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9800Pro - ATI or Sampphire?

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considering upgrading my 9700pro to 9800pro/128 - yeah, i know, marginal, but i'm seeing mad overclocks on 9800pro (like 500 on GPU) and my 9700pro tops out at ~400 on GPU with a voltmod.

so, is there any difference (in quality, overclockability, performance) between a 9800pro made by ATI and the same made by Sapphire?

i figured i'd ask first, just in case. i don't see any difference myself... this upgrade will run me in the order of $100, so it ain't that big of a deal. i want this to last me until RV420 comes out (or whatever the new core will be called).

here are the links: Sapphire for $268 and ATI for $298.

sapphire is OEM, ATI is Retail (who needs it?) - for a $30 difference
 
A 9700 pro with a 400mhz core is plenty to hold you over until the next gen.:eek:
 
9800pro with 500mhz gpu ?!?!? where and with what cooling? Prommie2 modded to a gpu?
 
If u wanna volt mod the Pro any will do:

Here's a 9800 Volt Mod Guide:

http://www.fastlanehw.com

IF NOT, the retail ATI cores overclock highest (mine does 490 stock on air) Sapphire's oc highest on memory. The R350's performance is GPU driven & not reliant on memory bandwidth so much (like the R300's were).

So buy the retail ATI if you're a serious benchmarker.
 
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