How do I get the coupon code for GIFT AMD GOLD 3 GAMES Space Edition?

Where did you get the GPU from? Newegg? If so, you should get it from an auto-notification email from them.

Depends if it is included IN the packaging (did you READ any of the material that came with the card???), a label on the box, or a email validated that account before they send it to you.

Usually the latter is the most common as a way to trade the 'game' for your personal information to market better and keep you as a customer to them then say, spend that money on iTunes or a new Shirt.

They sent the codes to me by email after 1-2 days of purchase.

I had to fill out a form on a third-party website, give my personal information, provide a picture of myself holding the Reward Card with the code that I sent them as well. It was absolutely ridiculous. At one point I thought they simply weren't going to give me the game. They made it so much harder than it needed to be, just in hopes that I would give up. Ball ache. And then, in the end I got the choice between like 3 awful games. I think it was DiRT, Alan Wake, and a game I already had. Waste of time.

You bought it from a 3rd party? That's probably why, I bought it straight from newegg. And yeah, the game choices are pretty bad, I only liked sleeping dogs that I chose.

Alan Wake = Awful game? Are you serious????? It is a innovative, very interactive, damn funny as hell (the actor pulls off the most disturbingly funny 'videos' in the game!), and excellent gameplay with alot of repeat play (for example actually finding ALL the pages to his novel, kind of hard to do).

As for DiRT, again lots of replay value racer game that was rated of the 50 games to still "be playing" from 2007 when it was released, and still solid racing game.

I mean come on did you honestly think you were going to get FREE COD:AW? Alien:Isolation? AC:Unity?

The story was OK. I mean, it was good, but I hated the extremely repetitive "combat" system, and awkward over-shoulder camera angles that couldn't be changed. It made the story less immersive. You can't fault that. Some people can get by, I can't. Personal preference. I played it for a few days then it was old. And yes I know DiRT is one of the better racing games but what I meant is, I don't play racing games. I didn't want that one. It was bad, because it was a bad suggestion for me in particular. The last racing game I played was probably Project Gotham Racing 3.

I don't play ANY new games (except indie). The newest commercial game I've played is probably Farcry 3! I didn't expect anything amazing, but I expected more of a choice. What if I don't like racing games, or shooters? What if I wanted a platformer, or an RPG? (just examples). Even if it was something like ArcaniA, something old that I don't have, to add to my collection. Why should I have to feel like I'm wasting the code they gave me?

Fair enough, at least they gave me a code. But I shouldn't have to be grateful for it just because somebody else enjoys the games they offered. I didn't. Simple as. Especially considering the effort I had to go through to actually claim my game.

But I can see what you mean.

Well you have to blame console on that one. That game was being produced when consoles overtook PCs and essentially made PC play a niche (and seemingly dead soon SIGH!). I can't use the damn console controllers, tried since.. uhmm Sega... and well just plain kills my hands / thumbs and I can't for the life of me figure out how to use 8 buttons and TWO thumb joysticks at one time of current controllers. I also drive only Automatic cars too.. so if that says anything.. I loved the old school single joystick / buttons arcade style, but came to evolve with PC mouse/keyboard combo as I 'run and look' in two different directions was necessary for game play (those sneaky guys coming up behind you!).

As for the "don't play commercial games", I can't stand the Indie titles, they feel too.. well... old school ala Mario / Sonic / Tetris style for my taking. I like the detailed stories and details, like currently I am building my own mod pack for Skyrim as the original (even patched) just looks UGH and has so much more potential then the 100HOURS one can play on it.. I want it to be a game I will be playing for another couple years and still just 'mess with' when I want to (replay value) which has been hard since most FPS games are 'commercial server based' and can't get mappacks and other things I loved when playing SNIPER ONLY games or etc modes (Toy Soldiers is still my favorite mod ever!!!) for like COD MW2. I still do run throughs of old games like Bad Company 2, but being limited to a handful like that, it gets old playing only those couple of games for years with no 'add on' value unless I want to fork over money for 'no longer supported but still sold at full price' add ons.

