9800pro manufacturers

**shiato storm** · 15-01-2005, 08:21 PM

I have been looking at this 9800pro on L.O.W and was wondering if anyone knows who its made by at all?...
I know the same company sells a 9600xt thats made by sapphire (who I know are a pretty solid make for graphics cards) - just wondering if this 9800 pro is sapphire as well, or some dodgy 'dont-touch-with-barge-pole' make...(for example; i hear powercolor aren't all that great due to selling duff ram in their ones)
who are reliable graphics card makers?

**nvening** · 15-01-2005, 08:27 PM

er evesham?

**nvening** · 15-01-2005, 08:28 PM

tis what they use in their PCs?

**shiato storm** · 15-01-2005, 08:34 PM

yes but they don't MAKE or even assemble the cards though, they buy them in - as if you read above the 9600xt is a sapphire hence the 9800 COULD be a sapphire or perhaps a not so good make, like powercolor.
I was merely wondering if anyone knew who Evesham buy their 9800pro's from, and who are good manufacturers of 9800's...

**steve threlfall** · 15-01-2005, 08:43 PM

Make sure you buy a 256bit 128mb card. All 9800pros are so close to the reference you cant really go wrong.

**shiato storm** · 15-01-2005, 09:07 PM

yeah i think the LOW one is a 256bit 128MB card...
there's also one on offer at aria but i've no clue if thats any good either, think aria make it as its 'based on' the ati 9800pro.

**nvening** · 15-01-2005, 09:22 PM

It may just be ATI thats who makes the cards in the US, they r made by 3rd partys in europe.

**shiato storm** · 15-01-2005, 10:59 PM

seems to be that way.

**Efaill** · 16-01-2005, 12:49 AM

Yep it a BBA (built By Ati) one. Have one sitting in this machine since the summer

**noah** · 16-01-2005, 01:18 AM

that one sounds wicked, but beware if you do go for the sapphire one as they made quite a few 128 bit ones

**shiato storm** · 16-01-2005, 01:47 AM

ooh...i thought sapphire were quite good quality. they cut corners?!

**Lee H** · 16-01-2005, 02:57 AM

Originally Posted by nvening

It may just be ATI thats who makes the cards in the US,

ATI do not make cards for the US market - they are all actually made by sapphire for ATI at the same place as the sapphire cards ...

Just thought I'd let you know

**nvening** · 16-01-2005, 11:32 AM

i like scan

**nvening** · 16-01-2005, 11:34 AM

widmonkeyUK can you tell me y scan made an sli pc before nforce4? You would want sli form gaming so y go for dual xeons when amd64 nforce4 came out a week later?

**athlon_xp_2800** · 19-01-2005, 01:21 AM

For any of you familiar with Visiontek, I currently own a 9800 Pro by Visiontek, never heard of until I found one for sale on Ebay last year...

Read this: http://www.hothardware.com/viewartic...?articleid=503

and won the auction @ £129 !
It's just like the original ATI card according to this review.
I felt I had to add this as I haven't seen many of Visiontek's products being discussed, maybe because people don't have any issues with them?

Ta!

**shiato storm** · 19-01-2005, 01:33 AM

could be...

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