Recent content by coderbybirth

This is most probably not an issue with my hardware; the different cards all displayed different errors. The second Sapphire card was not faulty in that it worked the way Sapphire intended (in this case meaning it worked about four out of five reboots). Also, as stated, the errors were confirmed...

This bugged me enough that I thought I'd post my experience with the R9700PRO on this forum. I recently bought a Sapphire Radeon 9700PRO. Upon testing the card, it turned out there were weird artifacts in the shadows and discoloration when using pixel shaders. I returned the card and got a new...

Hi! I recently bought a Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9700PRO and decided to try it out a little. I downloaded some of the demos from ATI, as well as 3DMark2003. Everything works fine, except the "NPR Hatching" and "Bear" demos from ATI and the scene with the girl and the trolls in 3DMark2003 where...

Thanks for the tips. I'll get my hands on a 9700 non-pro as soon as possible.

Hi! I recently decided to put some stash into a new videocard. As always, buying hardware gives me decision-making anxiety :) The 9700PRO is just a bit too expensive for me, the farthest I can stretch is the 9700 non-pro. First off, I have an AMD XP 1600+, with a 266 mb and 4x AGP; is the 9700...