IMHO, with the END of Windows (yes starting with Windows 8, Microsoft plan is to 'eliminate' the OS as you knew it, be more like W8Phone/iOS/AndroidOS), AMD stopped making gamer level desktop CPU/Mobo, and Intel shut down all desktop fabrication facilities once Haswell was released, and Broadwell was being completed. As noted here Skylake (http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/12/05/intel-corporations-skylake-is-a-bigger-deal-than-y.aspx) will require a whole new board, standards, etc. and is PRIMARILY focused (as all the 'computer' companies are) on portable devices (Ultrabooks, tablets, phones, etc.). The end is nigh for desktop systems.

I love most indie games. Granted, a lot of them are duds. But things like Kerbal Space Program are so good that I am willing to give indie games chance after chance. Don't get me wrong, I like the big, graphically challenging, story based games like Skyrim as well. But if you think about it, if a small Indie game can give you as much fun as a multi-million dollar product created by Bethesda or something, then it has to have some kind of appreciation. Really, it deserves more appreciation as the only thing that tends to grip you is the gameplay, which is what a lot of games lack these days. I don't solely play a particular genre or time; I just find most commercial games released these days concentrate far too much on the environment and graphics than they do on the actual game and story. Just Cause 2 was a perfect example for this (hated that game).

TBH I had no idea pc gaming was coming to an end. That's lame. I don't want an xbox, I don't want a PlayStation. But saying that, how many times have people speculated that something comes to an end, for it to turn around at the last second with new support and features? For instance I have an am3+ MoBo, and at one point people said am3+ had no future because of FM2 etc. But they decided to recently release a bunch of new processors and compatible stuff with am3+ (I'm pretty sure anyway) meaning I can go a little while longer before I need a full upgrade. And what's stopping game developers from creating a new OS, FOR INSTANCE, SteamOS, or even Ubuntu (which I also use) to continue with. I'm not that indulged with tech news and the like, so my two cents may be biased or simply uninformative. I don't think Desktop gaming will die for a while. It has a big audience.

Please don't' tl;dr - I took time to talk about it, please take the time to read what I am saying.



Well now you made me look it up! LOL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_FX_microprocessors
They only snuck out the FX-8xxx series 1 new CPU, then 2 Low Power variants after a full year since the last FX was released, but more then 2 years since they promoted the last FX series. Sadly, really no 'gain' or difference http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-fx-8370e-cpu,3929-7.html

The FX series is now 4 years old, which sadly is about 3 generations behind what Intel is providing as the 'alternative', which is alot of difference and impact. What I mean by that was, before Haswell was released, FX-8 (top of the line) was on par with a i5 and just below a i7 in many single thread (the common programming technique currently and previously used) programs; which mean you had to buy the most expensive AMD CPU out there to keep 'up' with what Intel offered with it's "middle" core. The FX-6xxx dropped to being 'on par' with a i3 (entry level - grandma's computer) and FX-4s were being tossed to the wayside because they couldn't support any of the 'new' games like BF3 that well and when BF4 came out completely wiped them off the map as a 'viable' gaming CPU.

Now with Haswell's release (and seemingly more so with Broadwell and now the info on Skyland just like OMG!) it bumped AMD even worse, where you can game 'okay' on a i3, better on a FX8, but if you want to properly game you get a i5, and if you were a "GAMER" you invested in a i7 for top performance, streaming live game play (Twitch.TV), etc. AMD (which bought out ATI video card maker) invested solely in APUs as its solution, and all the major 'events' like COMDEX, E3, etc. AMD only showed off APUs as portable tablets, laptops, etc. for 'computing' not gaming, because the APU wasn't made for gaming AKA AMD walked away from desktops and gamers. APUs were bastardized into desktop systems and many people have added GPUs to them to play games, but the CPU part of the APU still sucks bad and all the 'APU' buyins are now having to replace them and get a EWWWW Intel computer!

