Sapphire's Radeon 7000...What a gem!

Advantages: Fantastic budget card.
Disadvantages: Limited overclocking facilities. Fails to run the latest titles.

...Last December, I was assigned the task of building a low -cost PC for a relative. With only a maximum of 35 pounds to spend on a video card my choice was limited. I finally opted for Sapphire's version of the Ati Radeon 7000 model. It cost about 28 pounds at the time, and is possibly the finest budget card I've come across. One of its main advantages is its stability, I used a tool called Riva Tuner to overclock it somewhat, the heatsink handled it fine! Sadly though, the overclocking didn't produce any marked improvement, the only benefit being a slight increase of frame rate on Counter-Strike and Medal of Honour: Allied Assualt. This aside, the card is fantastic for the price. It runs popular games such as Counterstrike (Non-source of course) aswell as any game predating the year 2002. However, it doesn't run more recent...

Credance100 20.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of Sapphire RADEON 7000

ATI Sapphire RADEON X1950 XT

Advantages: Extremely Fast,Over clocks well,GDDR 3. Great image quality
Disadvantages: Not DX10 compatible, does not have the newer crossfire bridge, Loud Fan

...clock speed: 625 MHz 16 pixel pipelines 256 MB GDDR3 memory Memory Clock: 1800MHz Memory Size: 256 MB Memory Interface: 256-bit GDDR 3 DirectX 9 Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Dual DVI connectors VIVO port Integrated TV encoder S-Video Socket Pros: Extremely Fast. Over clocks well. Runs most games on the market today. GDDR 3. Great image quality, cooler reacts to UV Cons: Not DX10 compatible, does not have the newer crossfire bridge ( makes crossfire a little more tricky), Loud Fan In The Box: Radeon X1950XT 256MB Driver Disk HDTV Cable VIVO Cable 2 x DVI to VGA/D-sub Adapter Price: Around £85 (depends where you shop) Overall I think that this card is a good card for almost any gamer, extreme gamers may want to go for the new DX10 compatible card now available from both NVIDIA and ATI. Although if you...

pfishers 14.08.2007 · Read review
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Radeon 9550 - superb card

Advantages: quality, reliability, durability, price, specs
Disadvantages: none for this price range and production date

.... This graphic card I bought to my brand new PC about 5-6 years ago and it is still sitting there. Straight away have to point how good and durable this card is. For all this years I haven't had any troubles with it, even haven't had to remove it from AGP socket, except of cooler routine cleaning. I bought it because of high parameters and good specification when using graphic programs. Obviously I mean high parameters like for 2001 year. I have to admit that I was rendering images and scenes from 3ds max, editing pictures in Photoshop Corel and other similar software and Radeon was doing great job every single time. Have never failed me and probable because of this fact is still in my PC. For general purpose use this 9550 is absolutely efficient enough and there is no need to buy other more expensive cards. If...

panther23 20.08.2008 · Read review
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* Sapphire! *

Advantages: Plot , Great Holiday Read!
Disadvantages: None!

...First of all , if you follow the world that is celebrity then I'm sure you'll have heard of Katie Price's recent troubles. If not (and where have you been ?) I will explain to you who Katie Price is ; Katie Price was born in Brighton on May 22nd 1978. Katie Price started her career off as a glamour model named Jordan. Although she was 'famous' in the 'lad mags' world , she wasn't that well known outside of it. However , in 2004 she appeared on the ITV television programme : I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here , where she met her husband , Peter Andre in the jungle , that she became more well known , and became a brand! After modelling , Singing , being a television personality and being a regular favourite in celebrity magazines , she turned her hand to author. She is now said to be worth £40 million! Sapphire is the fourth...

xdonzx 12.09.2009 · Read review
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A cheap and efficient graphics card.

Advantages: Easy installation process, Extensive connectivity options, noiseless.
Disadvantages: Some features work better with Vista operating system.

...BACKGROUND INFORMATION Sapphire Technology is the main supplier of ATI based Graphics Cards for personal computers all over the world. It also produces different types of TV cards, work stations and digital photo frames for consumers. It is a Hong-Kong based company and has two ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified manufacturing plants in China. ATI launched the Radeon HD 4600 series on September 2008. This series loaded with some great additional features and fully supports HD gaming for PC users. I bought my HD 4650 graphics card (1 GB) from Dell online, and it cost me around £60. This graphics card designed on 55nm process and came with lots of useful software. EXCLUSIVE FEATURES : # It has built in HDMI support and also 7.1 surround sound support. # It has a massive memory clock speed of 800 MHz. # There is some useful...

