My 9700 PRO

[Tompa]

Hey again...

I just wonder who made my board...it is a "Powered by ATI" but it doesn't say which vendor it is, here's a picture at the box...anyone who knows?

http://w1.897.telia.com/~u89704607/Radeon9700_small.jpg´


tjabba

// Tompa

[Rodéric]

Any reason why you want to know ?

[Tompa]

Any reason why you want to know ?

....well....to be honest... ;) why would You like to know anything? ;)

I mean...it really looked like a "original" ATI at first...but as I mentioned, it says "powered by ATI" so that can't be then...or ?

...anyway...I thought it would be nice to know...just for fun....

[Dave Baumann]

If it says "Built By ATI" then its an ATI branded board, if it says "Powered By ATI" then its branded by someone else.

However, the fact is that the majority of the boards that are coming at the moment are coming from the same place that ATI buy most of their boards from. Out upcoming Radeon 9500 review will explain things a little more.

all vendors but Tyan 400MHz 9700* use the same board as ATI which is why (mostly) we see R300 boards from different vendors in this quantity unlike the case with the 8500

*(not default but due to the tweaked board and special coolings it should run stable at 400Mhz)

I dunno what brand ur board is aldo none of the vendors on ATI website use that logo (aldo I dunno about Jetway) Just a tip never buy an expensive piece of hardware b4 you really know what you getting.