Are you an overclocking fan? Do you sleep next to a giant tub of liquid nitrogen? Well if you do, perhaps you'll be interested to hear that Gigabyte is getting an overclocking competition underway, to raise some exposure for their new Super Overclocked Series of video cards.

The competition is called "Beat me if you dare", and is taking place in three rounds. The first round begins on October 1st, and will be open to people with GTX 260 cards -- that's right, you don't need a Gigabyte brand card; you can enter with any GTX 260.

Each round winner will make a cool $1,500 USD. Beyond that, there is a ton of Gigabyte hardware that'll be dispensed, such as high-end Nvidia cards, and Gigabyte's new gaming mouse, the GM-M8000. Furthermore, any contestants that beat the Gigabyte team's scores will be able to double their prize reward. 

Scores will be tallied in two programs: Vantage and Resident Evil 5.

There is no word yet on what cooling methods are acceptable -- but we will assume exotic cooling is okay. There is a Facebook page and Twitter page set up with contest details, but unfortunately, no web page with all the rules in one location.