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FINISHED The Awesome RPS Gaming Rig Give Away

By Jeremy Laird on January 4th, 2013 at 11:03 am.

Come on down for some actually pretty good prizes

Update: OK, we’ve now had correct answers to both questions, so please cease your frenzied entries now. Thanks for getting involved, all. Now updated with answers. Well done to our two winners! And for the avoidance of doubt, our two winners know who they are!

This is it, folks. Your chance to live the dream and kick off 2013 in style. I’ve scratched backs, pulled strings and fiddled with knobs. The result is that we’re giving away a pair of gaming rig kits composed of RPS’s favourite clobber. So, that’s an Intel Core i5-3570K processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 graphics and some Z77 motherboard action. And it can all be yours. All you have to do is riddle me these questions three. Well, two and a tie breaker…

Question 1.
What are (or were) 16-1-1-1 and 16-1-3-1?

Answer is ATI R520 and R580 GPUs respectively (not R530 as some answered), aka ATI Radeon X1800 and X1900 with everything switched on. The numbers indicate pipelines – textures per pipe – shader ALUs per pipe – Z samples per pipe.

Question 2.
What was the first flagship CPU I ever reviewed?

Answer is Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, codename Gallatin.

Tie breaker:
What PC game do I currently use for testing CPU performance, at what resolution setting and what anti-aliasing setting?

With the ever present threat of Google spoiling things, especially ref the first question, there will be no clues other than the context is gaming-relevant PC hardware. Well, no clues unless it transpires you really need them!

We’ve got two kits, one for the UK and one for those beyond our sodden shores. Please indicate if you’re UK or overseas in your answers. You can answer one or both of the questions. The first RPSer to get either correct takes half of the booty.

This could get a bit messy, but I will do my best to arrive at one prize for the UK and one for overseas. The tie breaker will come into play if needed. You can give your answers below or in an email (you can mail me by clicking on my name at the top of this post). Note that I will not comment on any answers until the final prize giving. But obviously there’s not a lot of point in repeating any answers someone has already given.

Judges’ decisions are final. No cash alternatives. The value of your investment can go down as well as up. Do not pass go. Etc.

What you’ll win:
To be absolutely clear, what you’ll win is a CPU, motherboard and graphics card. No case. No power supply. No memory. No operating system. Just the core hardware elements for making a fantastic gaming rig. If you’re not comfortable with a bit of self-build, this probably isn’t the compo for you.

With that I wish you good luck and God speed!

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163 Comments »

  1. 04/01/2013 at 11:07 CMaster says:

    Errr, and how do we enter?

  2. 04/01/2013 at 11:10 horicul says:

    Q1: 16-1-1-1 and 16-1-3-1 look like memory timings
    Q2: hopefully Core i7 3960X
    Tie: I will answer in a minute (still hoping to be the first)

    P.S. I am overseeas

  3. 04/01/2013 at 11:12 FurryLippedSquid says:

    Q1: Dunno
    Q2: Intel P90!

    Tie: Metro 2033 1920×1080

  4. 04/01/2013 at 11:14 MYstIC G says:

    Q1: PCIe Configurations

  5. 04/01/2013 at 11:14 SMorris says:

    Q1: 16-1-1-1 and 16-1-3-1 were PCI Express line patterns

    Location: The lovely UK

  6. 04/01/2013 at 11:15 Deathmaster says:

    Blazing fast Googlesearch gives me a:

    Q1: PCI configs
    Q2: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650
    Tie: Far Cry 3 on 1920×1080 with 16x FXAA

    I’m from ze Netherlands

  7. 04/01/2013 at 11:16 Kobest says:

    Q2: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650

    Tie Breaker: World in Conflict, 1920×1080, 4x-8x :)

    Overseas guesser.

  8. 04/01/2013 at 11:16 gktscrk says:

    Q2: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650

  9. 04/01/2013 at 11:16 Richie Shoemaker says:

    Is #1 Stoke’s default tactical formation in FM2013?

  10. 04/01/2013 at 11:17 sinister agent says:

    Question 1.
    What are (or were) 16-1-1-1 and 16-1-3-1?

    Sven-Göran Eriksson’s first choice of formations before the coach had a quiet word. And after.

    Question 2.
    What was the first flagship CPU I ever reviewed?

