which company produce better ati cards???

Bandith · August 9th, 2003

i was wondering which company produce the most reliable cards

**Demigod** · August 9th, 2003

ATI of course. I would take a "built by ATI" card over a "powered by ATI" card any day of the week. Most of them follow the ATI reference designs anyways.

**DarkAurora** · August 9th, 2003

Try and get an ATI card built by ATI but if a Sapphire ATI card is cheaper, get that. I've heard good things about the Sapphire ATI cards.

nf1n1te · August 9th, 2003

Ati. ^_~

Galway no Sora · August 9th, 2003

Since Ati produce the chip and also the card, of course it would be better to buy the "original" card from Ati, not third company with "powered by Ati" label.

Valcrist · August 11th, 2003

I have a sapphire card. It runs great. I'd go for them they are cheap. My radeon 9500 I got for 141, but they are like 10 bucks less.

Galway no Sora · August 11th, 2003

Well, I know Sapphire, thats a good one. Also that come from Gigabyte. BTW Valcrist. do you know the price range for Radeon made by Ati and yours ?

slimjim · August 15th, 2003

If this is about the current crop of ATi cards, the're are all a reference design of ATi. Not one of the 3rd party manufacturers designed any of the PCB. I guess it comes down to heatsinks and memory used.
I like my crucial 9700pro but thats because i got it dirt cheap ages ago

GKort · August 15th, 2003

saph...cheaper *drool*

Galway no Sora · August 15th, 2003

Quote:

Originally Posted by slimjim

If this is about the current crop of ATi cards, the're are all a reference design of ATi. Not one of the 3rd party manufacturers designed any of the PCB. I guess it comes down to heatsinks and memory used. I like my crucial 9700pro but thats because i got it dirt cheap ages ago

They designed it from the Ati reference board. Same happend with nVidia card, the third company bought the GPU and make the rest.

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Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	Re: which company produce better ati cards??? ATI of course. I would take a "built by ATI" card over a "powered by ATI" card any day of the week. Most of them follow the ATI reference designs anyways. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

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DarkAurora Back from the dead Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Seymour, TN Posts: 3,735	Re: which company produce better ati cards??? Try and get an ATI card built by ATI but if a Sapphire ATI card is cheaper, get that. I've heard good things about the Sapphire ATI cards.

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nf1n1te Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 19	Re: which company produce better ati cards??? Ati. ^_~

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Galway no Sora ~¤ PanZeR ¤~ idRO Thor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Valhalla, in Odin's throne Posts: 3,145	Re: which company produce better ati cards??? Since Ati produce the chip and also the card, of course it would be better to buy the "original" card from Ati, not third company with "powered by Ati" label. __________________ Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz «» 2048MB DDR2 RAM «» 256MB onboard Graphic Onboard Realtek High Definition Soundcard «» 160 + 40 GB SATA HDD Pioneer DVD±RW «» 15.4" Widescreen LCD «» Windows Vista Ultimate Sucks ha? Yeah, that's a laptop for sure.

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Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	I have a sapphire card. It runs great. I'd go for them they are cheap. My radeon 9500 I got for 141, but they are like 10 bucks less. __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

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Galway no Sora ~¤ PanZeR ¤~ idRO Thor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Valhalla, in Odin's throne Posts: 3,145	Re: which company produce better ati cards??? Well, I know Sapphire, thats a good one. Also that come from Gigabyte. BTW Valcrist. do you know the price range for Radeon made by Ati and yours ? __________________ Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz «» 2048MB DDR2 RAM «» 256MB onboard Graphic Onboard Realtek High Definition Soundcard «» 160 + 40 GB SATA HDD Pioneer DVD±RW «» 15.4" Widescreen LCD «» Windows Vista Ultimate Sucks ha? Yeah, that's a laptop for sure.

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slimjim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 102	If this is about the current crop of ATi cards, the're are all a reference design of ATi. Not one of the 3rd party manufacturers designed any of the PCB. I guess it comes down to heatsinks and memory used. I like my crucial 9700pro but thats because i got it dirt cheap ages ago __________________ MAIN RIG:CPU: P4 2.8CGHz\| 1024mb Twinmoss PC 3700DDR \| PowerColor X800XT \|2 x Maxtor 120Gb 8mb cache ATA 133 HDD \| Abit IC7\| Plextor 708A \| 3COM 10/100 NIC \| 1mb Cable Modem \| Lian Li PC60USB

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