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ATI 9800 Pro vs Sapphire 9800 Pro

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Bolivarted

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Is there any difference between an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and the Sapphire 9800 Pro? Just want to know if there is any physical advantage to getting a card from ATI over a card from Sapphire. thanks.
 
Same cards. Now the software or cable bundles may be a little different if they include any.

I believe Sapphire used to (and may still do) produce video cards for ATi.
 
I had a similar concern as the Compusa deal atm is for the ATI 9800 pro retail vs the Sapphire one at Newegg.

ATI 9800 Pro retail=229.00+tax (-30MIR)
3 year warranty

Sapphire 9800 Pro oem=212.00 (no tax, free shipping)
1 year warranty

I heard that Sapphire makes ATI cards for them, but wonder why they don't include the longer warranty even on their own retail models.



 
Originally posted by: Robor
Only difference I can think of would be possibly different RAM.
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Don't almost all video card Mfgs use essentially the same RAM for the respective chipsets?


EDIT: BTW they are the same cards in all aspects that matter.
 
I got an ATI card and received 2.8ns Hynix memory, I would prefer Samsung as it overclocks better, but Newegg sent this to me in an RMA exchange...I had an OEM Sapphire 9800NP, it broke, Newegg sent me a Retail ATI 9800 Pro to replace it...not a bad deal to me!
 
Thanks everyone for the thoughts, I got a 9800 Pro from e-bay with samsung memory chips. Just wanted to know if I got a good deal. I got the card OEM for under $230. Now I need some memory for an Abit NF7-S. I was thinking about Kingston Hyper-X, about 512mb in 256mb sticks so I can get the best out of the rig in dual channel. Any thoughts on memory or should I ask the memory forum. thanks, Bolivarted
 
Bah to the doublepost, slow system at school.

Anyway, the ATI card comes with HL2 voucher, my friend's sapphire didn't (but I can't speak for all of them.)
 
I got 2 HLF2 Vouchers and full version of Black Halk Down with a GeXcube 9800 Pro Etream ( Default clock at 400Core 700ram ) for $189 i think someone stuffed up in the packaging of my card! 🙂 " JOY "
 
Originally posted by: Pudgygiant
Bah to the doublepost, slow system at school.

Anyway, the ATI card comes with HL2 voucher, my friend's sapphire didn't (but I can't speak for all of them.)
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no, the HL2 voucher inly comes with xt series, not pro.

 
Originally posted by: CaiNaM
Originally posted by: Pudgygiant
Bah to the doublepost, slow system at school.

Anyway, the ATI card comes with HL2 voucher, my friend's sapphire didn't (but I can't speak for all of them.)
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no, the HL2 voucher inly comes with xt series, not pro.
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EDIT
No he didn't. I'm an idiot.

My fault.
 
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