Sapphire Readies New Custom-Design HD 6970 2 GB Graphics Card

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

First, what happened in teh 9600 days is hardly a true representation of their quality now. Secondly, they aren't any worse than any other manufacturer on the same tier.

As for the Mac, no, it doesn't suck. It's great for everything but hardcore gaming and heavy encoding (due to being on older dual core iMac 20"). That's what I have the PC for. OS X is great, and the iMac is the only all-in-one that has good screens in them.

I should specify what I mean, the Mac OS, is really nothing more than a glorified version of Unix, which IMO is a fine OS, it's the hardware I dislike, as you pay 3 times as much for half the horsepower, and if you really want a MAC, a hackintosh can give you 2x the power for 1/2 the price!

I disagree, though I can't say I have bought a Saphire since the 3xxx generation, though can you blame me, given all 3 cards I have had to RMA, and as I stated previously 1 came flashed with the wrong BIOS (the BIOS they sent me in a support email bricked the card, and then they tried to deny the RMA), so IMO Saphire = crap.

 

[Wile E]

it's the hardware I dislike, as you pay 3 times as much for half the horsepower

Wrong. iMac, Mac Mini and MacPro bae models are all priced properly for their hardware.

You cannot compare build-it-yourself to an OEM computer. Not the same market.

Show me an all-in-one with the same power as iMac with an IPS screen, at the same price.

Show me a mini system with the same size and performance as a Mini for the price.

Show me a dual CPU workstation with the same features and performance as a base model MacPro at the same price from another OEM.

They do have overpriced stuff, but not all of it is. A little research will show you that. What is it with this forum, and blind Apple hate? It just as bad as blindly devoted Apple fanboys. At least do some research and have a reason to hate them, not spout 10 year old misconceptions.

 

[sliderider]

Source ?

Given I have gotten a card with the wrong BIOS on it, I payed for a 9600xt, but it came flashed as a 9600.

Saphire = over priced junk.




Wow my that sucks.

My Sapphire 9500 and x1600 are both still working.

 

[sliderider]

Only for me design reminds nvidia cards?

You mean like this one?

 

[pantherx12]

It's my bedroom computer. I use it all the time. She does use it more often tho. It's nicer for managing multiple programs and windows for me. I wish Windows had Expose.

Sounds like you need to master all the keyboard shortcuts windows has but doesn't tell anyone about.

Increases productivity and window management by up to 5000%!!!

All the windows key + (insert key here) keyboard short cuts is what I'm talking about.

I usually don't close things and just leave stuff running and can swap between things fairly rapidly. ( cept FF tabs, to many of them lol)

 

[Wile E]

I know them all. I have a high speed mouse. Mouse gestures work better for me.

 

[pantherx12]

I know them all. I have a high speed mouse. Mouse gestures work better for me.

If you wanted to could always add them yourself : ]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.input.mousegesture.aspx