Snake@War Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 SAPPHIRE 100148L Radeon X1600PRO 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X Video Card I just ordered one for the amazing price of $130! Wow... This will definitely do a good job replacing my Sapphire Radeon 9600 256mb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot360 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 (edited) Sapphire... No wonder its so cheap. Nuff said Snake are you selling that 9600 Edited January 30, 2006 by Foxtrot23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake@War Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 Sapphire... No wonder its so cheap. Nuff said ← Why do ya say that? Snake are you selling that 9600 ← Depends on how I like my x1600 and how much one would be willing to offer for it... They're going on ebay for 70 new. I OC'd mine to 380mhz core, 380mhz (shown as ddr) memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specter Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Sapphire makes an excellent product. never had a bad one. I highly recommend them, and they are backed not only by their own warranty, but by ATI as well. For 3 years. good choice, bro ! ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake@War Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 Spectre, I love my Sapphire 9600 256mb. The first one I got was messed up but they replaced it for me. This one's been running for around 3 yrs now? Good cards, there. Foxtrot, my 9600 supports 2.0 shader model... Isn't that what you need? It runs Lockdown at around 30 FPS average at high detail when OC'd, if that tells you anything about GRAW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot360 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Well im broke now, and by the time i can make money it will take months, so im sure youll sell or trade it or similar by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake@War Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 How much can you spare? If you have a pretty good PCI sound card laying around, I'll trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot360 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 (edited) Nah.. dont got that, got some 512 RAM sticks but i dont know, i might have to use that one day. Edited January 30, 2006 by Foxtrot23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Sapphire... No wonder its so cheap.← In the past, Sapphire never had a big name like ASUS, MSI, BFG etc, but they are now a tier 1 board maker for Nvidia and are often the first to put out new gen Nvidia cards onto the market. I just don't like their freaky white/black striped mannequin mascot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specter Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 (edited) Sapphire... No wonder its so cheap.← In the past, Sapphire never had a big name like ASUS, MSI, BFG etc, but they are now a tier 1 board maker for Nvidia and are often the first to put out new gen Nvidia cards onto the market. I just don't like their freaky white/black striped mannequin mascot. ← They are a tier one board maker for ATI, not Nvidia. I agree on the mascot issue. their marketing department had to be totally stoned the day they came up with that. Edited January 31, 2006 by Specter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I agree on the mascott issue. their marketing department had to be totally stoned the day they came up with that. ← LOL, yes, they must have been on some MAJOR drugs. I bet there are few enthusiasts that passed on a $500 Sapphire card just because they didn't want the mascot's ugly mug on the VPU cooler showing through their side panel window ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake@War Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 "they are now a tier 1 board maker for Nvidia" ← I didn't know the made nVidia stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyHaired Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Nah, prolly a misprint by CR6. He really knows his stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake@War Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 Nah, prolly a misprint by CR6. He really knows his stuff. ← I know he does. I figured that he knew something about the past of Sapphire that I didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxtrot360 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I didnt know Sapphire made Nvidia stuff either. Thought it was limited to ATi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specter Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 (edited) They don't make Nvidia stuff. Only Ati. CR6 is mistaken with his post. Their entire product line, all of their product lines for that matter are geared towards ATi. Even their mobo chipsets are from Ati. CR6 does know his stuff. It must simply be a mis-type on his part. Edited January 31, 2006 by Specter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake@War Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 He mentions ASUS too, though. Just givin' you a hard time, CR6. All in good fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 They don't make Nvidia stuff. Only Ati. CR6 is mistaken with his post. Their entire product line, all of their product lines for that matter are geared towards ATi. Even their mobo chipsets are from Ati. CR6 does know his stuff. It must simply be a mis-type on his part. ← LOL, thanks for catching that guys. Yes, that post was incorrect, and I meant ATI Must be those major drugs I'm on ... Thanks for the vote of confidence too ... I only know as much as I learn from others, both here and around the 'net. I really appreciate all the great people here who are so willing to help each other and share knowledge and experience @Snake@War - both my X800XT and 6800GT are ASUS cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake@War Posted February 1, 2006 Author Share Posted February 1, 2006 (edited) @Snake@War - both my X800XT and 6800GT are ASUS cards ← Ah, I didn't know that ASUS made ATi stuff. I knew they made nVidia. Let's not start this again! Edited February 1, 2006 by Snake@War Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 @Snake@War - both my X800XT and 6800GT are ASUS cards ← Ah, I didn't know that ASUS made ATi stuff. I knew they made nVidia. Let's not start this again! ← LOL, this time I think I've got it correct, since the boxes are right in front of me Back in the day, most board companies allied themselves with one chip maker because of special deals (like what Dell does with Intel CPUs), and if they dared to make boards with the competitor's GPU, they would lose their "favored" status. However, once the Radeon showed it's promise (I believe when the 9xxx series came out and Nvidia's 5xxx series floundered), ASUS was the one company with enough clout to ignore Nvidia and start to produce both ATI and Nvidia chips. Now MSI is making boards for both chips. Gigabyte and BFG just make Nvidia, and Sapphire is sticking to ATI from the looks of things ... it's hard to keep track sometimes lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Leadtek makes cards with both GPU's too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specter Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 (edited) Leadtek makes cards with both GPU's too. ← No, they don't. I just verified it at their site. Also, I just bought one of their cards. Strictly Nvidia. Check it out here. Edited February 2, 2006 by Specter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteKnight77 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 *scratches head* Now who was it that I was wanting to get a board from and had the choice of one or the other. I know that VisionTek, who used to make nVidia boards now makes ATi boards. They stopped after the GF3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake@War Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 (edited) I got it yesterday! I just have one question... Why are there like vertexes that get moved? Are these artifacts? Edit: LOL I DL'd the omega drivers and they fix the few probs I've been having! Thanks ATi! Omega drivers rock! Edited February 2, 2006 by Snake@War Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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