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Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro Warning
For those of you who aren't aware, Sapphire recently released a cut-down
version of the Radeon 9800 Pro and cleverly decided to call it a 'Radeon 9800 Pro'. This has lead to a lot of confusion for both customers and retailers, who apparently have been selling this card believing it to be a 'real' 9800 Pro, unaware of the fact that it's actually a crippled and inferior product. A real 9800 Pro has a 256bit memory bus and a core / memory speed of 380 / 680. The Sapphire 9800 Pro has a 128bit memory bus and a core / memory speed of 325 / 580. I was unfortunate enough to receive one of these Sapphire cards as a replacement for a RMA'd real 9800 Pro and the difference in performance was obvious within a few seconds of loading up a game. Sapphire issued a press release a few days ago, apologising for the confusion and stating that they would rename the card and make it clear that it was a 128bit version. So, if anyone has bought one of these cards in the last few weeks believing it to be a proper 9800 Pro, you may want to check to see exactly what you've got. Aida32 will display the speeds and whether it's 128bit or256bit. See here for more info: http://www.sapphiretech.com/press/128-bit-9800.pdf (pda file) http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d...616174537.html http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews...18_063138.html SLP |
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"SLP" wrote in message ... For those of you who aren't aware, Sapphire recently released a cut-down version of the Radeon 9800 Pro and cleverly decided to call it a 'Radeon 9800 Pro'. This has lead to a lot of confusion for both customers and retailers, who apparently have been selling this card believing it to be a 'real' 9800 Pro, unaware of the fact that it's actually a crippled and inferior product. A real 9800 Pro has a 256bit memory bus and a core / memory speed of 380 / 680. The Sapphire 9800 Pro has a 128bit memory bus and a core / memory speed of 325 / 580. I was unfortunate enough to receive one of these Sapphire cards as a replacement for a RMA'd real 9800 Pro and the difference in performance was obvious within a few seconds of loading up a game. Sapphire issued a press release a few days ago, apologising for the confusion and stating that they would rename the card and make it clear that it was a 128bit version. So, if anyone has bought one of these cards in the last few weeks believing it to be a proper 9800 Pro, you may want to check to see exactly what you've got. Aida32 will display the speeds and whether it's 128bit or256bit. See here for more info: http://www.sapphiretech.com/press/128-bit-9800.pdf (pda file) http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d...616174537.html http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews...18_063138.html SLP Thanks. But my Sapphire 9800 Pro matches the 'proper' specs (Aida 32 - cool program) and only has 128MB ! |
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"Kev" wrote in message ... Thanks. But my Sapphire 9800 Pro matches the 'proper' specs (Aida 32 - cool program) and only has 128MB ! The Sapphire 9800 Pro's over a month old should be fine, it's just the newer ones that are currently being sold that you need to look out for. SLP |
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"SLP" wrote in message ... "Kev" wrote in message ... Thanks. But my Sapphire 9800 Pro matches the 'proper' specs (Aida 32 - cool program) and only has 128MB ! The Sapphire 9800 Pro's over a month old should be fine, it's just the newer ones that are currently being sold that you need to look out for. Indeed. 'Heads-down' are as least as important as 'Heads-up'. -- Rob |
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