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Local Video Games store says many of the ATI cards
they have received have been defective or visibly
damaged, with parts missing. I don't know which
card maker is doing this, but I suspect it is Sapphire,
and they tried to get too many cards out too fast. The
store had to RMA all of the first cards they received.
I bought my 9600XT from Mwave.com, made by
Gigabyte. It is nice, and Gigabyte seems to be good
quality stuff.

johns

Why do you suspect Sapphire? I have 3 of their cards and they've been
exemplary. My 9600 Pro is a killer at OC'ing too. Stable as hell. I do hear
some bad things about the Powerecolors though.
johns