GIGABYTE Announces ‘Pi is Returned’ Contest Winners

AMD World Records Smashed, $5,000 Dollars in Prize Money Claimed 

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, has announced the conclusion of its latest overclocking contest at HWBOT.org, ‘Pi is Returned’. Running from August 16^th until September 16^th 2013, all HWBOT members were invited to pit their overclocking skills against each other using the classic SuperPi benchmark.

Several cash prizes totaling $5,000 were on offer as well as GIGABYTE and AMD hardware. In addition to cash prizes for first and second place finishes, ‘Pi is Returned’ also offered $500 for world record breaking submissions for each stage.

“It’s really positive to see so many AMD platform world records being broken on GIGABYTE motherboards throughout this contest,” commented HiCookie, Chief Overclocking Evangelist, GIGABYTE Motherboard Business Unit. “From the first day, until a climactic finish last weekend, the ‘Pi is Returned’ contest proved to be a big hit with HWBOT members and AMD overclocking enthusiasts, and an excellent showcase for the performance of our AMD platform motherboards.”

You can read a short blog article about the world records set during the contest here:

http://gigabytedaily.blogspot.tw/2013/09/gigabyte-pi-is-returned-competition.html

‘Pi is Returned’ – Stages and Winners

Group A – FM1/2 (Llano/Trinity/Richland)

• Stage 1: Super Pi 1M
  • 1^st Place: Dfordog (China) – 10sec 297ms on GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4
    • Wins $500 + $500 for World Record
• 2^nd Place: The Stilt (Finland) – 10sec 343ms on GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4
  • Wins $250
• 3^rd Place: Hero (China) – 10sec 343ms on GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4
  • Wins GIGABYTE F2A88XN-WIFI* & AMD A10-6800K
  • Stage 2: Super Pi 32M
    • 1^st Place: Wizerty (France) – 9min 54sec 812ms on GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4
      •   Wins $500 + $500 for World Record
• 2^nd Place: The Stilt (Finland) – 9min 55sec 922ms on GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4
  • Wins $250
• 3^rd Place: SF3D (Finland) – 9min 59sec 343ms on GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4
  • Wins GIGABYTE F2A88XN-WIFI* & AMD A10-6800K

Group B – AM3+ (Bulldozer/Piledriver)

• Stage 1: Super Pi 1M
  • 1^st Place: The Stilt (Finland) – 9sec 218ms on GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD7
    • Wins $500 + $500 for World Record
• 2^nd Wizerty (France) – 9sec 390ms on GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3
  • Wins$250
• 3^rd I.nfraR.ed (Belgium) – 9sec 437ms on GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3
  • Wins GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3 & AMD FX-8350
  • Stage 2: Super Pi 32M
    • 1^st The Stilt (Finland) – 9min 34sec 78ms on GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD7
      • Wins$500 + $500 for World Record
• 2^nd I.fraR.ed (Belgium) – 9min 39sec 218ms on GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3
  • Wins $250
• 3^rd Wizerty (France) – 9min 47sec 157ms on GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3
  • WinsGIGABYTE 990FXA-UD3 & AMD FX-8350

* Note: Stage 1 3^rd place prizes upgraded from GIGABYTE F2A85XN-WIFI to GIGABYTE F2A88XN-WIFI.

The GIGABYTE ‘Pi is Returned’ contest was open to all HWBOT members, ending on September 16th, 2013. For more details, competition rules and standings, please visit the Pi is Returned competition page on HWBOT.org

http://hwbot.org/competition/gbt_pi_returned