Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro

[lokming]

h**p://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=122901&cks=PRL
£140 inc vat and delivery. They dont have them in stock but expect a batch on 26.2.2004.

[harryb]

mweh just bought one on ebay for £155 Brand New lol

[vn1]

its states 'Retail-Lite', anyone know what this means? :nowords:

heh

The Lite retail versions do not come bundled with the software bundle and are packaged with the neccessities needed to enjoy the pinnacle in performance from Sapphire alone.

[harryb]

ah so you get power splitter cable and svideo out crap only, i feel better now

[vn1]

maybe, I think no software.

Cables Included 1 x DVI-VGA adapter
1 x S-Video - composite adapter
Package Type Retail

[vn1]

Anyone got 'theirs'? They seem to have sent me an ATI board not the Sapphire one - not sure if this is good or bad? :nowords:

[harryb]

sapphire is identical to the ATI one anyway

[Spamdicoot]

Great news! i am at present upgrading my pc...mainly for games..

1.4ghz
Geforce 2 64mb Mx (Sucks seriously....seriously bad)
256DDR.


Was looking to get a radeon, and this is what i shall be getting come my birthday, nice one.

+ a 512 stick o' ram

[DelTrotter]

me too harryb great deal

[The Prodigy]

The ATi one is better than the saphhire one. Saphire use shitty heatsink and fans on thier GPU's and their overall build quality is pretty crap.

If yours is indeed built by Ati then you sir have got an excellent bargain.


LaterZ
Leftfield_2k2

[harryb]

ehh...??? sapphire use the exact same spec as ATI
it even has the official ATI fan that ive seen on the built by ATI cards

[rudey]

dont want to sound like a complete noob ( but i probably do) wots the diff between that and mx440 64 ? i have p4 2.8 512 ddr wot would be the diffrence

[MsDG]

dont want to sound like a complete noob ( but i probably do) wots the diff between that and mx440 64 ? i have p4 2.8 512 ddr wot would be the diffrence

About the same difference as stepping out of a Fiesta 1.1L and into a Ferrari F50

[harryb]

EXACTLY!
Lucky you apologised for being noobish before you said that lol

[vn1]

Bah! the fan on that card they sent me is playing up. :annoyed:

Needs a little persuasion to get going if I shut down PC then back on again, however, if I just restart it keeps going....

Trying to RMA see what they have to say...

[MajorFU]

that is a fault with the fan motor

prolly worth just buying a new fan for a few squid if the rma get complicated and drawn out

[rudey]

About the same difference as stepping out of a Fiesta 1.1L and into a Ferrari F50

lol thnx thats a big diffrence

[vn1]

that is a fault with the fan motor

prolly worth just buying a new fan for a few squid if the rma get complicated and drawn out

I'd do that I think, however, they've just said I can send it back for testing... lets see what happens... :thumbs

[BLUTO141]

that is a fault with the fan motor

prolly worth just buying a new fan for a few squid if the rma get complicated and drawn out

dude RMA is not set up to be drawn out or complicated, you have a fault they can not resolve over the phone or internet they tell you send it back give an ram number you send it back they replace deal done
if it were me i would send it back if the fan has problems you might as well get what you paid for, a fully working piece of kit, not something you need to spend more on just to get to the standard you are already at.
RMA can be a pain but the sooner you get the ball rolling the less room they have for getting out of it :thumbs

[sinbrad]

I'd watch out for the P&P as sometimes these companies ask you to send via recorded/registered delivery. If that's the case then you might end up paying more for P&P than you would for a replacement fan? On the other hand if it's freepost then your quids in