year. I gave the CPU to my cousin who went w/ me to both events this year and hadn't won anything...I've got one coming in the mail anyway, so AMD says
I've attended the DC & Philly shows, and all I can say about the people answering the questions for the BoB so far is that they are either nervous as hell, or total morons, hehe. I quized my wife for about 20 mins on the ride there, and she blurted out every answer except one thru all the questioning...and I got all the questions from this forum, so if ya hope to get up there, study em a little...not that hard at all.
CPU's were 2200+'s again @ Philly, cept they actually had them there...so ya didn't have to wait for them to be mailed....which I'm still waiting on mine from the DC show BTW
Good luck all.
That's 3 for 3 w/ these AMD events...1 last year, 2 this year. I gave the CPU to my cousin who went w/ me to both events this year and hadn't won anything...I've got one coming in the mail anyway, so AMD says
I've attended the DC & Philly shows, and all I can say about the people answering the questions for the BoB so far is that they are either nervous as hell, or total morons, hehe. I quized my wife for about 20 mins on the ride there, and she blurted out every answer except one thru all the questioning...and I got all the questions from this forum, so if ya hope to get up there, study em a little...not that hard at all.
CPU's were 2200+'s again @ Philly, cept they actually had them there...so ya didn't have to wait for them to be mailed....which I'm still waiting on mine from the DC show BTW
Good luck all.
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