Oops I've flippin' gone and done it again

El Kapitano · Nov 23, 2004, 10:50 PM

Well, after a quick "in passin" lunchtime trip to my local, hardware vendor I've now got a new Sapphire X800Xt to replace the one which met an untimely end at my hands. (Not I might add an RMA replacement).

However, when did they start producing these on a BLUE

PCB? I thought the red PCB was kind of trademark for ATI based cards.

[COLOR=SlateGray]<Now where's that soldering iron?>[/COLOR]

Sargentwhitey · Nov 23, 2004, 11:23 PM

it's a Sapphire.. they're trying to "stand out from the crowd" with their blue cards.

MiDKnYtE · Nov 24, 2004, 12:04 AM

Sapphire has made other blue cards before.

If you want variety, you should look at nvidias. there is a rainbow of different colors there.

RTilbury · Nov 24, 2004, 01:43 AM

May I ask what happened to your old x800xt? And where did you find the sapphire card, how much. I am looking to buy either the sapphire or visiontek but am having trouble finding them.

El Kapitano · Nov 24, 2004, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RTilbury

May I ask what happened to your old x800xt? And where did you find the sapphire card, how much. I am looking to buy either the sapphire or visiontek but am having trouble finding them.

Ermm lets just say it got broke

and they are few and far between at the moment this was the last one (again). I just get lucky I guess.

If you're in the UK try Ctech2000 or tekheads, they seem to get deliveries every two weeks or so.

Nov 23, 2004, 10:50 PM	#1
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	Oops I've flippin' gone and done it again Well, after a quick "in passin" lunchtime trip to my local, hardware vendor I've now got a new Sapphire X800Xt to replace the one which met an untimely end at my hands. (Not I might add an RMA replacement). However, when did they start producing these on a BLUE PCB? I thought the red PCB was kind of trademark for ATI based cards. [COLOR=SlateGray]<Now where's that soldering iron?>[/COLOR]

Nov 23, 2004, 11:23 PM	#2
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	it's a Sapphire.. they're trying to "stand out from the crowd" with their blue cards. __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Nov 24, 2004, 12:04 AM	#3
MiDKnYtE Caffeine Machine Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hell is empty. All the devils are here. Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	Sapphire has made other blue cards before. If you want variety, you should look at nvidias. there is a rainbow of different colors there.

Nov 24, 2004, 01:43 AM	#4
RTilbury DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 155 Rep Power: 0	May I ask what happened to your old x800xt? And where did you find the sapphire card, how much. I am looking to buy either the sapphire or visiontek but am having trouble finding them.