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  1. 06-05-2002, 11:33 AM #16
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    Newbie-OC- How many people were there? Did you get to really talk to each company? and finally What free stuff did you get?
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    Originally posted by Trav2003
    Newbie-OC- How many people were there? Did you get to really talk to each company? and finally What free stuff did you get?

    There was about 500 and I got to talk with the matrox/seagate/nvida/amd guys for about an hour each was pretty fun as for free crap I got pens/shirts/notepads/stickers/keychains/demo cd's and AMD was giveing out yoyo's hehe
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    now if they were giving away free video cards...
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    Yeah i would have gone all the way to vancouver for some free vid cards. I see that all the US locations have already passed so if you want to get this you had better head up to canada.
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    Dunno if this has been posted yet:
    http://gamespot.com/gshw/stories/fla...865404,00.html

    Before you get all excited about surround gaming detach your nose from the monitor and move back about 3 feet. Now look right, left, straight ahead...can you fit 3 decent sized monitors on your desk? :P
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    Originally posted by richardginn
    now if they were giving away free video cards...
    Each vendor gave away 1-2 peices of hardware at the end of the night in a raffle
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    Originally posted by Skywize
    Dunno if this has been posted yet:
    http://gamespot.com/gshw/stories/fla...865404,00.html

    Before you get all excited about surround gaming detach your nose from the monitor and move back about 3 feet. Now look right, left, straight ahead...can you fit 3 decent sized monitors on your desk? :P
    Mine is pretty damn cluttered with only 1 17"
    buy a bigger desk?
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    Originally posted by Newbie-Overclocker



    There was about 500 and I got to talk with the matrox/seagate/nvida/amd guys for about an hour each was pretty fun as for free crap I got pens/shirts/notepads/stickers/keychains/demo cd's and AMD was giveing out yoyo's hehe
    Next time drop me a line! I live really close to there lol. It sounds great, pm or post a message next time when there is one please!
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    Originally posted by Deathjag


    Next time drop me a line! I live really close to there lol. It sounds great, pm or post a message next time when there is one please!
    I don't think you can just go, I think you have to work for a tech company in BC that dose some computer hardware sales not sure though.
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    well, crap. i guess that i might as well wait until the nv30 comes out. kinda worthless to have the top card for only 1 month!
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