9700 Pro Color question

[OSULugan]

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.

 

[NesuD]

I think the hercules 3d prophet 9700 is blue as well. Sapphire Atlantis 9700 pro is a black pcb

 

[OSULugan]

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?

 

[BoomAM]

Only the "Ultimate" version of the Sapphire 9700PRO cards are black.
I have the normal Sapphire 9700PRO, and its red.

 

[NesuD]

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

 

[blindtothagame]

i have the hecules and it's blue w/ all heatsinks & fan copper...........