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Originally Posted by Surfer_2099  Sky, take out your crystal ball and tell us if you think availability is going to be a serious problem for Sapphire (and even ATI) going forward.
Cheers!
Happy_To_Have_Stayed_Up_Canuck :)
Edit: Oh... and looking closely at the images, I think I see that there is not plate on the back of the card, is that right? |
The crystal ball says that I don't see a major increase in availability before December. At the earliest.
I am sure NVIDIA is kicking themselves in the butt right now because this would be a perfect situation where they could take some major market share away from AMD if they only had a card ready.
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Originally Posted by sswilson Hrmmmmm..........
I know you're busier than a 1 armed paper hanger these days SKYMTL, but did you have a chance to dig any deeper into this?
Seems strange that a manufacturer's binned clock would be that close to the edge without causing issues that require you to downclock the card to avoid artifacting.
Is there any chance that the card has been locked in some way? |
Methinks it is a BIOS lock on the card since we have a VERY early sample but Sapphire isn't being forthcoming with answers. It could just be a freak.
However, the card was running all night last night in an effort to find some kind of instability at stock clocks which resultsed in no failures or artifacts. I'll do the same tonight and report back.