Gladiator007 05.11.2009 · Read review
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Sapphire Radeon 9600XT Review

Advantages: Price, value for money, performance
Disadvantages: Not for the advanced gamer

...Introduced as one of radeons mid-high end products, the Radeon 9600xt was originally aimed at the user on a budget, who still required good performance out of moderate applications. Featuring exactly the same functionality and system performance as the 9600 PRO, XT is based on the RV360 chip. Coupled with cooling, and superior memory, ATI's major downfall came with the memory speed of only 300MHZ. Although to be fair, they have laxed this and allowed 25MHZ increases only recently. Using the latest and fatest AGP 8X, the most can be experienced from some of the latest games. After an attempt running DOOM3 with the card, I experienced VERY smooth gameplay, however there are slight stutters when it comes to large open environment rendering scenes, for example 9600XT has a hell of a hard time trying to keep up with Far...

reviewermarc 26.08.2005 · Read review
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Review of Sapphire RADEON 9600 XT

Sapphire RADEON 9600 Atlantis Pro 256MB

Advantages: Great Value, Relaible
Disadvantages: No as good as 9800 series

...I wanted to buy a video card that could handle cames such as Call of Duty and NFSU2 easily with a bit to spare. I didn't want to break the bank, and although I was tempted by the 9800 series I opted to go for a sapphire 9600 pro(256mb). I must emphasize the importance of purchasing a pro model as opposed to a standard 9600. Although the pro is not as good as the xt, the price increase from the standard 9600 was minimal(a mere 2 pounds in my case!), so the performance upgrade was well worth the bit extra. I was constrained by the fact that I didn't have a pci express port only an agp, but I have been assured that I do not lose out by buying agp compatable technology at this stage. It is recommended to use this card with an 8x agp slot but using a 4x is fine. The all important core clock speed of the 9600 pro is 400mhz, compared to...

KnowledgeBase 03.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Sapphire RADEON 9600 Atlantis Pro

The 9200SE, yet another Gem from Sapphire.

Advantages: Excellent mid-range card. Compatable with most recent games. Good overclocking capabilities
Disadvantages: None to speak of.

...Last January, after my aged Nvidia TNT2 card finally bit the dust I realized it was time to purchase a new graphics card for my own PC. I'd previously bought and tested out the Radeon 7000 from Sapphire on a different PC, due to the good results I acheived with that model, this card represented a natural progression. The 9200SE card is by no means a top of the range model, when I purchased it it cost 37 pounds. Upon receiving it promptly through the post I proceeded to install it in the usual manner: Inserting it into one of the Agp slots on the motherboard and fastening the card using the screws supplied. The motherboard I used it on was a cheap Syntax / PC Chips board equipped with a 4x AGP function. Just likes its lesser counterpart it possesses no manual. The software supplied was identical to that which came with the 7000...

Credance100 20.10.2004 · Read review
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Radeon Power All The Way

Advantages: Superb graphics at no loss in frame rate
Disadvantages: Installation of drivers not recognised

...After trawling the net for suitable PC's - I decided to build my own one with the help of a friend - well he built it and I paid (and watched and helped a little!). The Radeon 9800SE Atlantis was first for choice based on its cost and the quality of graphics and frame rate. The installation process. Once we had assembled the motherboard, processor, heat sink and drives, the Radeon 9800SE Atlantis just slotted in and connected to the power cables very easily and that is that. No fiddly bits or straining to cram the wires in - having a large volume case does help though. (I would recommend that you use the anti-static envelops when replacing a graphics card - don't let your old one lie around because you may have to replace your new card if it doesn't work - not that Radeon cards don't breakdown but as a safety precaution...

Teach2301 09.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Sapphire RADEON HD 4870 1GB

Advantages: Value for money, Direct X 10, perfermance
Disadvantages: Other cards available are cheaper but don't offer the value

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tonyyeb 27.01.2009 · Read review
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