sapiens74

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#105439

2003-03-07 12:25

Good card if you are planning to upgrade from an older card,
 
But if you have a GF4 or 9700 pro I would wait a while

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Mr.Guvernment

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#105440

2003-03-07 12:31

^^^^
 
exactly - really no need to if you already have one - unless u got a hole burning in your pocket
 
Since ym friend bought a video camera - may keep an eye out for when they relase a 256 AIW card

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Bursar

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#105441

2003-03-07 12:53

Quote:I have read some reviews on the card - and to me - it just seems like a GAP / time filler until their release their R400 cards... nothing overly impressive, but still a nice looking card.

Supposedly the 256mb version will be called the 9900.

Nope, that was the rumour going around though. The 256MB will be a 9800 model.

I'm guessing the 9900 model numbers will be kept for their next big thing. As mentioned, the 9800 doesn't bring a huge increase over the 9700 (I think it ranges between 5% and 10%), so I doubt many will be rushing to buy it if they have these cards already.

The one good thing about it is that it should push down the price of the 9700 cards a bit. Good news for me, as that's what I'm looking to buy next

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Alien

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#105442

2003-03-07 13:57

I read somewhere that the 256MB version will be using DDR II not original DDR, dunno what truth there is in that though.
 
As for prices coming down, yeah - would be nice, but what would be really nice is if 9700 AIWs eventually got released in this country!!! The longer it is until they're released, the longer it it will be before there's any price drop in them.
 
Another thing that sucks is that Tyan apparently aren't making an AIW version of their 9700 Pro with hardware monitoring & heatsink covering not just GPU but RAM on both sides as well.

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Bursar

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#105443

2003-03-07 15:56

You can order the 9700 Pro AIW from Komplett. It's not cheap, but it is available.

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Alien

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#105444

2003-03-07 17:33

Quote:You can order the 9700 Pro AIW from Komplett. It's not cheap, but it is available.Yeah, as a pre-order. & I agree about the price, for that much you'd think they could include the remote!

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Mr.Guvernment

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#105445

2003-03-08 08:52

Quote:I read somewhere that the 256MB version will be using DDR II not original DDR, dunno what truth there is in that though.



yeppers - i just read that a few times, the 9900 is supposed to be out in late second quater

and will have 256mb and DDR-II - but no details of clock speeds or anything,

Frankly i want to see the 256mb AIW cards - can not wait for one of those - that i would buy!

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Alien

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#105446

2003-03-08 22:40

well going on the delay between when Radeon cards have been released in USA/Canada & when they've become available over here, I reckon there ought to be 256MB AIWs over here by oh... late 2004-ish! We still haven't got the 128MB AIW 9700Pro yet! [except on pre-order] I'm really PO'd @ ATI for not releasing cards they made themselves in this country, thereby making us wait for other companies [AFAIK Hercules & Saphire are the only ones that will be releasing AIW variants] to get around to releasing their products.

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Brian Frank

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#105447

2003-03-09 15:49

When the price drops enough, I may look at a 97/9500 Pro card from Hercules or Tyan since I like the blue PCB they use.

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Alien

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#105448

2003-03-09 17:56

Brian, if you don't want an AIW, I reckon the Tyan Tachyon 9700 Pro-M would be your best bet.

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Mr.Guvernment

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#105449

2003-03-10 17:21

ATI is allowing other companies to make AIW cards? that is a suprise.
 
Wierd how they would not want to get their cards world wide!!!

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Alien

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#105450

2003-03-10 18:36

You can't get genuine ATI 9xxx [AIW or otherwise] outside US/Canada AFAIK. You certainly can't get them in this country.
 
In this country you can get 9xxx series cards made by Connect3D, Saphire, Hercules, PowerColor, Crucial, & Gigabyte. However, out of those, the only 1s making AIW variants are Saphire & Hercules.

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