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Sapphire Radeon 9700 super image quality

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November 25, 2002 11:40:31 AM

After reading:
http://www17.tomshardware.com/graphic/02q4/021104/r9700...

Where they talked about the IMAGE quality of Sapphire at high resolutions, I ask two questions:
1. How does ATI's Radeon 9700 PRO compare with all the rest? (VERY interesting).
2. Does this mean that if I want to work with 1280x1024@32Bit, then Sapphire is the ONLY true good card?

Waiting.

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November 25, 2002 3:46:53 PM

1. not sure
2. it is the best, apparently

"There is no dark or light side, only power and those too weak to seek it."
November 25, 2002 3:56:23 PM

All the current cards are built according to the ATI reference, so how can Sapphire have (noticeably) better IQ. Better components and outputs? If it really has clearly better image-quality than the rest of the 9700Pro cards, maybe they´ve changed something?

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November 25, 2002 4:08:37 PM

they are all based on the reference design but not the reference parts... so it is possible that Sapphire used parts that ultimately created a better image output.

"There is no dark or light side, only power and those too weak to seek it."
November 26, 2002 1:12:48 AM

It's a pretty common occurencce with Nvidia products to have one card perform slightly better than another. It's due to the fact that manufacturers all use diferent components.

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November 26, 2002 9:45:52 PM

Hmmm... Sapphire makes most of the BBA boards anyways, so there should be 0 difference.

...And all the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put my computer back together again...
November 27, 2002 4:14:19 PM

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Hmmm... Sapphire makes most of the BBA boards anyways, so there should be 0 difference.


so what's your point? because there IS a difference.

"There is no dark or light side, only power and those too weak to seek it."
November 27, 2002 6:14:04 PM

So I'm saying that buying a Sapphire and ATi <i>shouldn't</i> make a difference. Not all are made by Sapphire, but a good chance you'll get one made by Sapphire.

...And all the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put my computer back together again...
November 28, 2002 3:16:24 AM

Maybe Tom just got a good one. It's like trying to compare monitors. Or trying to compare overclockability of two P4 1.8As. Some were made on a good day by a guy who worked there for 30 years, some were made by a guy in training who's deperately trying to meet quota.

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