I think i won a ATI 9600 XT!!! Check it out.

[Vairu]

I entered this contest:
Win a new ATI RADEON™ 9600 XT graphics card!

At the bottom of that page i talk about getting e-mailed saying that i won it! Check it out and tell me if you think it's legit, here's the e-mail:

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Congratulations!!!!

As you probably know by now from Stratics, you won the ATI 9600 graphics card! I hope that you will enjoy it , it is what I use and find it to be spectacular! If you will send me a shipping address, I will send it insured and priority mail today so you have it in time for the holidays.

I am also including a boxed set of Shadowlands to try it out on if you like.

To send UPS , I need a physical mailing address (not a PO Box) and contact phone number for the driver.

Also, may I list your name and state on our site as a winner in the contest?

Sincerely,



Terri "Ziana" Perkins
Online Product Manager
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I believe this is truly legit, the contest closed early this morning, i recieved the -mail at 10:00 A.M. EST. Also, it's from the company sponsering the contest, not a wierd e-mail.
Here is the company responsible for it:
http://www.funcom.com

The e-mail(er) never asked for credit card info or etc. And upon entering the contest they only ask of you to input: Name, E-mail address. That's why they asked for the address. Please let me know if this is true, if it is then i would die! I never won anything of this amount. And i entered for it LAST NIGHT at 11:00 EST and it closed today, i didn't hear about it till yesterday!! AHH. This rocks! Later, and thanks for the time.

[Vairu]

Woot!!! They just got back with me and said that their sending it and i'll have it friday, i'm getting a tracking number any minute now! This is awesome i can't believe i won !!

Btw, is this card better than a 9600Pro, i looked at the specs and it said it is...

http://buy.ati.com/shopati/product.a...00&country=USA

[The Heretic]

Congrats.

That is extremely lucky

:spin: :spin: :spin: :spin: :spin:

[Aniedi]

Yeah, as you say the only time such things are not legit is when you did NOT enter the contest or they come from some outside email/require payment or something.

Congrats!

[The Heretic]

Oh and you also asked is it better than a 9600pro.

It has higher clock speeds (faster processing) and features overdrive, which is the very first ATi endorsed overclocking system. Prior to that, any overclocking instantly voided the warranty.

[Vairu]

oh sweet! i noticed that the normal clock speed for this card is 500mhz, i checked the 9800XT series and it's clock speed was only 412mhz. I'm assuming this means mine is faster, although those have more memory and 100mhz~ faster ram. Is this good?

Here's the link to 9800 specs:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...alue=4989,3671

[Doppelganger]

9800xt is an entirely different card..

9800 have a starting clock of about 350mh, but it's dual ramdacs have 8 pixle pipes and that basically makes it like compairing a 2.5p4 to a 2.4 HT p4. former has higher clock, latter has more actual operations posible per second.

this card owns though, and hopefully ill be able to get it for chirstmas (to complement the new ram i just got).




whatever you do, don't use catalyst 3.8, ffxi doen't like it...

[Vairu]

really?? man then i can't use the overclocking thingy, oh well. What exactly doesn't work with ffxi and 3.8? Thanks for the heads up!