sapphire technologies video cards. any good

[BoomAM]

hi
i am considering buying a 9700PRO, the first one that i have seen in the UK comes from overclockersUK.
but it is made by sapphire technologies. which ive never heard of.

who are sapphire?
are their cards any good?
do u lot know any other UK suppliers that sell 9700PRO cards?

thanx in advance
OC UK Link

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Somebody correct me if I am wrong (I'm sure you little ankle-biting, pimple farmers will ), but Sapphire used to manufacture all of ATi's OEM cards not long ago.

 

[Killrose]

I think D.A. is right. And I beleive that they are exactly like the origional Ati cards, but just with a different sticker on the fan. Core and memory clocks are "PRO" speeds.

Any how, check out this Thread

 

[rbV5]

If you can believe Reactor Critical, Sapphire has built ALL of the "built by" Radeons and Most of the Radeon boards built in the last 5 years!

 

[RaidZERO]

I just bought a Sapphire Radeon 9000PRO. It's doing very well as far as benchmarks, compared to other Radeon 9000PROs. The overclockability is very good, able to get stock 275/275 up to 310/295 STABLE, with no artifacts. The only gripe I have, though it doesn't seem to be affecting performance, is that the Radeon 9000PRO is supposed to be using Hynix 3.3ns memory chips, but mine seems to have 3.6ns Hynix. Like I said before, it's NOT afftecting performance or overclocking, so I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.