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2004-02-21, 4:49 PM #1
Never buy Sapphire cards. Ever.


Right now they have a huge problem with their ATI cards that causes them to stop working completely after ~3 months use. The video output becomes corrupted.

WTF do I have to discover these things personally?


/cursing ensues.


So looks like I'll have to send it back every 3 months until the warranty is over.

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2004-02-21, 4:51 PM #2
That sucks

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2004-02-21, 4:54 PM #3
Wow... I was gonna get a 9800 from them too... But I went genuine ATI. I ended up frying that anyway [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]
2004-02-21, 5:13 PM #4
And do they not come with a warranty? Most Video cards come with at least a 1 year warranty these days…

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2004-02-21, 5:16 PM #5
I don't know about where you live, but here in Texas we have a lemon law. If they have to repair the same thing 3 times under warranty, they have to buy it back from you if you want. It sounds like you might want to check and see if there is something similar where you live.

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2004-02-21, 5:16 PM #6
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Connection Problem:
So looks like I'll have to send it back every 3 months until the warranty is over.

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Pissed Off?
2004-02-22, 4:20 AM #7
O_o

Really? I think I have a saphhire radeon 8500LE 128MB, Its a great card.

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2004-02-22, 4:27 AM #8
The problem seems to be with the 9500/9600/9700/9800 series.


As for the lemon law, I highly doubt it exists here, and wouldn't know where to find out about it.

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2004-02-22, 5:44 AM #9
Eeep, I have a 9600 Sapphire.

~crosses fingers~



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2004-02-22, 5:56 AM #10
phew, i nearly bought a sapphire 9600 pro.

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2004-02-22, 8:47 AM #11
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by finity5:
Wow... I was gonna get a 9800 from them too... But I went genuine ATI. I ended up frying that anyway [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]</font>


Why does this happen to everybody?

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2004-02-22, 8:49 AM #12
You sure it's not a connection problem?
2004-02-22, 9:15 AM #13
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2004-02-22, 9:29 AM #14
I've had my Sapphire 9800 for about 7 months now.. I've NEVER had a problem with it, perhaps it's an isolated issue?

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2004-02-22, 9:36 AM #15
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Septic Yogurt:
phew, i nearly bought a sapphire 9600 pro.

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I bought one last summer and it's working fine.
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2004-02-22, 9:36 AM #16
When I saw "Sapphire cards" I thought...."Pokemon?"
2004-02-22, 10:12 AM #17
Isolated?
http://www.sapphiretech.com/forum/commforums.asp

Troubleshooting > Page 2 > Screen Corruption


Something tells me there's a pretty serious problem, and that there are mayn others having the same problem as well.

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2004-02-22, 10:27 AM #18
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Chaotic Ghost:
When I saw "Sapphire cards" I thought...."Pokemon?"</font>


mmmeee tooo

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2004-02-22, 11:01 AM #19
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mystic0:
Why does this happen to everybody?

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Because they don't know when to stop overclocking...

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2004-02-22, 2:58 PM #20
Heh. My TNT2 still works, apart from the fact it's a TNT2.

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2004-02-22, 3:10 PM #21
Sapphire makes terrible cards, and that's being generous. Mine just flat out did not work. And yeah, read their tech forum...if that doesn't make it obvious, well..
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2004-02-22, 5:40 PM #22
Bloody hell...I just bought a 9600XT too!

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