POWERCOLOR ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB and SAPPHIRE OEM RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB

[vegabond21]

Whats the difference?

[IR1]

the price, and the name on the box.

And Sapphire's usually come with samsung memory which is good and overclocks very well. I have no clue what memory is on the Powercolor's.

The BBA (built by ati) cards use Infineon which doesnt overclock well at all.

[vegabond21]

thanks for your response =)

[Adaman]

I read that the Powercolor Radeon 9800 pro has a 99% chance of being equipped with Samsung 2.8 ram.

[Pinnacle2k4]

powercolor card are better. It depends on which sapphire 9800 pro, your talking about. As i heard the black one from sapphire are "lite" 9800 pro. You don't want that.

Go with the powercolor.

[Th0r]

Errr....powercolor???? isn't that the company who use cheap chips on there boards????

[juliendogg]

Originally posted by Excelsior
Errr....powercolor???? isn't that the company who use cheap chips on there boards????

Ayup. Sapphire is better quality. In fact, sapphire produces most of the BBA cards as well. I'd avoid powercolor entirely.


J.

[Adaman]

Originally posted by Excelsior
Errr....powercolor???? isn't that the company who use cheap chips on there boards????

Says who? I want info :p

[CamH]

Originally posted by IR1

The BBA (built by ati) cards use Infineon which doesnt overclock well at all.

That's only on the NP cards. The Pro cards use Samsung. :)

[Mustanley]

In case you missed it, here's another thread about the powercolor 9800 pro.
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=241814