Radeon 9700....for $99 bucks...worth it?

[Lizardman]

This is one of the sample 9700 that they give to places like abit to test in their motherboards. This is before the retail ones came out of course.

 

[hans007]

its probably a 9000 or a 9000 pro.

 

[Soulkeeper]

Make sure you tell us what it is if you find out
we're all curious, heh

 

[WyteWatt]

This is to good to be true. Most of the time when it is, its not true.

 

[PG]

Originally posted by: LCD
Like I mention above, there is a floppy power connector on the right. The card does not have a heatsink nor a fan, so its just a bare core with a sticker that says do not remove, so I guess I shouldn't remove it. I have a feeling this is the Radeon 9700 because the memory are BGA packaging. The only thing that I am confused is that why is the PCB green? Is this like a test version?

Some All in Wonder 8500 cards have BGA memory and the floppy connector. And lots of plain 8500's have the BGA memory. I doubt it's a 9700, but it's possible.