AMD A64 release party

Tempus · 09-17-2003, 01:41 PM

I don't know if anyone else did this off the www.area-64.com website but I did and I just got a phone call from AMD setting this up.

Good I hope they didn't get hacked and that its a joke cuz I had to hand over the credit card number to pay 640 for the cpu, mobo and ram (and airline tickets and hotel and whatever else is going on.)

Anyone else get called??

joeyd · 09-17-2003, 02:05 PM

No but alot of people at amdzone or amdmb got into it. I don't believe you had to pay but am not sure. Check those sites for more infro

Tempus · 09-17-2003, 02:39 PM

I know for sure there is a price involved (640) as the area-64 site proclaims that in the beginning. I just hope they aren't using a unix box with that new SSH hole and lost my data

joeyd · 09-17-2003, 02:44 PM

:-( I want to win :-( I've only won one thing in my life. I'm not lucky at all

Tempus · 09-17-2003, 03:14 PM

this is my first time winning anything. I'm still in shock. I called my gf and told her and she said "I can't go. I don't have anything to wear!" wtf????

joeyd · 09-17-2003, 03:30 PM

man i'd be happy with a t shirt. I'd love the athlon 64 though that be hot considering i'm trying to gather as many quaters and nickels and shit from cleaning up my apartment down at school.

Joe · 09-17-2003, 04:24 PM

wait... you win ... but you gotta pay still? thats not winning, thats just a limited release! hehehe

joeyd · 09-17-2003, 04:39 PM

Claiming prizes: If you receive a game play with a winning message, you will receive an electronic copy of a prize claim form, and may receive an affidavit of eligibility, a liability and advertising/publicity release (depending on prize won). Print out and complete all the forms and follow the instructions provided for returning the forms. You should keep a photocopy of all documents for your records. Potential winning game plays are subject to verification by independent judges whose decisions are final. All prize claims must be received by September 30, 2003. Winners of prizes that have a retail value of $600 or more will be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility, liability and publicity release within 7 business days after receipt of such forms. Tennessee residents need not sign the publicity release. In the event of noncompliance with these Official Rules, if the entrant cannot be contacted at the address on his/her prize claim form, if notification is undeliverable, or if potential prize winner cannot be contacted for any reason, prize will be forfeited. Only properly claimed prizes will be awarded.

Thatas all i could find . It doesn't seem like that phone call is legit dude. I haven't heard of anyone having to pay for this stuff.

Tempus · 09-17-2003, 10:20 PM

the email they sent on wed @ 1230 EST says that you need to call them w/ your credit card number. Since the flight is on sunday I assume they called to get it rolling quickly incase they had to find a replacement person.

sn_85 · 09-17-2003, 11:38 PM

anybody watch Matchstick Men yet?

lots of interesting stuff con artists do. not saying this is a con but that was a good movie.

Tempus · 09-18-2003, 06:51 PM

looks like its legit since I got the airline tickets via. overnight fedex.

Leaving sunday morning. Be back late wednesday night. Should have the A64 up and running by thursday morning. =)

Benchmarks will be posted sometime before friday if anyone wants to see them.

Zhentar · 09-18-2003, 06:54 PM

why would any of us care how the latest new processor performs?

yes, of course we'd like to see the new benchmarks. Judging by your timeline, your planning on sleeping wednesday night, working thursday, and then sleeping thursday night too. all of those are a waste of time; skip them and get the benchmarks up at 4 AM thursday morning. Then, you should get a waterblock rigged up and give us overclocked benchmarks by friday night.

Tempus · 09-18-2003, 07:11 PM

hhehehe

I'm assuming I can sleep on the plane wednesday evening, get home and get the girlfriend off to work (she gets to go too since those nice people at AMD sent 2 tickets) and then I get down to work.

I guess I can wait a LITTLE while and bench it on air. It depends if Cathar has my A64 poly top done and shipped to me by then. =)

Tempus · 09-19-2003, 11:12 AM

I just looked a little deeper and it says we are getting an Asus nForce3 mobo. The only Asus NF3 out there is the SK8N which is a Socket940 board.

Does this mean I'm getting a Athlon64 FX-51 processor with it???

I'm not completely up on the NF3 situation, especially not the Asus front (I'm an Abit geek) so any input and insight would really rock.

airspirit · 09-19-2003, 05:32 PM

Prepare to buy registered ECC memory, dude. Teh sux, eh? BTW, congrats ... for what you're paying you are getting the sweet deal of the decade.

By the way, I would have given my left nut to have won that. Lucky bastid.

Tempus · 09-19-2003, 05:36 PM

well, part of the deal is a gig of memory. But I don't relish the thought of having to get more.

I'm wondering if there might be a different (not yet released) S940 NF3 that uses standard ddr and it more suited for the FX series.

Tempus · 09-23-2003, 12:25 AM

okay. I'm here and its been a really cool party. I've loaded a few pics up in the ocau forums.

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...64#post2439564

Sorry for the cross post but its getting late and I need to get sleep.

same story goes for you guys. If anyone has questions they want asked, please post here. I'll do anything I can to bring up questions/concerns and get an answer.

09-17-2003, 01:41 PM	#1
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	AMD A64 release party I don't know if anyone else did this off the www.area-64.com website but I did and I just got a phone call from AMD setting this up. Good I hope they didn't get hacked and that its a joke cuz I had to hand over the credit card number to pay 640 for the cpu, mobo and ram (and airline tickets and hotel and whatever else is going on.) Anyone else get called?? __________________ Thou art God.