    Er… the Bertram Quibblywoo 4500.b, #.0e3

    Tie breaker:
    What PC game do I currently use for testing CPU performance, at what resolution setting and what anti-aliasing setting?

    Game: Mount and Blade.
    Resolution: 400,000³
    Anti-aliasing: Yes.

  11. 04/01/2013 at 11:17 Chairs says:

    Q1 – PCIe patterns
    Q2 – Intel QX9650
    Tie – Far Cry 3 1920 x 1080 16x FXAA

    and UK based

  12. 04/01/2013 at 11:17 lordcooper says:

    Question 2: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650

    I’m in the UK.

    E: *Shakes a bony fist at Chairs*

  13. 04/01/2013 at 11:19 Persus-9 says:

    Overseas and I dare say too late but: -

    16-1-1-1 and 16-1-3-1 were configurations for R530 and R580 ATI GPUs respectively. The numbers indicate the number of pipelines, the number of texture units per pipeline, parallel shader ALUs per pipeline and the number of Z samples per pipeline.

  14. 04/01/2013 at 11:19 Ricc says:

    Q1 – PCIe Configurations
    Q2 – Intel QX9650
    Tie – Metro 2033 2560×1600, 16x FXAA

    based in Austria

  15. 04/01/2013 at 11:20 Gemberkoekje says:

    Question 1.
    What are (or were) 16-1-1-1 and 16-1-3-1?
    Undoubtably Bible references, Exodus 16-1-1-1 till 16-1-3-1

    Question 2.
    What was the first flagship CPU I ever reviewed?
    Trick question: Flagships are sailing ships, and therefor have no CPU’s. You therefor cannot have reviewed any.

    Tie breaker:
    What PC game do I currently use for testing CPU performance, at what resolution setting and what anti-aliasing setting?
    Pac-Man, 320×240, no anti aliasing. Anti aliasing doesn’t work on Pacman.

    • 04/01/2013 at 11:28 Gemberkoekje says:

      I am overseas by the way. Not by much, the Netherlands.

    • 04/01/2013 at 11:29 Dowr says:

      All three questions are related to PC-hardware, so the first question is diffidently not a biblical inquiry.

      • 04/01/2013 at 19:17 arccos says:

        Unless God is a sweet desktop.

        And behold, I spoke unto Him and He said “Take with you seven pairs of all clean gamers, if you can find them and they somehow have mates. Flood the rest with IGN quotes.”

    • 06/01/2013 at 00:27 gmillar says:

      Also, it’s been a long time since flagships were sailing ships, and all modern ships have a lot of computer hardware on them these days.

  16. 04/01/2013 at 11:20 Champy says:

    Q2: Intel Core 2 Extreme Edition X6800 (31/08/2006)

  17. 04/01/2013 at 11:21 Dowson says:

    I think people aren’t reading far enough
    “You can give your answers below or in an email (you can mail me by clicking on my name at the top of this post).”

    You might need to edit the post and place this right at the top, in bold, and size 30 font.

  18. 04/01/2013 at 11:22 Advanced Assault Hippo says:

    Q1: Random numbers that mean nothing.
    Q2: Intel 4004
    Tie: Leisure Suit Larry.

  19. 04/01/2013 at 11:23 xcopy says:

    I don´t want to enter the competition, I just want to share my joy and excitement that exactly these parts (and some more) will arrive tomorrow at my doorstep! Happy Happy Joy Joy!

    Crucial m4 SSD 256GB, 2.5″, SATA 6Gb/s (CT256M4SSD2)
    Intel Core i5-3570K, 4x 3.40GHz, boxed (BX80637I53570K)
    Corsair Vengeance Low Profile schwarz DIMM Kit 8GB PC3-12800U CL9-9-9-24 (DDR3-1600) (CML8GX3M2A1600C9)
    Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 OC, 2GB GDDR5, 2x DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort (GV-N670OC-2GD)
    Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H, Z77 (dual PC3-12800U DDR3)
    BenQ XL2420T, 24″ (9H.L7PLB.QBE)
    Noiseblocker NB-eLoop S-Series B12-PS
    Thermalright HR-02 Macho Rev. A (BW)
    anidées AI6BS Black Silent, schallgedämmt (AI-06BS)
    TP-Link TL-WDN4800, 450Mbps (MIMO) Dual Band, PCIe x1
    Sea Sonic G-Series G-650 650W ATX 2.3 (SSR-650RM) (semi-passiv)

  20. 04/01/2013 at 11:24 boxjar says:

    No idea, but I am based in the UK, I’ll tell you that much.

