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Kevin Wagner
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 Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 5:09 am Post subject: Sapphire vs. Built by ATI |
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I've always stayed away from third party ATI cards because of the problem a
couple years ago where OEM cards were being sold with a slower clock speed
without any indication.... But lately i've been hearing alot of good things
about Sapphire. I have read that they are just as good as BB ATI cards at a
lower price. I just wanted to ask this group for their opinion on Sapphire
cards vs BB ATI cards. I'm in teh market for a 9800pro card... Just not
sure whether to go with ATI or Sapphire or whether or not to go for the
128MB or the 256MB version....
All opinions welcome, thanks
Kevin |
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Stephen Webber
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 5:44 am Post subject: Re: Sapphire vs. Built by ATI |
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Kevin Wagner wrote:
| Quote: | But lately i've been
hearing alot of good things about Sapphire. I have read that they
are just as good as BB ATI cards at a lower price.
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Who do you think builds ATi's cards? AFAIK, Sapphire are the main
manufacturer for the built by ATi cards - only the box it comes in is
different.
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Regards,
Stephen
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Oscar T Grouch
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 9:30 am Post subject: Re: Sapphire vs. Built by ATI |
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On Tue, 04 May 2004 00:44:23 GMT, "Stephen Webber"
<stephen.webber@theobvious.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
:>Kevin Wagner wrote:
:>> But lately i've been
:>> hearing alot of good things about Sapphire. I have read that they
:>> are just as good as BB ATI cards at a lower price.
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:>Who do you think builds ATi's cards? AFAIK, Sapphire are the main
:>manufacturer for the built by ATi cards - only the box it comes in is
:>different.
And sometimes the sticker on the GPU fan says Sapphire and sometimes
it says ATI. My Sapphire 9700 Pro had an ATI sticker on the fan (and
a Sapphire CD in the plain white box it came in) and when it failed
after about a year and a half the part number showed up as a Built By
ATI card and ATI replaced it under warranty.
OTG |
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Cuzman
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: Sapphire vs. Built by ATI |
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"Kevin Wagner" <aztecboxNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:RaBlc.3878$_o1.558352@read2.cgocable.net...
" Just not sure whether to go with ATI or Sapphire or whether or not to go
for the 128MB or the 256MB version.... "
Given that the Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB is now under $200, I would opt
for that. An unnecessary 256MB version is only going to cost you an extra
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Kevin Wagner
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Sapphire vs. Built by ATI |
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Ok, thanks for the input guys, i think i'll get myself a Sapphire 9800pro
128MB.
Kevin
"Kevin Wagner" <aztecboxNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:RaBlc.3878$_o1.558352@read2.cgocable.net...
| Quote: | I've always stayed away from third party ATI cards because of the problem
a
couple years ago where OEM cards were being sold with a slower clock speed
without any indication.... But lately i've been hearing alot of good
things
about Sapphire. I have read that they are just as good as BB ATI cards at
a
lower price. I just wanted to ask this group for their opinion on
Sapphire
cards vs BB ATI cards. I'm in teh market for a 9800pro card... Just not
sure whether to go with ATI or Sapphire or whether or not to go for the
128MB or the 256MB version....
All opinions welcome, thanks
Kevin
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