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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12997
Why PowerColor Radeons are different to ATI Radeons
NOT ALL ATI CARDS are made by Sapphire we learned recently, as one big ATI customer chose another manufacturer to produce its cards. It was surprise to us that we are not actually talking about any company known to the graphics world. But, for people that know this hardware manufacturing business, the name FoxConn should ring some bells.
FoxConn turns out to be a factory that wants to do its graphics business quietly. It doesn’t brand and sell its cards and boards, rather it is happy to just make boards for other vendors and collect some money for them.
So, all, or at least the majority, of PowerColor cards will be manufactured by FoxConn. And this gives the Taiwanese company a window of opportunity to mess with frequencies and actually announce faster products than reference ATI-designed cards, developed by Sapphire - even if they come with Blue PCBs and Hercules boxes.
This adds some more competitive spirit to the crowding market, as now you have at least three different sources of ATI cards: Sapphire, PowerColor and Asus.
We know that Powercolor wants to establish itself as the Gainward of the ATI market – supplying cards that are, by default, clocked faster than ATI's reference design. This adds some interesting spice to the proceedings, we reckon. µ
Why PowerColor Radeons are different to ATI Radeons
NOT ALL ATI CARDS are made by Sapphire we learned recently, as one big ATI customer chose another manufacturer to produce its cards. It was surprise to us that we are not actually talking about any company known to the graphics world. But, for people that know this hardware manufacturing business, the name FoxConn should ring some bells.
FoxConn turns out to be a factory that wants to do its graphics business quietly. It doesn’t brand and sell its cards and boards, rather it is happy to just make boards for other vendors and collect some money for them.
So, all, or at least the majority, of PowerColor cards will be manufactured by FoxConn. And this gives the Taiwanese company a window of opportunity to mess with frequencies and actually announce faster products than reference ATI-designed cards, developed by Sapphire - even if they come with Blue PCBs and Hercules boxes.
This adds some more competitive spirit to the crowding market, as now you have at least three different sources of ATI cards: Sapphire, PowerColor and Asus.
We know that Powercolor wants to establish itself as the Gainward of the ATI market – supplying cards that are, by default, clocked faster than ATI's reference design. This adds some interesting spice to the proceedings, we reckon. µ
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), issie ook 50 euri goedkoper (170 euro)... Ik heb het dus vooral over vergelijkingen tussen een PowerColor Radeon 9800 SE en een GeForce 5900 XT.. Dáár komt dus sowieso die Radeon als winnaar uit.. Daarnaast heeft PowerColor dus ook die 9800 Pros die dus ook 220 euro kosten en schijnbaar sneller geklokt zijn dan de kaarten van Sapphire of Club3D..