  21. 04/01/2013 at 11:25 FurryLippedSquid says:

    Tie: Fighter.

    • 04/01/2013 at 11:31 The white guar says:

      come to think of it, win-fighters would have been far better ships for the empire fleet

      • 04/01/2013 at 13:09 DeVadder says:

        Now everyone looks wierd at me because i burst into laughing while the prof explained Erlangs approximation for the throughput of nXn switches.
        I mean, that IS kinda funny because it gets used all the time while having no proper mathematical or physical foundation, but still…

  22. 04/01/2013 at 11:26 Stephen Roberts says:

    This post is full of reasons why I love RPS.
    - Bob Barker
    - Genuinely tricky questions
    - No sympathy for those that can’t build a PC
    Cmere RPS, let me hug you

    • 04/01/2013 at 11:31 Hoaxfish says:

      No sympathy for those that can’t build a PC

      That makes me feel better about not knowing any of the answers. While I can build a PC, my current case etc is one of those non-standard abominations, so I’d have to buy all that new to get any use out of the prize.

  23. 04/01/2013 at 11:26 The white guar says:

    why, clearly 16-1-1-1 is 13 and 16-1-3-1 is, hum, 11

  24. 04/01/2013 at 11:27 Dowr says:

    I would enter this competition, but I know these prizes will end up on eBay if I were to win; wouldn’t be fair on the rest of you people.

  25. 04/01/2013 at 11:27 Demigod says:

    1. configurations for ati R530 = 16-1-1-1 and R580 = 16-1-3-1 for from back in 2006 iirc?

    2. Intel QX9650

    3. Farcry 2 1920 x 1080 16x FXAA

  26. 04/01/2013 at 11:27 MD says:

    Question 1.
    What are (or were) 16-1-1-1 and 16-1-3-1?

    video card specs — respectively: pipelines, texture units per pipeline, parallel shader ALUs per pipeline, and Z samples per pipeline

  27. 04/01/2013 at 11:29 LJFHutch says:

    1 – No idea
    2 – No idea
    3 – No idea

  28. 04/01/2013 at 11:32 Dana says:

    I don’t know. I stay away from hardware reviews to not upset my wallet.

  29. 04/01/2013 at 11:32 Dr. Tran says:

    Q. 1: is the NVIDIA nForce 500 Configuration (http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce5_specs_amd.html)

    Q. 2: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650

    Q 3: errrm Psychonauts?

    Wild guesses probably wrong.

    Shrewsbury, UK and proud.

  30. 04/01/2013 at 11:32 smileyz says:

    1. ATI R520 and R580 configurations. pipelines, texture units, shaders, Z
    2. Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650

    TB: World in Conflict, 1,366 x 768, 4x AA and Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim @ 1,366 x 768, 4x AA

  31. 04/01/2013 at 11:33 takosmegas says:

    Q1 – PCIe patterns
    Q2 – Intel QX9650
    Tie – Far Cry 3 1920 x 1080 16x FXAA

    I live in Greece therefore Overseas
    p.s: it Rhymes!!

  32. 04/01/2013 at 11:34 spy says:

    q1:

    pci slots, and their patterns on the mobo

    q2

    gonna say the i5

    for the tie, gonna say 3dMark and test it throughly on all possible settings

    and location is finland

  33. 04/01/2013 at 11:34 Zhou says:

    1. PCI express lane configurations
    2. Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800
    Tie: World in Conflict, 1280×720, 0xAA and 1366×768 4xAA. Also Skyrim 1280×720 0xAA and 1366×768 4xAA

    Edit: UK here.

  34. 04/01/2013 at 11:36 theditor says:

    PCIe configs
    Intel qx9650
    Far cry 2 1920 x 1080 and16x fxaa

    Oh and I’m one of those overseas types.

  35. 04/01/2013 at 11:39 Doom321 says:

    Question 1: Bible references!
    Question 2: You didnt, because flagships are ships and not computers.
    Tie Breaker: Far Cry 3 1920 x 1080 16x FXAA

    Offshores In Australia! (auzzies ftw)

  36. 04/01/2013 at 11:40 mfcrocker says:

    Screw it, don’t try don’t get.