AMD heard the writing on the wall, and did finally come out with the APU A10 series (as you can see in the first link FPS comparision which is the 'highest' performing APU), which does perform 'okay' when tied to a high end ($400!!!) video card in games. Here is the problem I have though, if you buy a A10 APU system on the 'cheap' your spending that same amount just on a video card to 'play' games 'okay'. The people mainly promoting this route literally spew out their drink when someone says "oh that is just a $20 difference" as though they would be tossed on the street homeless and starving if they had to pay a 'extra' $20. So when we talk that a i5 computer with the same high end video card being $100 more and would make a HUGE performance difference they seem to freak out (AM Fanboy mode) about such a 'idea'. IMO if you spend as much more than a NextGen console, which (PS4) plays games at 60FPS on High Graphics in 1080P (the 'youtube standard' I call it as most people refer to "I want to play like I saw on youtube" syndrome) to just 'play' games in poor quality (low to medium) with less performance (30FPS or less) on crappy screen settings (720P or less!!!) your more then a bit foolish and wasting alot of money (you can get a keypad-mouse combo for the PS3/4 I found out so you can play like a PC on a PS3/4) for very little gain. Honestly you want to Play on PC you need to PAY to Play, otherwise console is the only answer left.

So to wrap it up;


NO, your wrong on that, unless your going from a FX-4 to a FX-8, which for that $250 investment you might want to rethink as your still in a dead end Mobo line, and you won't get that 'high' of a performance gain. Taking that $250, save another $150, and you can grab a brand new i5 Desktop (under warranty, current Windows, etc.) for $349-399, then if you still have a decent card (your 270x is low end http://www.anandtech.com/show/7503/the-amd-radeon-r9-270x-270-review-feat-asus-his/5 as compared to a 280x, 760, 770, etc.) you would get a performance gain (as noted in the Tom's scores above) over ANY FX CPU you picked . Hence back to my point above, when I say the samething to others they freak about "additional $150"!!!!! but the befits are huge as you can see.. much as you can see the HUGE difference between your 270x and the 280x, never mind if you properly invested in a 290 UNLESS you went Crossfire http://www.ocaholic.ch/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=1359&page=10 .



Honestly pie in the wishes with winning the MEGA Billions lottery and being the first Interstellar astronaut in the same lifetime.
First, game developers aren't into making OSes, which is coding from the point of "this is a keyboard and NOT your soundcard' and having to deal with things like "this is a Indonesian model GF6352H Keyboard not a Italian GF6352H.12.3 soundcard" billions of variations of hardware that is GLOBALLY made (can't think just can they make if for MyHomeTown,USA only). That is solely the RISK and MONEY put in by the Console makers (Nintendo Wii OS as compared to a SEGA OS, etc.) that as you may know / remember some game systems didn't make it because they weren't popular enough to make money 'selling' the system with that new OS in (for instance).

Second game developers do build a 'engine' to make games, true, but only ONCE that they HAVE TO, because they make no money (they are in it for profit not benevolence) for their bosses (shareholders like your retired grandparents whom invested their lifesavings in 'stocks and bonds', etc.) on just making a ENGINE which doesn't do anything really (think of your car engine sitting in the middle of the garage, with no wheels, no brakes, no gaspedal, nothing - how useful is it?). But from there it lets them CODE out the games they make OFF that engine (FROST, CryEngine, UNITY, etc.) to 'do things' in game. That ENGINE, while coded in a language (JAVA, C++, etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines#Commercial) is still not a OS that controls hardware, it is a 'middleware' that asks the OS to do stuff it needs from the hardware, no matter if your talking the PS3 OS, Xbox OS, or say JAVA so it can 'play' on your FaceBook page (aka when you hear a game was PORTED). As they can develop to middlewear solutions, they have no 'incentive' to make a new OS when all they need to do is port to a different 'already money making platform' (i.e. Wii don't make money port it to Sony PS4!). But Linux hasn't shown itself to be 'LIGHTBULB DUMB' easy for people (you just switch the wall switch the lighbulb turns on / off, if it don't work you swap lightbulb and it works; anything more complex than that is too hard for 90% of the buyers of game systems) so it isn't viable, as nice a Ubuntux is, and is ALOT harder to 'code' again as compared to Xbox/PS OSes, especially when trying to port say a 'Windows' title to it, because the OS is quite different. There is no 'middlewear' to take the 'Windows' Mouse moves left to Linux Mouse moves left, especially (as I mentioned before) when talking about how many different 'speaking' mice exist in the world at any given moment, much less CPUs, GPUs, etc.

