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On 12 Jun 2004 14:53:16 +0950, "@ndrew"
<andrewratinternodedotondotnet> wrote:
>patrickp wrote:
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>> On 11 Jun 2004 19:27:59 +0950, "@ndrew"
>> <andrewratinternodedotondotnet> wrote:
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>> > patrickp wrote:
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>> >> With the exception of cards that are not equivalents of an Ati card
>> >> (my 9600 Pro VIVO, for instance - Ati don't make one).
>> >>
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>> >
>> > I am actually wondering if you have a brain.
>> >
>> > @ndrew
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>>
>> Thank you so much. I appreciate the profundity of your comment, too.
>>
>> patrickp
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>> patrickp@5acoustibop.co.uk - take five to email me
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>My comment was based on the fact the Sapphire make ATI's cards for them
>... a bit of reading could help you there. I always have a laugh when
>I read people in here saying you need to get a "made by ATI" card ...
>there is no such thing.
>
>ATI do a reference card and sub-contract others to make them ... good
>business model that .... your comments that ATI does not put out a VIVO
>model therefore is laughable.
>
>@ndrew
No, it's not. The fact is that Ati do not make a 9600 Pro VIVO card
while Sapphire do. The Sapphire card, furthermore, does not appear to
work with any of MMC's TV apps ; therefore the inference is that the
Rage Theater chip is not a reference Ati model, but Sapphire's own.
In fact, the reason I specifically sourced a Sapphire card was because
of the widely held opinion that Sapphire cards are identical to Ati
cards, whereas subsequent reading on the Sapphire site revealed that
many models - _including_ ones that parallel current Ati cards -
actually are not.
patrickp
patrickp@5acoustibop.co.uk - take five to email me