    1) PCIe lane configurations
    2) QX9650
    Tie) Far Cry 3 1920×1080 16x FXAA

    I’m a UK bod.

  37. 04/01/2013 at 11:44 Alec Meer says:

    Update above in case you didnae see it:

    Question 2 is still live @ 11:41 UK time, but Question 1 was won by an overseas RPSer, so Q2 is now only open to UK readers!

  38. 04/01/2013 at 11:45 MD says:

    Q2: AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition

    (non-uk)

  39. 04/01/2013 at 11:45 Jamie White says:

    Q1 – graphics card architecture configurations (for R520 and R580, in that order)
    Q2 – Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650
    Tie – Metro 2033 at 1,280 x 800 with no anti-aliasing

    I’m in the UK btw.

  40. 04/01/2013 at 11:45 AbyssUK says:

    I emailed but anayway…
    1) R520 and R580 roadmaps as people have said its also the PCIe lane config [oops RPS]
    2) QX950

    3) Am guessing lost planet or quake 4 at 640×480 [testing the CPU people not the GPU]

  41. 04/01/2013 at 11:47 Sussid says:

    Question 1) PCI-Express lane configs for ATI cards
    Question 2) Intel’s QX9650
    Tie ) Tie – Far Cry 3 1920 x 1080 16x FXAA

    I’m in Finland.(dragging my computer to and from a New Year’s LAN party did not do the motherboard any favors in this weather of Ice and Sludge).

  42. 04/01/2013 at 11:47 Fireprufe15 says:

    South Africa

    Q1: 16-1-1-1 and 16-1-3-1 are vid card specs, I think. MAy be too late haha.
    Q2: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650
    Tie Breaker: No idea, so im copying someone Farcry 2 1920 x 1080 16x FXAA

  43. 04/01/2013 at 11:48 Createx says:

    Q1: K/D in shootymanshooter of choice. Number three indicates number of opponents teabagged and #4 is number of profane insults yelled (those add to the K/D nowadays!)
    Q2: Zilog Z80
    Tie: Pong

  44. 04/01/2013 at 11:53 AbyssUK says:

    ME again…
    question 2
    AMD Phenom 9700

  45. 04/01/2013 at 11:53 Flukie says:

    I’m happy you are giving away my PC configuration, its good stuff.

    • 04/01/2013 at 12:45 Shadowcat says:

      It’s actually your PC. If you’re out at the moment, I expect the prize is on its way; otherwise you can probably delay things for a bit (at least until you run out of milk, and need to nip out to the shop).

  46. 04/01/2013 at 11:54 Ridnarhtim says:

    I’m not even sure how you define something as a “flagship” CPU.

  47. 04/01/2013 at 11:56 Jeremy Laird says:

    Looks like you’re going to need some help with Question 2.

    If you’ve haven’t seen the update in the story:

    HINT: It’s a bit older than most people are guessing (ie pre 2007) and you won’t find the review online.

  48. 04/01/2013 at 11:56 Turin Turambar says:

    Damnit who was the overseas winner? Was it me?

  49. 04/01/2013 at 11:56 RealWeaponX says:

    2. Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5GHz?

    Edit: ah, pre 2007 you say…

  50. 04/01/2013 at 11:57 kael13 says:

    Q2: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650
    And the Tie: Far Cry 3 on 1920×1080 with 16x FXAA

    I’m from the UK!

  51. 04/01/2013 at 11:58 golem09 says:

    UK only?
    Not even fellow europeans? My bad for getting up late :(

  52. 04/01/2013 at 11:59 julius 85 says:

    1: memory timings
    2: Intel Core 2 Extreme Edition X6800
    Tie breaker: World in Conflict, 1920×1080, no AA
    Overseas

  53. 04/01/2013 at 11:59 Sohum says:

    Q2: The Core 2 Extreme Edition X6800?
    Tiebreaker: let’s copy other people! Far Cry 3 on 1920×1080 with 16x FXAA

    UK player.

  54. 04/01/2013 at 12:00 MYstIC G says:

    This is a total guess but:

    Q2: Intel® Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600

    Congratulations to whoever won on Q1

  55. 04/01/2013 at 12:00 Jschnitz says:

    2 Intel Core 2 Extreme Edition X6800

    Edit: Well, no point to post this now.

