ASUS Republic of Gamers Launches ROG OC Showdown Online Overclocking Competition

Great prizes up for grabs for all owners of ASUS, ROG & TUF Z97 motherboards, in co-operation with HWBot.org

 

Taipei, Taiwan, (15^th July, 2014) — ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today launched its ROG OC Showdown online overclocking competition in co-operation with HWBot.org. Any overclocker using ASUS, ROG or TUF Z97 motherboards can enter. The competition will run for one month between July 15th, 2014 to August 15th, 2014, with the grand prize of a future ROG X99 motherboard. Additionally there is a prize of $1,000 for any world record broken by the end of the competition.

 

Seeking the best 2D, 3D and Max CPU scores

The competition will focus on three areas for benchmarking:

• Maximum CPU frequency
• SuperPi 32M
• 3DMark Sky Diver

 

Content Prizes

Grand Prize (accumulation of points across all three benchmarks):

• Future ROG X99 motherboard (at product launch)

 

Prizes per benchmark

• 1^st place: Choice of any ROG Maximus VII series motherboard or ROG Matrix R9 290X graphics card
• 2^nd place: Choice of Maximus VII Formula or Maximus VII Impact motherboard

 

For any world record broken in the three benchmarks by the final event date, ASUS will additionally award a prize of USD $1,000.

For further competition details, rules and regulations or to register to join, please visit the competition page: http://hwbot.org/competition/rogocshowdown_z97

 

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ASUS is a worldwide top-three consumer notebook vendor and maker of the world’s best-selling, most award-winning, motherboards. A leading enterprise in the new digital era, ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today’s digital home and office, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktop and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia devices, wireless solutions, networking devices, tablets and smartphones. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 4,256 awards in 2013 and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with its Eee PC™. ASUS has more than 13,600 employees around the globe with a world-class R&D team of 4,500 engineers. Company revenue for 2013 was approximately US$14 billion.