09-17-2003, 02:05 PM	#2
joeyd Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: new jersey Posts: 142	No but alot of people at amdzone or amdmb got into it. I don't believe you had to pay but am not sure. Check those sites for more infro __________________ soyo dragon kt333. axp 2000 1gig of ddr333 ati radeon 9700 pro My Heatware

09-17-2003, 02:39 PM	#3
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	I know for sure there is a price involved (640) as the area-64 site proclaims that in the beginning. I just hope they aren't using a unix box with that new SSH hole and lost my data __________________ Thou art God.

09-17-2003, 02:44 PM	#4
joeyd Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: new jersey Posts: 142	:-( I want to win :-( I've only won one thing in my life. I'm not lucky at all __________________ soyo dragon kt333. axp 2000 1gig of ddr333 ati radeon 9700 pro My Heatware

09-17-2003, 03:14 PM	#5
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	this is my first time winning anything. I'm still in shock. I called my gf and told her and she said "I can't go. I don't have anything to wear!" wtf???? __________________ Thou art God.

09-17-2003, 03:30 PM	#6
joeyd Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: new jersey Posts: 142	man i'd be happy with a t shirt. I'd love the athlon 64 though that be hot considering i'm trying to gather as many quaters and nickels and shit from cleaning up my apartment down at school. __________________ soyo dragon kt333. axp 2000 1gig of ddr333 ati radeon 9700 pro My Heatware

09-17-2003, 04:24 PM	#7
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	wait... you win ... but you gotta pay still? thats not winning, thats just a limited release! hehehe __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

09-17-2003, 04:39 PM	#8
joeyd Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: new jersey Posts: 142	Claiming prizes: If you receive a game play with a winning message, you will receive an electronic copy of a prize claim form, and may receive an affidavit of eligibility, a liability and advertising/publicity release (depending on prize won). Print out and complete all the forms and follow the instructions provided for returning the forms. You should keep a photocopy of all documents for your records. Potential winning game plays are subject to verification by independent judges whose decisions are final. All prize claims must be received by September 30, 2003. Winners of prizes that have a retail value of $600 or more will be required to complete and return an affidavit of eligibility, liability and publicity release within 7 business days after receipt of such forms. Tennessee residents need not sign the publicity release. In the event of noncompliance with these Official Rules, if the entrant cannot be contacted at the address on his/her prize claim form, if notification is undeliverable, or if potential prize winner cannot be contacted for any reason, prize will be forfeited. Only properly claimed prizes will be awarded. Thatas all i could find . It doesn't seem like that phone call is legit dude. I haven't heard of anyone having to pay for this stuff. __________________ soyo dragon kt333. axp 2000 1gig of ddr333 ati radeon 9700 pro My Heatware

09-17-2003, 10:20 PM	#9
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	the email they sent on wed @ 1230 EST says that you need to call them w/ your credit card number. Since the flight is on sunday I assume they called to get it rolling quickly incase they had to find a replacement person. __________________ Thou art God.

09-17-2003, 11:38 PM	#10
sn_85 Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: H-town, TX Posts: 122	anybody watch Matchstick Men yet? lots of interesting stuff con artists do. not saying this is a con but that was a good movie.

09-18-2003, 06:51 PM	#11
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	looks like its legit since I got the airline tickets via. overnight fedex. Leaving sunday morning. Be back late wednesday night. Should have the A64 up and running by thursday morning. =) Benchmarks will be posted sometime before friday if anyone wants to see them. __________________ Thou art God.

09-18-2003, 06:54 PM	#12
Zhentar Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 225	why would any of us care how the latest new processor performs? yes, of course we'd like to see the new benchmarks. Judging by your timeline, your planning on sleeping wednesday night, working thursday, and then sleeping thursday night too. all of those are a waste of time; skip them and get the benchmarks up at 4 AM thursday morning. Then, you should get a waterblock rigged up and give us overclocked benchmarks by friday night.

09-18-2003, 07:11 PM	#13
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	hhehehe I'm assuming I can sleep on the plane wednesday evening, get home and get the girlfriend off to work (she gets to go too since those nice people at AMD sent 2 tickets) and then I get down to work. I guess I can wait a LITTLE while and bench it on air. It depends if Cathar has my A64 poly top done and shipped to me by then. =) __________________ Thou art God.

09-19-2003, 11:12 AM	#14
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	I just looked a little deeper and it says we are getting an Asus nForce3 mobo. The only Asus NF3 out there is the SK8N which is a Socket940 board. Does this mean I'm getting a Athlon64 FX-51 processor with it??? I'm not completely up on the NF3 situation, especially not the Asus front (I'm an Abit geek) so any input and insight would really rock. __________________ Thou art God.

09-19-2003, 05:32 PM	#15
airspirit Been /.'d... have you? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,986	Prepare to buy registered ECC memory, dude. Teh sux, eh? BTW, congrats ... for what you're paying you are getting the sweet deal of the decade. By the way, I would have given my left nut to have won that. Lucky bastid. __________________ #!/bin/sh {who;} {last;} {pause;} {grep;} {touch;} {unzip;} mount /dev/girl -t {wet;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} echo yes yes yes {yes;} umount {/dev/girl;zip;} rm -rf {wet.spot;} {sleep;} finger: permission denied Last edited by airspirit; 09-19-2003 at 05:39 PM.

09-19-2003, 05:36 PM	#16
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	well, part of the deal is a gig of memory. But I don't relish the thought of having to get more. I'm wondering if there might be a different (not yet released) S940 NF3 that uses standard ddr and it more suited for the FX series. __________________ Thou art God.

09-23-2003, 12:25 AM	#17
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	okay. I'm here and its been a really cool party. I've loaded a few pics up in the ocau forums. http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...64#post2439564 Sorry for the cross post but its getting late and I need to get sleep. same story goes for you guys. If anyone has questions they want asked, please post here. I'll do anything I can to bring up questions/concerns and get an answer. __________________ Thou art God.

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