Re: 9800 PRO Built by ATI=Junk

But two out of two pieces of junk certainly make for a bad selection.

I purchased the 9700 AIW Pro for about $380, more than double what I've ever
paid for a graphics card in the past, thinking I would get something to
outperform my old 7500 raedon.

Absolutely crap picture with the tuner and oor, very low, sound level. I
thought the card must be fauly and returned it for a replacement. The
replecement has exactly the same problems, and the store I bought it from
refuses to exhcange it again and certainly will not do a refund.

I'm now stuck with a very expensive piece of junk in the cupboard with my
old Raedon 7500 back in my computer doing the business.

"Alceryes" <replytopost@thankyou.com> wrote in message
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> "TT 1080i" <thompson@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
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> > let's see... Video card of choice in order of progression.
> > Voodoo cards, then Nvidia, and a month ago I came over to the dark side
> and
> > purchased a 9800 pro.
> > Moving the card from one pc to another last night I noticed the fan was
> half
> > hanging off. One of the securing posts does not expand when through the
> pcb.
> > And it appears there is or was not thermal paste or tape on the chip
prior
> > to the fan going on.
> > Of coarse I called ATI and complained about the shoddy craftsmanship.
But
> do
> > you think a Canadian company doing business in the US gives a rip?
No....
> > and I bought the card over a month ago from CompUSA who's exchange
policy
> is
> > 14 days.
> > I can deal with the fan. That's not a big deal. What's surprising is
I've
> > worked in the pc field for 13-14 years and have never had a fan or heat
> sink
> > dis-lodge from a video card.
> > So their motto should be. "The name goes on before the quality goes in".
> > I've learned 2 lessons from this.
> >
> > 1) Do not by ATI
> > 2) Never buy from CompUSA ( I knew this going in. But they were the only
> > people in town that had the card).
> >
> > end of rant.
> >
> >
>
> One bad apple doesn't make the whole orchard rotten...
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> "I don't cheat to survive. I cheat to LIVE!!"
> - Alceryes
>
> (check out my modded/OC'd system at
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/alceryes)
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> I'm now stuck with a very expensive piece of junk in the cupboard with my
> old Raedon 7500 back in my computer doing the business.

LOL....yeah, well now we know you don't really have an AIW 9700Pro...hehe