Sapphire PURE Crossfire PC-A9RD480

W1zzard · 11-18-2005, 02:05 PM

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wtf8269 · 12-14-2005, 10:51 PM

Sweet board, good review W1zzard. Honestly I wasn't expecting this good of a board from Sapphire. The color scheme of the board reminds me of Vanilla Coke, I like it though.

Mussels · 12-15-2005, 04:30 AM

actaully wizzy, DFI claim they do have proper ATI crossfire certification, they just didnt make it into the first batch. They say they will have it when ATI do the next update of the certified products, but pushed it out earlier without the appropriate stickers since it was so late already.

W1zzard · 12-15-2005, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Mussels

actaully wizzy, DFI claim they do have proper ATI crossfire certification, they just didnt make it into the first batch. They say they will have it when ATI do the next update of the certified products, but pushed it out earlier without the appropriate stickers since it was so late already.

dfi: "we had to rush our product and we are sorry if it's not working for you, but please buy again and you may not be dissatisfied"

5-Clicks · 12-19-2005, 06:24 AM

sorry if this was mentioned in the article, but when is it supposed to be available to buy? I didn't see it anywhere in the article (didn't read it all word for word though

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W1zzard · 12-19-2005, 08:53 AM

it should be available already, but it seems hard to find

Dillinger · 12-19-2005, 10:23 AM

I was going to buy this board however I didnt like the fact that it only has two slots for other cards..like I have circled in yellow.

Yet im getting tired of using just one video card im going to get a dule core MB too.

yankees26 · 12-21-2005, 09:43 PM

I believe the reason it is hard to find is that the board that they are talking about is not a pure innovation board from sapphire. It is a Sapphire Pure Crossfire PC-A9RD480. It is the only Sapphire board that has the red and white colors and has crossfire. Also the only board under sapphire're pure innovation section on their website a non crossfire one (PI-A9RX480).

yankees26 · 12-23-2005, 07:46 PM

if you look at the picture of the box opened with the manual and cables and zoom in on the manual you will see that the board is in fact the PC-A9RD480 not the PI-A9RD480 (which doesnt exist) which means it is a Pure Crossfire board not a Pure Innovation board. Quite a big typo considering they had the motherboard and it said Pure Crossfire.

W1zzard · 12-24-2005, 09:14 AM

yep i'm sorry .. stupid me

infrared · 12-24-2005, 08:29 PM

Why do motherboard manufacturers put pci sockets under the PCIe sockets... I think that's pretty stupid, at least without having a decent gap. If you were utilizing both PCIe sockets, and both PCI sockets, the fan on the second graphics card would be covered.

Anyone else observed this?

11-18-2005, 02:05 PM	#1
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12-14-2005, 10:51 PM	#2
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12-15-2005, 04:30 AM	#3
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12-19-2005, 06:24 AM	#5
5-Clicks Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 20 (0.01/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	sorry if this was mentioned in the article, but when is it supposed to be available to buy? I didn't see it anywhere in the article (didn't read it all word for word though ) __________________ Athlon64 3000+ Venice LBBLE 0520APMW @ 2.8GHz 1.64v \|\| Opteron 146 CABYE 0536GPMW @ 2.9GHz 1.65v (stock cooling) XP-120 + Vantec Stealth DFI Lanparty UT Ultra-D 1GB OCZ VX PC4000 @ (results pending) \|\| 1GB OCZ Gold PC3200 @ 260 2-2-2-6 3.6v \|\| 1GB Mushkin Black Lvl2 3500 @ 265 2-2-2-4 3.5v Connect3D X800GTO @ XT 600/500 OCZ Powerstream 520w

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12-19-2005, 08:53 AM	#6
W1zzard Administrator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 7,609 (3.77/day) Thanks: 79 Thanked 2,485 Times in 931 Posts System Specs	it should be available already, but it seems hard to find

12-19-2005, 10:23 AM	#7
Dillinger Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 194 (0.14/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	I was going to buy this board however I didnt like the fact that it only has two slots for other cards..like I have circled in yellow. Yet im getting tired of using just one video card im going to get a dule core MB too.

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12-21-2005, 09:43 PM	#8
yankees26 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I think they mislabeled the board I believe the reason it is hard to find is that the board that they are talking about is not a pure innovation board from sapphire. It is a Sapphire Pure Crossfire PC-A9RD480. It is the only Sapphire board that has the red and white colors and has crossfire. Also the only board under sapphire're pure innovation section on their website a non crossfire one (PI-A9RX480).

12-23-2005, 07:46 PM	#9
yankees26 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	look at picture if you look at the picture of the box opened with the manual and cables and zoom in on the manual you will see that the board is in fact the PC-A9RD480 not the PI-A9RD480 (which doesnt exist) which means it is a Pure Crossfire board not a Pure Innovation board. Quite a big typo considering they had the motherboard and it said Pure Crossfire.

12-24-2005, 09:14 AM	#10
W1zzard Administrator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 7,609 (3.77/day) Thanks: 79 Thanked 2,485 Times in 931 Posts System Specs	yep i'm sorry .. stupid me

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