Sapphire Factory Tour

W1zzard · 03-06-2005, 03:28 PM

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LMP · 05-24-2005, 08:09 PM

Very nice Wizzard! really

gR3iF · 05-24-2005, 08:58 PM

nice tour but is every manufactor testing the card before?

Urlyin · 05-24-2005, 11:20 PM

I liked it... something different... I would have thought the process would be more automated... but a nice look into the process... thanks W1zz

wazzledoozle · 05-24-2005, 11:21 PM

Nice. Do you have any numbers of about how many graphics cards they have to throw away because the BGA pins were bad?

05-25-2005, 08:06 AM

Well when I saw that the ATI cards were made in China, I first thought of the slave labor that goes on there. It is sad to see that our nice cards are part of globalization's slave lobor. I wonder how much the workers get from out $299.00 X800XL's??

What happens if we have a war with China? no more ATI cards for the U.S.?

05-25-2005, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered CMD15

Well when I saw that the ATI cards were made in China, I first thought of the slave labor that goes on there. It is sad to see that our nice cards are part of globalization's slave lobor. I wonder how much the workers get from out $299.00 X800XL's??

What happens if we have a war with China? no more ATI cards for the U.S.?

STFU , you just wanna "rescue" these yellow honeys from their factory labor eh? Crusader boy?

W1zzard · 05-25-2005, 05:14 PM

the workers in the factory are making good money (compared to regular wages in china), the work is not physically hard.

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What happens if we have a war with China? no more ATI cards for the U.S.?

if the us go to war with china, i suggest you better stop worrying about video cards and start looking for the next nuke shelter

djbbenn · 05-25-2005, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by W1zzard

if the us go to war with china, i suggest you better stop worrying about video cards and start looking for the next nuke shelter

Lol good anwser.

-Dan

05-27-2005, 05:06 AM

Great article and pictures.
Thanks for sharing!

erocker · 01-06-2008, 03:34 AM

This was a very cool article!!

Duffman · 01-06-2008, 03:41 AM

pretty cool. Nice to see where my cards came from lol!

Morgoth · 01-06-2008, 04:17 AM

woot hot asian schicks at Sapphire i knew it!

Monkeywoman · 01-06-2008, 06:23 AM

x800xl? wow, they still selling those in china? one would make a killing off selling 3870s there

W1zzard · 01-06-2008, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Monkeywoman

x800xl? wow, they still selling those in china? one would make a killing off selling 3870s there

look at the post date of this article...

Monkeywoman · 01-06-2008, 04:31 PM

i knoe....its a Monkey trying to be funny

strick94u · 01-07-2008, 01:51 AM

Glad someone dug this up its excellent

03-06-2005, 03:28 PM	#1
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LMP Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 3 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Very nice Wizzard! really

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gR3iF Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hamburg Posts: 1,689 (0.99/day) Thanks: 9 Thanked 34 Times in 32 Posts System Specs	nice tour but is every manufactor testing the card before?

05-24-2005, 11:20 PM	#4
Urlyin Senior Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,978 (1.03/day) Thanks: 36 Thanked 88 Times in 52 Posts	I liked it... something different... I would have thought the process would be more automated... but a nice look into the process... thanks W1zz

05-25-2005, 08:06 AM	#6
Unregistered CMD15 Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	Slave Labor Well when I saw that the ATI cards were made in China, I first thought of the slave labor that goes on there. It is sad to see that our nice cards are part of globalization's slave lobor. I wonder how much the workers get from out $299.00 X800XL's?? What happens if we have a war with China? no more ATI cards for the U.S.?

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05-27-2005, 05:06 AM	#10
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	Great article and pictures. Thanks for sharing!

01-06-2008, 03:34 AM	#11
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01-06-2008, 03:41 AM	#12
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