Sapphire Radeon 9700 Atlantis PRO retail

[xtraits]

someone pls help ..

i just recive my video card from googlegear ... it was retail but the card came with black ATI fan
isnt Sapphire Radeon 9700 Atlantis PRO retail . come with sapphire fan ?or they send me the wrong card cause the box were open ..
is there away to find out this card is retail or OEM?

 

[BoomAM]

I got the the same. Brought a sapphire 9700pro from my local store. Expecting to get the round heatsink & SOF2 game/PowerDVD.
I got a ATI card, with the ATI black HS and a ATI sticker on the Heatsink. I got PowerDVD/svideo&conposite cables/DSUB-DVI converter. But no SOF2.

Im not too conserned. The Revision of the card was rev3. So i dont have any of the probs that earlyier revisions sometimes have (stuttering, cold boot prob, AGP8x not working, ect. So now i dont have to press rest on a cold boot (have a KT7A-RAID rev1.2, known for this problem)

 

[filmore crashcart]

I'm not an expert on Saphire Pro's but they did, or do, make 2 versions: the Atlantis Pro with the Atlantis HSF and the other just called a Saphire Pro with the ATI hsf. They were, or are, both listed on NewEgg. The Saphire Pro was (is) .... oh never mind, look here Atlantis Pro and Saphire Pro. I have the Saphire Pro, but it still is a pro. You'll notice that the Saphire Pro is about $12 more than the Atlantis Pro - I don't know why that is.

 

[BoomAM]

Dunno bout the two versions. NewEgg prob has back stock of the orginal ones, so they seel them as well.
The sales rep that served me, said that aparately all of the 9700PROs made by sapphire(except the zalman cooler one) will be using the ATI HSF from now on cos aparantely its cheaper for them to do. Dunno. Not too consered though. A 9700PROs a 9700PRO, you dont complain after buying the current fastest video card on the market for near the price of a Ti4600.