ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with samsung memory chips?

DodgerDodger
edited December 2004 in Hardware
Does anyone know where I might be able to find one? I know, it's really late to be trying to get one, but still... it never hurts to ask, right? Ebay used to be in abundance with these things. But I have yet find a single one... someone please help me.

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  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited December 2004
    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-268R&depa=0

    i notice samsung chips on this in the picture :)
  • DodgerDodger
    edited December 2004
    GrayFox wrote:
    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-268R&depa=0

    i notice samsung chips on this in the picture :)

    Holy heck! YES! Thank you so so much! I'm gonna order this ASAP.:D I really hope I get those Samsung memory chips...
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    those new sapphire cards have had an awesome core for a while now ...I hope they haven't changed.
  • DodgerDodger
    edited December 2004
    Does anyone know when Newegg generaly restocks their supply of these things? They're currently sold out at the moment...

    EDIT: Nevermind. Newegg says they useualy have sold-out items back in stock within a week.

    EDIT EDIT: I am having a question... if I buy the Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro RETAIL, am I garunteed Samsung memory chips? All reviews via newegg.com say Sapphire makes all their 9800 Pro cards with samsung chips. Has this changed since the release of said reviews?
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited December 2004
    Dodger wrote:
    Does anyone know when Newegg generaly restocks their supply of these things? They're currently sold out at the moment...

    EDIT: Nevermind. Newegg says they useualy have sold-out items back in stock within a week.

    EDIT EDIT: I am having a question... if I buy the Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro RETAIL, am I garunteed Samsung memory chips? All reviews via newegg.com say Sapphire makes all their 9800 Pro cards with samsung chips. Has this changed since the release of said reviews?

    Ive only seen them with samsung chips ....... But ive only seen 4 of them all in computers ive made :rolleyes:
  • diminiondiminion
    edited December 2004
    I got my sapphire 9800Pro from newegg about a month ago and i got a 350core and with hynix memory. So its not for sure you gonna get samsung memory chips.
  • DodgerDodger
    edited December 2004
    diminion wrote:
    I got my sapphire 9800Pro from newegg about a month ago and i got a 350core and with hynix memory. So its not for sure you gonna get samsung memory chips.

    I'm assuming Hynix memory isn't has good as Samsung. How do they compare in terms of overclocking?
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited December 2004
    Dodger wrote:
    I'm assuming Hynix memory isn't has good as Samsung. How do they compare in terms of overclocking?
    Hynix is the second best u could hope for samsung makes the best
    infinion makes the worste
  • Ghaleon4Ghaleon4 South Oklahoma
    edited December 2004
    I can't believe the damn price has gone up...
    This is drivin' me up the wall...it used to be $160 a week ago!
  • DodgerDodger
    edited December 2004
    GrayFox wrote:
    Hynix is the second best u could hope for samsung makes the best
    infinion makes the worste

    I swear if I get Infinion (or, 'inferion' as I like to call it) memory chips, i'm returning my card right than and there. They won't overclock for crap and are slower than Hynix and Samsung chips, from what i've been told/heard.
  • diminiondiminion
    edited December 2004
    Ghaleon4, are who talking about the 9800pro from newegg? Are you sure it was the sapphire card? I got mine for $209 (some time last month) and last time i checked it was still $209
  • DodgerDodger
    edited December 2004
    Ok, so now that i've figured out what I want in my rig, please tell me how it will handle the likes of DOOM III/Half-Life 2/Far Cry

    Motherboard: Abit NF7-S
    CPU: AMD Athlon XP 3.2 Ghz
    RAM: 1 stick of 512MB PC3200 Kingston and 1 stick of 256MB PC2700 Samsung (the Samsung memory is upscaled to PC3200 speeds)
    Video Card: Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
    Powersupply: Thermatake 480W
    Harddrive: Western Digital 80gig 7200RPM
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    Motherboard: "ABIT "NF7-S" nForce2 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL"
    CPU: "AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2600+, 266 MHz FSB, 512K L2 Cache Processor,45 Watt - OEM"
    RAM: "Mushkin Hi Perf LII V2 Dual Pack 184-Pin 512MB(256MB x 2) DDR PC-3200 w/ Heatspreader, Model 991358 - Retail"
    Video Card: "SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9800 PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -BULK -OEM"
    Power Supply: "Antec 430W Power Supply, Model "TRUE430" -RETAIL"
    Harddrive: "Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD740GD, OEM Drive Only"

    You really should start a new thread for a new system like this because that is a lot of money and I think you can be better off IMO.
    Do you have any components already?
  • DodgerDodger
    edited December 2004
    Actualy (aside the Video Card) the specs I listed are all components I already have in my rig. What do you recommend I upgrade?
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    Dodger wrote:
    Actualy (aside the Video Card) the specs I listed are all components I already have in my rig. What do you recommend I upgrade?
    Oh no I just misunderstood ...I thought you were buying more components sorry! :thumbsup:
  • DodgerDodger
    edited December 2004
    No problem. So, how do you think my rig will handle half-life 2 and such?
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    I think it should handle it well. You can tweak the card and the software to preform well. Don't expect the highest fps or anything just stay middle of the road on feature settings and you should be ok.
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