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Nvidia is giving away three retro RTX 4080 Super gaming PCs to celebrate 25 years of GPUs

Perfect for the newly released Quake III... or StarCraft
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Nvidia is giving away three retro RTX 4080 Super gaming PCs to celebrate 25 years of GPUs
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Today, on October 11th, it has been 25 years since the release of the Nvidia GeForce 256 – dubbed the “world’s first GPU”. It was a heck of a GPU if you wanted high framerates in 1999’s Quake III Arena (which no doubt looked fantastic on an old CRT monitor).

In a new blog post, Nvidia has been taking us back through the years, explaining all the advancements it has made along the way, right up to the present – and beyond. Well, to celebrate the occasion, Team Green has announced that it’s giving away a total of three retro-look RTX 4080 Super PCs.

Enter the retro-styled RTX 4080 Super gaming PC giveaway

If you feel like gaming PCs just don’t look as great as they used to, or want a unique custom build featuring the powerful RTX 4080 Super, then head on over to the official Reddit post on r/nvidia. Perfect for just about any game you throw at it in 4K – yes, that includes Quake III, Unreal Tournament, or StarCraft.

We reviewed the RTX 4080 Super, calling it “A true beast for 4K gaming”. With that in mind, here are the three custom sleeper builds up for grabs.

Specification@peachietech‘s classic HP Pavilion rig@PCJunkieMods‘ eMachines rig@PCJunkieMods‘ classic Gateway rig
GPUGeForce RTX 4080 SUPERGeForce RTX 4080 SUPERGeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
CPUIntel Core i7-14700KAMD Ryzen 7 7800X3DAMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
MotherboardASUS ROG Strix B760-IASUS TUF Gaming B650M-PLUSMSI MAG X670E Tomahawk
MemoryCorsair Vengeance 64GB DDR-5200 CL40 RAMG.Skill Trident Z5 32GB RAMCorsair Vengeance 32GB DDR5-600 CL36 RAM

How to enter

There are a few different ways of entering the giveaway, you can select your chosen method below:

  • Follow “specific GeForce 256 prompts” on Nvidia’s social channel (like and comment on the post with the #GeForceDay hashtag)
  • Post your favorite PC game of the GeForce 256 era on the Reddit thread

Now all you need is a ball mouse and CRT monitor.

Source: Reddit

You can read the full terms and conditions of the ‘Sleeper Build Giveaway’ here. Do note that there’s only a limited number of eligible countries. They are as follows:

  • Australia (excluding New South Wales, South Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory)
  • Austria
  • Brazil
  • Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec)
  • Chile
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Japan
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Peru
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America (excluding New York, Florida, Puerto Rico and its other Territories and Possessions)
  • Vietnam

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