Best ATI 9800 Pro 256 meg card, is OEM OK?

I have seen ATI Sapphire OEM cards and wonder if they are OK? I want
to buy a 9800 Pro 256 meg card but don't know what brand to buy. Please
advise, thanks.

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..

me,

Why not but the card directly from ATI? The non
branded oem ones are listed at about the same prices as ATI's retail boxed
cards.

--
Herb Winston AMA 50438
Bonita Springs, FL

"He may look like an idiot,
and he may sound like an idiot,
but don't let him fool you.
He really is an idiot."

Mark Twain
<me@here.com> wrote in message news:20030622154521.201$KD@newsreader.com...
> I have seen ATI Sapphire OEM cards and wonder if they are OK? I want
> to buy a 9800 Pro 256 meg card but don't know what brand to buy. Please
> advise, thanks.
>
> --
> .

Andy,

ATI had listed the Radeon Pro 256mb as "Out of stock" since it was announced
on their website. However their company retail store is now accepting orders
for immediate shipment as of June 21.

Regards,

--
Herb Winston AMA 50438
Bonita Springs, FL

"He may look like an idiot,
and he may sound like an idiot,
but don't let him fool you.
He really is an idiot."

Mark Twain
"Andy Cunningham" <asc99c@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bd5673$m4r$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...
> It's my experience that the ATI cards are very hard to find - in the UK at
> least, I've only even seen one place selling them, and at considerably
> higher prices that the non-ATI cards.
>
> I've got a Powercolor 9000 card, which is one of the cheapest. I'm not
100%
> happy with it, and reviews I've seen do not seem to hold it in very high
> regard. However, all reviews I've seen of the Sapphire cards have been
> excellent.
>
> The problem with mine is that it will not now run stably at the stock
clock
> speeds of 275/275 MHz. It is not even perfectly stable at 250/250 which
is
> the lowest speed I can set. Also the 2D quality is not upto the standard
of
> my ATI Radeon (original).
>
> I will almost certainly continue with ATI cards but probably not get
another
> from Powercolor. Go with the Sapphire.
>
> "Herb Winston" <detectivhsd@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:nGoJa.60431$Io.5655748@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> > me,
> >
> > Why not but the card directly from ATI? The non
> > branded oem ones are listed at about the same prices as ATI's retail
boxed
> > cards.
> >
> > --
> > Herb Winston AMA 50438
> > Bonita Springs, FL
> >
> > "He may look like an idiot,
> > and he may sound like an idiot,
> > but don't let him fool you.
> > He really is an idiot."
> >
> > Mark Twain
> > <me@here.com> wrote in message
> news:20030622154521.201$KD@newsreader.com...
> > > I have seen ATI Sapphire OEM cards and wonder if they are OK? I want
> > > to buy a 9800 Pro 256 meg card but don't know what brand to buy.
Please
> > > advise, thanks.
> > >
> > > --
> > > .
> >
> >
>
>
>

I understand that Sapphire basically IS ATI.
The Gigabyte 9700 Pro is very reasonably priced (215 UKP delivered) and good
quality.



"Andy Cunningham" <asc99c@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bd5673$m4r$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk...
> It's my experience that the ATI cards are very hard to find - in the UK at
> least, I've only even seen one place selling them, and at considerably
> higher prices that the non-ATI cards.
>
> I've got a Powercolor 9000 card, which is one of the cheapest. I'm not
100%
> happy with it, and reviews I've seen do not seem to hold it in very high
> regard. However, all reviews I've seen of the Sapphire cards have been
> excellent.
>
> The problem with mine is that it will not now run stably at the stock
clock
> speeds of 275/275 MHz. It is not even perfectly stable at 250/250 which
is
> the lowest speed I can set. Also the 2D quality is not upto the standard
of
> my ATI Radeon (original).
>
> I will almost certainly continue with ATI cards but probably not get
another
> from Powercolor. Go with the Sapphire.
>
> "Herb Winston" <detectivhsd@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:nGoJa.60431$Io.5655748@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> > me,
> >
> > Why not but the card directly from ATI? The non
> > branded oem ones are listed at about the same prices as ATI's retail
boxed
> > cards.
> >
> > --
> > Herb Winston AMA 50438
> > Bonita Springs, FL
> >
> > "He may look like an idiot,
> > and he may sound like an idiot,
> > but don't let him fool you.
> > He really is an idiot."
> >
> > Mark Twain
> > <me@here.com> wrote in message
> news:20030622154521.201$KD@newsreader.com...
> > > I have seen ATI Sapphire OEM cards and wonder if they are OK? I want
> > > to buy a 9800 Pro 256 meg card but don't know what brand to buy.
Please
> > > advise, thanks.
> > >
> > > --
> > > .
> >
> >
>
>