this is a test for your forum

So when are you going to benchmark and post result in the forum so the rest of us can drool :)

Like THIS (http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic42693.html) perhaps?

Regards Howard :)

Great forum for computer enthusiasts! Hope I win the video card to replace my old one. Thanks for a great site!

Spike

Thanx for the chance to win a good video card.

yeah me too, Hope i win

Been popping in for a long while... keep up the good work.

oh please, oh please, oh please *crosses fingers* plzzzzz

oh yeah i'm in

yeah im crossing mine as well

fabulous, i'm in

I'm glad I joined! I did so for the sweepstakes, and as a result have found a forum which has such valuable info that I would have missed out on!

gimme gimme gimme

i am a new member - still on agp and need an excuse to get a new motherboard ;) count me in!

Third winner announcement posted:
http://www.techspot.com/news/20285-ts-new-year-giveaway-third-winner-announcement.html

Did I have to post in here too? Gosh poopy darn!! :haha:

Well now I did :D

Hey I'll take one of those video cards of your hands if you need me to.

Thanks in advance

-Jon

Cool... A GeForce 7800 GT would really boost my computer's performance. Right now I have a 5200 PCI! :blackeye:

Nice giveaway, count me in. All though my Rig has an AGP slot, I would so throw in the money to get a PCI-E Mobo. :grinthumb

I know that i need a new video card. I just built my current computer, and I slaked off on the video card. Most of my money went to the motherboard and processor...I hate to admit this, but I am currently using the graphics on my motherboard. It would be great to have this baby in my computer case!

:slurp: At the mo I'm using a 6600 (AGP), but when I upgrade my mobo I'll need a PCI express card so this will do nicely.

Please count me in for the giveaway! I could always use a new video card.
I would prefer one that is Ferret Proof, if at all possible.

I want this card, so I can let the games begin better and faster!

Being the newcomer I am I understand the chances of me winning this card are relatively slim (also so late in the contest). But I figure Ill give a go at it. Thanks for the opportunity.

Hey, I would like to participate...
I really need a new one to play Rakion..
thanx

Oh dear if I win one that'll mean a bucket load of cash on a S939 based system.

Well, competition is tough, but why would I miss out on such a giveaway? The 7800 will always come in handy in CG rendering.
;]

I confess, yes its true, i am a golddigger:)

Free is never a bad deal :) I'm In.

I hope I get to win one of those cards!

Tony :o

I would like to run SLI... old school voodoo style :)

:hotouch: I have a Nvidia GeForce FX 5950 Ultra now and really like it but this card would be an upgrade and I'm all for that. "NVIDIA RULES" :D

I need it! I need it! I hate my radeon
:knock: oups I said that?

Ha I could have a graphics card that matches the rest of my hardware. Its real annoying when you have everything great except for something so crucial as a graphics card

Hi all.

Mav.

Wow, sure would make the on board Intel 945 chip rest for a long time. Thanks for giving me a chance to win.

Great contest, i'm in. :)

My Favorite thing to do with my computer is customise the cards on it and play my games.

Please count me in...

A fresh start to a new computer.

I'm "In like Flint" (you know this saying comes from a '60's movie titile starring James Coburn, right?)

Even if I don't win the awesome Graphics card, I recently "won" when I found a site called "Lime Wire". I know, some of you are saying, "Old news, dude"! This peer-to-peer site offers more than enough access to the music that I couldn't find anywhere else!

I'm an R&B fan of the "old school" of rock. Lime Wire connects me with other file-saring people that have similar musical interests. The big PLUS is it doesn't cost a ridiculous amount of money!! People are getting "ripped-off", everyday, by sites like Rhapsody and others that charge a dollar a song! I can go buy the CD for that price!! Forget it. "Pay no attention (or money) to that man behind the curtain"... just remember "Lime Wire". Lime Wire... Lime Wire... Lime Wire... Lime Wire... We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto. ('80's rock group, right?)

[(~spAce~)] '04

I know i may sound desperate but this reallly would be my first ever real 3d accelerator.the one i currently use never really did what it was meant for with a mere 4mb memory.thanks techspot for keeping this contest open for all.first ever contest i have seen thats made me eligible to participate.i m a new member so i may not have much chances but to say the least i have found a priceless resource in the form of this site.

Yes Please!!

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a 7800 is better than a FX5400, right. I'm ready for the upgrade.

I'd like to build a new computer sometime in the coming year and a nice graphics card would sure fit the bill.

Amazing! Everione wants the video card...

looking to up grade video

Hi All

Just a quick note to say hiya to you all.
This is just the forum I should have had before buying my present hardware and being dissappointed with the result ....

Moral of the story do your homework before you pass on any cash..

Regards
Bee

Actually my son wants it, but I love this site

I seriously need a 7800 GT!!!!!

Hope I win one!

Winning the New Year Giveaway would be great!

Nothing could make my day... my year... but mostly my computer... BETTER!

The last graphics card "situation" that I went through is another story...

I got a new computer for Christmas... from Dell.

I realized that I should have gotten a better graphics card. Oops! Oh well, the people at Dell tell me, on the phone, that I could purchase an upgrade...

No problem, right?...

By the next month, Dell is sending the new graphics card (it took so long because of the Christmas holiday). Hopefully, this should help upgrade my Dimension 3000 that I purchased, through their finance program.

They built and outfitted this system over a month ago... they should know what in the Dell they're doing, right?

They send the wrong card.

By February 2005, Dell has me download a new BIOS... Why would they have me do that? They said the card might need a different BIOS... uhh... I play along with this stupidity, knowing that when I first ran the computer, it was working fine with the on-board graphics. The new card would be in a PCI slot. Is this too hard to understand?

That card didn't work. Dell said (in broken english) that I needed to upgrade my memory to support the card. More finance charges!

In March, another card was sent from Dell. Yep. You guessed it. Wrong card.

All of the while, I am on the phone with customer service, support, and technicians chatting through language translation software that translates Arabic. Just "dandy"... it gets worse...

Four graphics cards later... I have now have a working computer.

From the phone order placed on December 21, to the final working product...

SIX MONTHS!!!

DELL SUCKS!!!!

I just joined, so I hope I still have a chance.
I could seriously use a better card for BF2 and DOD:S.