ATI graphic question?

[andlamv]

ok i been looking for a ATI X800 pro AGP card for sell it seems it out of stock everywhere. but i wrote a letter to ati in email about the issue and they said try one of our Mfg. partners. but she handed me list and im afraid ill get one thats not good since it is not made by ATI just the VPU chip. i dont plan on going cheap, like some value comapny if ya know what i mean. so ne suggestions on ne of these?

ABIT
ASUS
Buffalo Inc.
Celestica
Connect Components Ltd.
Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd.
ELSA Technology Inc.
First International Computer, Inc.
Giga-Byte Techonology Co., Ltd.
Hercules Guillemot
Hightech Information System Ltd.
Info-Tek Corp.
Micro-Star International Co., Ltd
Sapphire Technology Ltd.
Transcend Information, Inc.
Triplex REDai
Tul Corporation
TYAN Computer
Visiontek
Wistron Corporation
YUAN

[large_nostril]

Abit, Asus, Gigabyte, and Sapphire are probably the best and will be as good (or better) than the actual ATI cards. Check Newegg for these cards.

[fpantovich]

Buffalo Inc.

wierd, I didn't know Buffalo started doing Video Cards also...wonder if they are any good, hehe...

I'd stick with Sapphire for the cost, but Abit, Asus, and Gigabyte are pretty good brands as well, but definitely one of the four....good luck...

[superfly999]

i've used a

sapphire rad9800pro
sapphire rad9600np
sapphire rad9000pro
connect3D rad9800pro

not the exact of what you're looking for, but in my experience, have all been fine cards.

[ArcticFox]

MSI cards are very nice also.

[andlamv]

cool thanks for the info guys. so between ati made and thrid party made is there ne lose of GFX, speed, and or performance

[SoloCamo]

well sometimes 3rd party companys increase the clock on the vid cards but usually not. just read about it before you buy it, they should all be the same

[Saico]

if yur an overclocker dont get saphire. its a great card for everyone else though. ive had good luck with
ABIT
ASUS
Connect Components Ltd.
Giga-Byte Techonology Co., Ltd.
Hercules Guillemot
Hightech Information System Ltd.
Info-Tek Corp.

[andlamv]

is Xtasy is ne good?, comapreing it seems the same, but neone have problems with it

[fpantovich]

well, I don't know about for ATI, but my old video card, which is in my wife's system right now, is an XTasy Geforce 4 TI4200 that I had OCed in my system pretty well, don't remember exact numbers, but I remember that it was a better OC then most people with the same model card...I'd recommend Xtasy cards, but I'd suggest going with the previous recommendations first, if possible, as I don't have much experience with Xtasy aside from the one card..good luck...

[dday]

I have an ASUS 9200se card and have not had any driver or performance issues with it. I'm waiting a little while to upgrade to something faster. Probably another ATI card.

[andlamv]

i like ATI, but there products are really hard to find. so whats the best right now though i mean as in popularity

[large_nostril]

The Sapphire and Xtasy are probably most popular as they have good price to performance ratios and, more importantly, they're often readily available at stores like CompUSA and BestBuy. The Abit, Asus, and Gigabyte cards are rarely found in-store.

[fpantovich]

i like ATI, but there products are really hard to find. so whats the best right now though i mean as in popularity

ATI products are not hard to find, they are just as readily available as nVidia cards. Go to the website below and do a search for ATI, I bet there will be over 100 in the results, probably closer to the 500 range. ATI makes the GPU of the video card. They also make the actual cards, but the sell the chips that they make to other manufacturer's so that there can be an abundance of their cards on the market. Brand matters somewhat because of the quality of the components that other manufacturer's use, but either way, it's still an ATI core on that card if it's a Radeon...good luck, ttyl...

[andlamv]

thanks guys for your information but i finaly found one on newegg.com they sent me a e-mail saying they have it in stock which i think is neat. so i bought ATI brand X800 pro 256mb GDDR3 mem

and again thanks

[Friedchicken100]

even when you think you're buying straight-up, you're really buying third-party