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9700 Pro Color question

OSULugan

OSULugan

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Might sound like an odd question, but:

Most 9700 Pro cards out there are Red. The only notable exception that I know of is the Tyan Tachyon which is blue.

Is there a good place to find a listing of all the different PCB colors for the 9700 Pro?

I'm hoping that there are more options than the Tachyon, as Red just won't go with the blue/black internals of my machine, and I'd like to have some options.
 
I think the hercules 3d prophet 9700 is blue as well. Sapphire Atlantis 9700 pro is a black pcb
 
Thanks for the info! That Atlantis pro is quite sweet looking, and about $50 cheaper than the Tachyon...

It does lose a bit of cooling for the lack of fan that the Tachyon has (since the Tachyon also sports a nice large sink attached), but I haven't been much into o/c'ing my vid card since the days of my SLI-rig.

Edit: Huh... looking around, I see a number of Sapphire cards which look just like the ATI reference board... did they switch designs at some point in time or something?
 
Only the "Ultimate" version of the Sapphire 9700PRO cards are black.
I have the normal Sapphire 9700PRO, and its red.
 
Looks like BoomAM is right about only the Sapphire Ultimate having the black pcb although newegg is picturing a black one that uses a conventional heatsink and fan rather than that monster fanless heatpipe rig. Sapphires website actually pictures a red ultimate and a black one. Link
 
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