Tuesday, July 6, 2004
TrustedReviews Fires Up The Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 12:00 PM
"It comes as no surprise that the first retail X800 board came from Sapphire. Back in the days when ATI branded and sold graphics cards itself, Sapphire was the company that actually manufactured the boards. So when ATI moved to a board partner model, Sapphire obviously had a bit of a head start on the competition. It also comes as no surprise that this board is based on the X800 Pro variant of the chipset, rather than the top of the range X800 XT Platinum Edition. The official launch of the latter was a couple of weeks after the Pro, so I’m fully expecting to have to wait a while longer before I see a retail X800 XT Platinum Edition board."
These next-gen video cards are finally starting to trickle out, and ATI is selling their own cards via their Web site - although when I checked yesterday they were sold out. I've requested a review board from ATI because I'm personally awaiting a card powerful enough to run my twin Dell 20.1" LCDs at 1600 x 1200 in DVI mode (so I need twin DVI ports on the video card) and a card capable of running City of Heroes in 1600 x 1200 to boot. Will the X800 Pro be that card? I'll let you know as soon as ATI sends me one. :wink:
These next-gen video cards are finally starting to trickle out, and ATI is selling their own cards via their Web site - although when I checked yesterday they were sold out. I've requested a review board from ATI because I'm personally awaiting a card powerful enough to run my twin Dell 20.1" LCDs at 1600 x 1200 in DVI mode (so I need twin DVI ports on the video card) and a card capable of running City of Heroes in 1600 x 1200 to boot. Will the X800 Pro be that card? I'll let you know as soon as ATI sends me one. :wink:
