anyone else have a sapphire 9700 pro?

[munkeyboy123]

yeah i just bought the sapphire atlantis 9700 pro it hasnt came in yet but i was just reading up on reviews and such and it seems some people have had problems with the black pcb version, and also with flicking backgrounds and such, just wondering if any one else here has it and if it works perfectly fine or had some problems.(red or black version).does it proform close to the 9800?

[Xtreeme]

I got the 9800NP. Sapphire. Works great-but that isnt answering your question-sorry.

"does it proform close to the 9800?"

For the most part. About 15% slower in high AA and AF at high res. ONLY> with AA and AF enabled from what I hear though. They added some dx9 optimisations to tweak the AA and AF high res modes. Some bandwidth efficiency tweaks is what it was. So suttle diff. Avg. gaming-wont know the diff less you game at 1600x1200 32 bit 2x AA 8x AF and such. Normal gaming res and detail.......1024x768 32bit wont be a noticable diff at all. Except the 9700pro runs a little hotter than the 9800. I Imagine that was tweaked a little too or they just fixed the HS contact issue. The 9700pro introduced a SHIM unde rthe HSF. Like cpu shims it "can" put like a .01 gap or more between the gpu and the HS itself. They have supposedly fixed it-and from the temp diff folks tlak about they obviously did. The 9700's folks had heat issues with-caused lots of crashing to desktop or garabage on screeen due to gpu overheating. If yours works day1 its fine. It gives you garbled screen after bit of gaming-send it back. Thats best bet.

[Derek79602+]

It's a killer card. I have the red one- and although it does run a little warm, it has never crashed or shown any artifacts. NEver oc'd, never had to.

[munkeyboy123]

well i got it in and it works so freaking good i cant believe it, it the red one but i made the best decision ever, it makes halo look sooo good. cant wait for hl2 and doom3

[Derek79602+]

Word! Have you noticed these things are starting to get a little hard to find? B&M stores only have the AIW version, and Newegg is off and on. Such a killer card. I highly recommend it.

[munkeyboy123]

yeah it is a killer card and thats where i got it from was neweg.com thats basically where i got y whole computer.ecept for the monitor and case i got those at tigerdirect.com.man everyone keeps complimenting me on the card. oh yeah ho do u show where ur from, cuz like u im a texan,from garland,but ive been to abilene.peace

[Derek79602+]

Go to your PM list, then "edit profile."