    Congrats to the winners though!

  56. 04/01/2013 at 12:01 gingerpembers says:

    Answer to Question 2:

    Was it Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650?

    Please be right, I’m getting married this year and have no monies for gamage :(

    (Dont let the wife see that sad face!)

    From UK

  57. 04/01/2013 at 12:01 Pengun says:

    Well, with your time at PC Format I’m guessing it is either a Coppermine or Tualatin P III. For a guess I’m going to go with a PIII 1266S.

    Oh Darn, I want to change my guess – it’s a Pentium 4 2.00GHz. Can I change my guess? Can I, please? Unless the other one is right – in which case I don’t want to.

    Personally, you can’t beat ARMA II for testing horsepower. Running at 1280X1024 and FXAA x2, FSAA x1 That’s my guess.
    And I live in good ‘ol Blighty

  58. 04/01/2013 at 12:02 gingerpembers says:

    For the tie breaker, Im saying:

    Planetside 2, at 1920×1080, x16 AA

    From UK, and penniless.

    PENNILESS.

  59. 04/01/2013 at 12:03 Llewyn says:

    As a UK bod, I’m going to go for Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965840.

  60. 04/01/2013 at 12:04 Ridnarhtim says:

    Is there a limit to how many guesses we can send in?

  61. 04/01/2013 at 12:04 Deathmaster says:

    So uhm, no point in entering as an overseas RPSer now?

  62. 04/01/2013 at 12:05 arcadesdude says:

    Question 1.
    What are (or were) 16-1-1-1 and 16-1-3-1?

    Configuration settings for ATI R530 16-1-1-1 and R580 16-1-3-1

    Question 2.
    What was the first flagship CPU I ever reviewed?

    Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 although you mention cpu reviews related to AMD Dual Core 2.4ghz in your Oblivion reviews from 2006.

    Tie breaker:
    What PC game do I currently use for testing CPU performance, at what resolution setting and what anti-aliasing setting?

    Skyrim @ 1,280 x 720, 0x AA, high detail and also @ 1,366 x 768, 4x AA, ultra detail

  63. 04/01/2013 at 12:08 arcadesdude says:

    Question 2.
    What was the first flagship CPU I ever reviewed?

    AMD 64 X-2 2.4Ghz (4600+ or 4800+)

  64. 04/01/2013 at 12:10 GeoGecko says:

    Question 2:
    AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

    Tie:
    Far Cry 3,1920×1080, 8x FXAA

    From the UK

  65. 04/01/2013 at 12:10 RealWeaponX says:

    Total guess for q2: AMD Athlon 64 FX-51

  66. 04/01/2013 at 12:11 arcadesdude says:

    I’m in the US.

  67. 04/01/2013 at 12:11 gnodab says:

    HAPPY! HAPPY! JOY! JOY!
    CRUSH! KILL! DESTROY! GOOI!

    that is all.

  68. 04/01/2013 at 12:11 Sohum says:

    Yea, I’m going to guess it has to do with PC Format, and I don’t see any viable way to scan its back issues right now :P Good luck, and congrats to whoever wins!

  69. 04/01/2013 at 12:12 Donkeyfumbler says:

    I reckon the CPU was the AMD Athlon XP (the 3200+ if I have to be specific)

    I also reckon I’m wrong (and from the UK)

  70. 04/01/2013 at 12:12 ThinkAndGrowWitcher says:

    Q2 Guess: Original Athlon 64 (2003) – not that I think you look that old, Jeremy. ;)

    [uk]

  71. 04/01/2013 at 12:12 gingerpembers says:

    How about, (Question 2) AMD’s FX-8120

    I had one of those and they were awesome.

    From UK.

  72. 04/01/2013 at 12:13 Jamie White says:

    Phew, it’s tough.

    Q2 – Intel Pentium 4 Willamette

    UK

  73. 04/01/2013 at 12:15 Christian says:

    So the prize is already gone and no deadline, just the first answer wins?
    So for the next give-away, I’ll have to stalk RPS 24/7 to even have a chance of winning? What about the tried method of “answer until sundown today and our trusted friend random.org will choose a winner”?

    Sadface.