This is a BIG reason for the death of PCs, so they can just 'code' the games to 'play' and it doesn't matter what 'device' connects to it (phone, console, laptop, tablet, ultrabook, desktop, etc.) the game doesn't actually 'play' on the end user's hardware, they only 'stream' (like youtube) the results of the 'input' (move left, shoot, jump, duck, etc) all the processing is done on the 'service' hardware. A excellent example I was hyped about (and think STEAM needs to honestly MERGE with to REALLY bring all the titles to everyone) is http://games.onlive.com/ . But again, back to what I said, if you can make a cheap APU based tablet that can play Crysis 4 just like a Alienware X51 Desktop system that costs $1500, why then would someone spend the money for the AW? If my iPhone / Android tablet / etc. plays it, why would I need a 'Windows' computer with all that technical hardware is my CPU / Gpu thingy can't play it garbage? See, this is what BOTH the computer hardware makers see, as well as the computer software makers, and they all agree, the stuff doesn't need a Windows PC as we know it, it can be a Software as a Service (SaaS) and just 'sell' the 'APPS' like Apple does, etc.

That said, you really need to look past the Marketting hype BS like STEAMOS. SteamOS, while 'trying' to bring gaming to the Linux platform (yeah right good luck with that!) it still just really a 'streaming' software EXPENSIVE waste to bring a BEEFY Desktop PS with Windows and Steam and you games across your 'Wifi' in your home over to the 50" LCD Mommy/Daddy bought so you and your 'Brohs' can use wireless controllers to the STEAMBOX displaying what the PC is actually doing on the 50" LCD. So... spend $1500 for a Decent 'Gamers Rig', plus $500-1000 for a SteamBox so you can 'pretend' you have Xbox/PS that costs $300-500 only??? See that doesn't make sense to me, and those are ACTUAL numbers verified.

EPIC FAIL! BEFORE you post, read the ENTIRE thread. OP already posted shottyjotty 9 December 2014 15:10:18 OP found the code and had a lengthy process to validate it because he bought it THIRD PARTY rather then direct/authorized retailer.

Perhaps he should have chosen a best answer to close out the thread then?

I did't realise this thread was old until after I posted. It came up in the related section. Blame the website.

Whilst I don't have the time to read your essay; or find out how to quote other people on here (seriously there's no button anywhere?) I see what you are saying. I guess performance wise I can't go much higher without a MoBo upgrade but that is achievable come the time I need to. But my original statement was that I don't play new video games. I shouldn't need to do that. Not only that, I don't mind playing games on medium or even low. Example, right now I'm playing a lot of source games inc Garrys Mod. Runs great. If I did play enough new video games to warrant buying a console, I would. My computer is mostly for music production, that's what I intended when it was built and it does it perfectly. But even so. I haven't come across a game that I couldn't play yet. I would say the most intensive game I've played would probably be Farcry 3, Sleeping Dogs or Skyrim... And they all run fine, even maxed. (I never use AA though so I guess "maxed" is a little understated).

Thanks for the info though. At least now I know unless I can do it on the cheap, there's not much point upgrading my CPU.