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Title: sapphire 9600 xt
Post by: dogsnot on December 08, 2003, 10:10:28 PM

Currently have asus geforce4 4200 and am considering switching to ati.  have an78x dx and xp 2100 processor.  Looking at 9600 xt on newegg and the price is right, anyone have comments or experience with this card??

Title: sapphire 9600 xt
Post by: Makarov9 on December 08, 2003, 11:23:49 PM

Just received that exact card in today from Newegg. Constant lock-ups in games. Sending it back for a different brand. Could have been a fluke btu read many people having problems with it.

Title: sapphire 9600 xt
Post by: Pfunk on December 09, 2003, 01:15:45 AM

Your best off with a ATI retail card, or at least one that is built by ATI...oh yeah and there is no reason to buy na XP2100+ when you can get a 2500 Barton reatail from newegg for $90

Title: sapphire 9600 xt
Post by: mason22 on December 09, 2003, 01:39:17 AM

had problems with mine, sending it back RMA, but the shop i bought it from won't exchange it for a different brand, i'm hoping maybe there is actually something wrong with the card i received and that the new one might actually work.

i'll be sure and post again once i know.

Title: sapphire 9600 xt
Post by: mason22 on December 09, 2003, 01:40:33 AM

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Originally posted by Makarov9
Just received that exact card in today from Newegg. Constant lock-ups in games. Sending it back for a different brand. Could have been a fluke btu read many people having problems with it.

i've read opposite ends of the spectrum...some are having problems and some are having no issues at all.

strange.

Title: sapphire 9600 xt
Post by: dogsnot on December 09, 2003, 09:43:48 AM

Thanks guys, will probably stay away from it then.


snot out

Title: sapphire 9600 xt
Post by: Flit on December 12, 2003, 02:37:32 PM

Mine work s fine

Title: sapphire 9600 xt
Post by: mason22 on December 12, 2003, 02:56:01 PM

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Originally posted by Flit
Mine work s fine

would you mind posting all of your system details? thanks.

:aok

Title: sapphire 9600 xt
Post by: Flit on December 12, 2003, 08:39:31 PM

Asus P4B800 Deluxe
P4 2.6c O/C't to 3.1 Mhz
1 gig DDR PC3200 Ram
Sapphier 9600xt 128 mb (cat 3.9)
XP

Title: sapphire 9600 xt
Post by: dracon on December 16, 2003, 08:58:45 PM

Got mine on Saturday.  Sapphire 9600XT.

Big thing guys is to remove old drivers.  This can happen EASILY!  Go to http://www.guru3d.com and download Driver Cleaner.  It works for both ATI and NVidia.  Actually it works on other lesser know cards too.  Follow instructions.  I did.  Replaced a Geforce 3 Ultra with the above card.  Took me longer to open the box and physically swap cards then it did to clean the old Nvidia drivers and install the ATI.  OBTW, I used the Cat. 3.7 drivers from http://www.Omegacorner.com  The 3.9's have known issues and the Cat 10's should be out this week.  So far.....I love my 9600XT.

Title: sapphire 9600 xt
Post by: mason22 on December 16, 2003, 09:23:19 PM

dracon,

what are your system specs? hardware, etc?

thanks

Title: sapphire 9600 xt
Post by: dracon on December 16, 2003, 10:57:38 PM

P-4 1.8 Ghz, Socket 478 850 chipset
ABIT TH7-II MoBo Non-RAID
512 M RDRAM
TB Santa Cruz
80G IBM 7200 Rpm HDD
19" Sony Multiscan PS 400
Joysticks: CH Pro Throttle, CH Pro Pedals, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro
Cable 500/200
XP Pro SP-1

Of course the 9600 XT :)