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Win an Nvidia 9800 GTX + and maybe be able to play Crysis photo

I know you guys are already excited about the awesome Ghostbusters pack Colette is handing out for this dandy Twitter Friday. As amazing as that is, I'm going to have to enter the arena for "most awesome prize to give out on a Friday" for I don't have t-shirts and goo, but rather, a Nvidia e-GeForce 9800 GTX+ GPU! This is a fantastic piece of hardware that is perfect for boosting your rig. I mean, I'm sure some of you would like to play Crysis at some point, and what better time than now?

So what do you have to win this GPU. Follow my instructions carefully, for you have two options: First, you can play a game in tonight's Friday Night Fights, kicking off what is surely to be an amazing series of prizes. This is good for both Quake and Cosmic Cannon, so be aware of that. For those a little less inclined for the competitive nature of FNF, you can bust out your Twitter (you have one, right?), and tweet your favorite random song lyric, followed by "#FNF". Everything else can be handled on our end.

Keep your eyes peeled next Friday, as that is when we are going to announce the winner of this graphics card. So who can we thank for this awesome prize? Well, all this goes out to Eidos Interactive and their game Battlestations: Pacific. Thanks for the kick-ass prize Eidos, and to everyone, good luck!


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The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 06/26/2009 13:45
All other readers need not enter.
mix's Avatar
mix at 06/26/2009 13:58
Stupid twiiter prizes, I refuse to join up.......lol

I can; however, play that game...MWA HA HA!
jackburnt's Avatar
jackburnt at 06/26/2009 14:05
Contest is over. Don't bother entering.

I could use this video card. My PC isn't horrible, but my card is.
Orionsaint's Avatar
Orionsaint at 06/26/2009 14:19
But in order for you to see our lyric post, don't you have to follow us on Twitter?
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar
EternalDeathSlayer at 06/26/2009 14:23
Is that card superior to the 9800 GT I have already? Mine has 1GB of memory, but it lacks that "X" at the end of the 9800 GT.

Just wondering, cause I wouldn't want to enter if I had no use for the card.
Ok Abacus's Avatar
Ok Abacus at 06/26/2009 14:24
No, they can just look up everyone who posted a tweet with #FNF in it
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 06/26/2009 14:34
I'll see if I can play any tonight.
Paustinj's Avatar
Paustinj at 06/26/2009 14:36
Twitter-tastic
Ben PerLee's Avatar
Ben PerLee at 06/26/2009 14:39
EDS:

The "x", I believe, makes it better. I think. Also, can't you double them up too?
Sgt Cheesecake's Avatar
Sgt Cheesecake at 06/26/2009 14:41
Hmm, and I was lookin to get a card to replace this integrated chipset! I'll have to participate in this contest.
Monodi's Avatar
Monodi at 06/26/2009 14:52
Fuck, I want some good hardware, i can't even play TF2
Monodi's Avatar
Monodi at 06/26/2009 14:54
Fuck, I want some good hardware, i can't even play TF2
Scrixx's Avatar
Scrixx at 06/26/2009 15:03
Being the PC Gamer Elitist, I need this more than anyone else!

Proof!

Scrixx will be on tonight on GoW2.
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 06/26/2009 15:06
I'd enter, but my video card beats that one.

And yes, more X's are better.
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar
EternalDeathSlayer at 06/26/2009 15:11
No you can't double them up if they aren't the exact same card, at least I think that's how it works.

Still, apparently the card is better all by itself. Hmmm.....
Kamanashi's Avatar
Kamanashi at 06/26/2009 15:14
I hope I win it. I would like to get a new computer built, and getting a free graphics card would help. Also, you can play Crysis at a decent frame rate on high with the 8800gt.
jellydoodle's Avatar
jellydoodle at 06/26/2009 15:29
yeah, they have to be the same card to be eligible for SLI
mxs102's Avatar
mxs102 at 06/26/2009 15:38
I rully want this :(.

I'm running an f*cking Intel Chipset X3000 video card or something. It sucks Q.Q
mix's Avatar
mix at 06/26/2009 15:45
@EDS

Yeah if the card isn't the exact same card SLI = no go.

I think the "X" in the card means:
"Lets tweak this card ever so slighty to gain a 2% increase in clock speed which costs us nothing to do, toss the "Amazingly awesome consumer mind screwing X" on it and sell it for $50 more than any other card"

Quotes within quotes FTW!
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 06/26/2009 15:58
I've got the BFG version of that card and it runs crysis pretty well. I just need a faster processor.
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 06/26/2009 16:11
@mix, that's pretty much right. But the GTX cards are the l33t ones.
psycho terror2's Avatar
psycho terror2 at 06/26/2009 16:33
@mix

"Yeah if the card isn't the exact same card SLI = no go."

that's mostly true, however you can SLI a 9800GTX with a 9800GTX+.
CWal37's Avatar
CWal37 at 06/26/2009 16:35
You can only use two different cards for Crossfire on the ATi side, but then they only run at the speed of the slowest card.
ww3pl's Avatar
ww3pl at 06/26/2009 17:21
Okay, i'll try to win this. But, as always, i won't.
My Radeon 9550 is almost dead right now, i need some new graphic card.
pedrovay2003's Avatar
pedrovay2003 at 06/26/2009 17:51
Since I have no knowledge of twitter, please tell me, am I supposed to put the #FNF with or without quotes, and just a space after the line of the song I type up?
lucashoal's Avatar
lucashoal at 06/26/2009 18:27
@pedro - without, probably. And yeah, a space.

Also I could use this well.
Ben PerLee's Avatar
Ben PerLee at 06/26/2009 18:29
no quotes, just #fnf after saying your lines. for example how it would look in twitter:

BenPerLee I like big butts and I cannot lie #fnf
Monodi's Avatar
Monodi at 06/26/2009 18:41
Is it valid if I put #FNF before the lyrics?
Ben PerLee's Avatar
Ben PerLee at 06/26/2009 20:23
Monodi: I believe so
wobbledong's Avatar
wobbledong at 06/26/2009 22:30
Ugh, the thing i have never been able to buy due to not having a job or being able to save enough to replace my piece of shit card
Uniquenamehere's Avatar
Uniquenamehere at 06/29/2009 02:19
I love my 9800GX2 you will be water cooled soon. A word of warning to whoever wins this make sure you have decent cooling this thing runs hot and pumps out a lot of heat in to the case.
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