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    News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    Epic winnings to be had with HEXUS, Dabs and Zotac.
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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    What about GTX 295s, shouldn't they be counted in the deal? For the winner that'll be a buy one, get one free like deal, and they could put them in Quad SLi.
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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    This competition is a bit of a croc - the email address is not valid. Please sort it Hexus.

    zotaccontest@dabs.com
    SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<zotaccontest@dabs.com>:
    host eleusis.dabs.com [194.70.94.161]: 550 5.1.1 User unknown

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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    Buy a graphics card... and then win a better one... which is either going to turn the one you just bought into an unwanted paperweight, or be too big and hot for your system which is why you didn't buy it in the first place...

    Well thought out...

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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    The zotaccontest@dabs.com address isn't working for free entry.....

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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    Maybe we've just been spoiled too much by Hexus competitions!

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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    What a bizarre competition. If I won this I'd just sell one of the two cards straight off, probably the 295.

    It almost feels like someone has decided on the value of the prize they want to give and not really thought of the practicalities.

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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    Apologies all, the address is being fixed now and will be available shortly.

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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    in other words
    sorry folks was hoping nobody would see the free address (we tried to make it as small as possible!) so didn't bother actually setting up the email account, all fixed!



    also, worst competition ever

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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    Funny... Zotac cards launch, but they don't have any in stock... (sorry, there's actually 1 model available - GTX 260).

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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    A bit of an odd prize and entry rules....but I'm sure they're genuine....

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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    Seems a curious reason to have a contest, given this isn't a card launch, just a "we've started stocking a different brand" launch - Zotac GTX cards have been available from other etailers for months. It's almost like Dabs is trying to celebrate being behind in the game...

    +1 to Zotac's marketing department for talking Dabs and Hexus into it though

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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    Surely buy the GTX260, if you win the GTX295, the 260 will make a great PhysX card or second machine... or I'd just sell the GTX260 I think.

    If I were in the market for a new graphics card right now, may as well take advantage of this - it's better than nothing!

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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    I was going to buy the GTX260 anyway, would be pretty sweet if I won the 295! Cant see why people are complaining

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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    LOL you tell me who has got stock of nvidia these days although i have spoke to Dabs and they claim they are getting a load of 285 and 275 this week

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    Re: News - Win a Zotac GTX 295 in Dabs launch celebration

    be interesting if they do... supposedly EOL'd now

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