    Anyway, congrats to the supposedly never-sleeping winner :)

    • 04/01/2013 at 12:26 SanguineAngel says:

      I guess the time pressure causes people to take a stab super quick rather than taking their time to research it on the internet and provide many identical answers.

    • 04/01/2013 at 12:34 El_Emmental says:

      There’s just two upgrade kit, and a little bit more than 2 millions unique visitors per month (see the ABC certificate from March), no need to make this more sentimental than it needs.

      I understand everyone would like such things, and spare money is expensive, but there’s still plenty of excellent games not requiring a juggernaut rig – my rigs usually last 4-5 years, I’ve never played a game (released in the last 3 months) at maximum settings and I’m doing just fine.

      And with the christmas sales on Steam (and other digital platforms), you should have enough (less demanding) games to play for the next 6 months.

  74. 04/01/2013 at 12:17 lim_ak says:

    UK guesser

    2. I’m going to guess a Northwood P4, SL66S. Not at all a complete stab in the dark.

  75. 04/01/2013 at 12:19 gingerpembers says:

    Hmm, surely Question 2 is the AMD Athlon 1800, I had one of them and they were delicious!

    UK.

  76. 04/01/2013 at 12:19 bglamb says:

    Q2: Was it the Pentium 4?

  77. 04/01/2013 at 12:20 AbyssUK says:

    Q2. Core 2 Extreme QX6700

  78. 04/01/2013 at 12:20 ecat says:

    q1:
    The codes to the two safes in which you keep your backups

    q2:
    The CPU on the HMS Nottingham. Fun fact, during testing a power glitch caused a crash… a crash into Australia.

    q3:
    Scrabble. The very best way to stress a GPU is to show it that it is not the only fruit.

  79. 04/01/2013 at 12:23 cocanut says:

    Q2. Athlon 64 FX-51
    T/B: Metro 2033 1920×1080 High
    From UK.

  80. 04/01/2013 at 12:24 AbyssUK says:

    Q2 Athlon 64 FX FX-60 ? my god man i am running out of flagship CPU’s

  81. 04/01/2013 at 12:25 Ninja Foodstuff says:

    Celeron M. And what a great review it was.

  82. 04/01/2013 at 12:25 zachforrest says:

    No idea what CPU means. A typo maybe?

    so i would guess – HMS Victory

  83. 04/01/2013 at 12:26 MYstIC G says:

    Since there doesn’t seem to be a winner I’ll have another guess then:

    Q2: Core 2 Duo E6600

  84. 04/01/2013 at 12:26 mickygor says:

    Q2: Pentium 4 Prescott 2M
    UK based

  85. 04/01/2013 at 12:26 Bennyjh says:

    Q2: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600?

    as for the tie breaker, is it The Witcher 2 at 1080p with 4xAA?

    im in the UK :)

  86. 04/01/2013 at 12:27 titreano says:

    Q2: Athlon 64 FX-55

    UK based ofc

  87. 04/01/2013 at 12:28 AbyssUK says:

    Right your blurb on techradar says you’ve been doing this for roughly a decade.. so final answer from me
    the 2004 release of the Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.4GHz…

  88. 04/01/2013 at 12:28 cokomonkey says:

    Q2: Athlon 64 X2

    UK

  89. 04/01/2013 at 12:29 Alec Meer says:

    OK, we appear to have both winners, so cease your guessing now, please. We’ll reopen in the event either can’t be contacted, but it’s most likely a done deal. Thanks for getting involved, all.

    And, er, if you signed up for RPS commenting with an email address you never check, check it now just in case.

  90. 04/01/2013 at 12:29 tigerfort says:

    First CPU? Intel P2 Xeon 450MHz

    CPU-testing wise, I’ll try MS Flight sim X, on 2560×1440.

    UK user

  91. 04/01/2013 at 12:29 VelvetFistIronGlove says:

    Q2: Intel 486DX-33.

  92. 04/01/2013 at 12:29 The Random One says:

    Q1: My girlfriend’s- why I never! *slaps Mr Laird*
    Q2: Lord Babbage’s Amazinge Machyne v 1.1
    Bonus: Crysis 8000 x 6800 for anything else is to show weakness

  93. 04/01/2013 at 12:30 peanut says:

    I’m going to take a wild guess at the AMD Athlon XP2000+.

    (from the uk)

  94. 04/01/2013 at 12:31 Ryan Huggins says:

    I hope they give a terrible graphics card. Like a GTX 620. Just to be those guys.

  95. 04/01/2013 at 12:34 IdleRover says:

    Wild guess:

    Q2: Intel Pentium 4 EE

    In the UK

    Edit: Congrats to the winners!

  96. 04/01/2013 at 12:35 bglamb says:

    How about the Pentium 3 then? Was that a thing? Still UK.

  97. 04/01/2013 at 12:38 tigershuffle says:

    Q2…….PhenomII 955 Black Edition …… cos its my favourite :)

    tie breaker… Minecraft 800×600 …everything off ….oh and its on a netbook whilst u hiding in the loo

    im from the land of tea drinking and fisticuffs

  98. 04/01/2013 at 12:40 Champy says:

    Who knows what the correct answer to Q2 was?

  99. 04/01/2013 at 12:41 Braderz says:

    Q2: AMD Athlon 64 X2

    Tie Breaker: Crysis 2 full/max settings

  100. 04/01/2013 at 13:27 MeestaNob says:

    Is the answer Batman? Both questions.

  101. 04/01/2013 at 14:04 uh20 says:

    GIVE ME BACK MY COMPUTER!!!!!!!!
    those are all the parts I used, exactly.

  102. 04/01/2013 at 14:23 Duke Nukem says:

    I can’t believe that I won. Thanks RPS!

  103. 04/01/2013 at 14:44 zat0ichi says:

    that looked fun.

  104. 04/01/2013 at 14:53 Jeremy Laird says:

    Now updated with answers.

    Question 1.
    What are (or were) 16-1-1-1 and 16-1-3-1?

    Answer is ATI R520 and R580 GPUs respectively (not R530 as some answered), aka ATI Radeon X1800 and X1900 with everything switched on. The numbers indicate pipelines – textures per pipe – shader ALUs per pipe – Z samples per pipe.

    Question 2.
    What was the first flagship CPU I ever reviewed?

    Answer is Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, codename Gallatin.

    Well done to our winners!

    • 04/01/2013 at 15:54 Persus-9 says:

      Lost it thanks to somebody else seven year old typo. Bloody hell. Oh well, if I’d known the answer I would have won but I didn’t so I made a mistake. That is fair, but bloody hell. *sob* Congratulations to those who did win.

    • 04/01/2013 at 15:59 AbyssUK says:

      Wow I was close at 12:28 eh :)

      • 04/01/2013 at 16:59 Jeremy Laird says:

        You were indeed very close.

        • 04/01/2013 at 17:30 Llewyn says:

          Yeah, I had to go back and double-check the time on my comment when I saw Abyss’ guess. I think there was another one a couple of minutes later as well, looks like we were all coming to the same conclusion at the same time (and Abyss had exhausted pretty much every other CPU ever made!)

          Thanks for running this contest, Jeremy. I’m one very happy chap indeed right now.

          • 05/01/2013 at 10:29 bglamb says:

            Goodness Gracious Me! Did you really hijack the win on mere specificity?

          • 05/01/2013 at 23:58 Llewyn says:

            No. I “hijacked” it by having the good fortune of guessing the right answer five minutes earlier than the next person to guess it (AbyssUK).

  105. 04/01/2013 at 20:55 Scandalon says:

    So what’s the answer to the tiebreaker?

  106. 04/01/2013 at 22:13 kibble-n-bullets says:

    It seems like that was a mighty short window of time to participate. Maybe stretch it out a bit next time?

    Edit: It’s still nice that you had the giveaway

    • 06/01/2013 at 15:15 aoanla says:

      I kinda agree with kibbles-n-bits: the first time I checked RPS after this post went up, it was already finished for more than an hour. Did the RPS hive-mind expect people to take longer to answer the questions than they did, or was the intent to have a really rapid-fire quiz that heavily depended on luck at being around when the quiz started?

      Again, I’m glad RPS had a quiz giveaway, and I don’t really mind that much that I didn’t have a chance to enter, more of a surprise that it all happened so fast…

  107. 05/01/2013 at 01:31 F3ck says:

    Oh, I think I get it now (just got in from the job); you are coming back and editing the original post as you receive correct answers/potential winners…yeah?

    Makes for one convo-fucking-luted read, my dearies.

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