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05-21-2005, 01:05 PM
IRQ Conflict

Dood! you got a reply? damn they must hate me, mabey the way i worded it? :)

I also accused it of being faked, but got no response.
05-21-2005, 01:34 PM
kraggy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ubermann

That pic is fake. Notice photoshop on second PCI-E
I even mailed the writer of the story on inq and he told me when i said it was fake picture:

:eek2:

Wheeeewww! I was beginning to think ATI was dropping the ball and I would have to stay with NV. My dual head SLI phase cooler won't fit between those slots.
05-21-2005, 01:40 PM
Tony

I have seen both the standard board and the dual "SLI" version, I even touched them both and yes both were working.

Hopefully not long to wait now ;)
05-21-2005, 02:27 PM
SlackeR

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigtoe

I have seen both the standard board and the dual "SLI" version, I even touched them both and yes both were working.

Hopefully not long to wait now ;)

Well then.. How much room do we have between the graphics cards? :)
05-21-2005, 08:20 PM
Ubermann

Quote:

Originally Posted by IRQ Conflict

Dood! you got a reply? damn they must hate me, mabey the way i worded it? :)

I also accused it of being faked, but got no response.

You mailed fudo ?
I didnt expect an answer from him =)
What does he mean with "used for upcoming product" ?
They gonna photoshop stuff on their product boxes from now ?
Then why not make 8 PCI-E slots and say its for upcoming products =)
05-21-2005, 08:26 PM
Ubermann

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigtoe

I have seen both the standard board and the dual "SLI" version, I even touched them both and yes both were working.

Hopefully not long to wait now ;)

I heard grouper was on E3 but they say it wasnt running there ?
I GUESS they are real close to release both version, single and some SLI version but then why use photoshop on a box ?
05-22-2005, 06:27 AM
perkam

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=63351 :hehe:

Perkam
05-22-2005, 07:12 AM
Ubermann

http://www.sapphiretech.com/pressrelease/Pure.pdf
05-22-2005, 12:35 PM
IRQ Conflict

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ubermann

You mailed fudo ?
I didnt expect an answer from him =)
What does he mean with "used for upcoming product" ?
They gonna photoshop stuff on their product boxes from now ?
Then why not make 8 PCI-E slots and say its for upcoming products =)

No I hit the 'Flame Author' button at the bottom of the article, I suppose it went to Faud, or thier complaint dept. aka paper shreder ;)

I suppose if Sapphire were responsible for the pic (I doubt it) it may have been they didn't have an multi vid board on hand and had to mock it up for E3. Purley my speculation though.

I use Paint shop, eisier to fake stuff ;P

Why not 12 32x PCIe and we'll call it a day :)
05-22-2005, 06:44 PM
AMD-me

When is the ETA, i need to know if i can survive w/o a real computer for much longer...my new case/psu is waiting! :D
05-22-2005, 06:59 PM
perkam

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMD-me

When is the ETA, i need to know if i can survive w/o a real computer for much longer...my new case/psu is waiting! :D

What's your price range for one of these?

Perkam
05-22-2005, 09:25 PM
AMD-me

Quote:

Originally Posted by perkam

What's your price range for one of these?

Perkam

So long as the PURE board (single gfx) is under 150 bux ill be game.

I could care less about AMR, jes get me that sexy board :D
05-23-2005, 01:23 AM
Ubermann

Will be avaible within coming weeks according to Sapphire.
05-23-2005, 08:37 AM
muzz

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Originally Posted by Revv23

lol i think you guys missed the joke.

yeah they could have sold tons of mainboard if they released this thing when the hype was up, but it seems like most poeple that wanted it are with DFI now, itll have to be a significant amount better to get people to switch, and the people who are waiting havent even seen results at all yet. merely pictures and a list of features.

Actually it only has to have similar performance and NO boot/dead hardware issues.
If it does it will get alot of attention even though it's behind.
I will say for certain, that if this thing runs close ( or better, we don't know) to a DFI NF4, I will certainly buy 1 just to save the headaches.
And my guess is alot of other folks will also.

JMO
05-23-2005, 09:44 AM
AMD-me

:banana::banana::banana::banana:..i might have to wait for my upgrade then :(

but this board will kick some ass :evil:
05-23-2005, 09:55 AM
Revv23

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Originally Posted by muzz

Actually it only has to have similar performance and NO boot/dead hardware issues.
If it does it will get alot of attention even though it's behind.
I will say for certain, that if this thing runs close ( or better, we don't know) to a DFI NF4, I will certainly buy 1 just to save the headaches.
And my guess is alot of other folks will also.

JMO

this is true, but for every 1 that have a DFI with dead hardware issues, there are 25 happy customers.

but it is true when you ssay that most people still looking to go for 939 will get this over a dfi if it performs similar with no hardware issues. however i dont think that too many will switch from DFI.
05-23-2005, 10:09 AM
muzz

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Originally Posted by Revv23

this is true, but for every 1 that have a DFI with dead hardware issues, there are 25 happy customers.

but it is true when you ssay that most people still looking to go for 939 will get this over a dfi if it performs similar with no hardware issues. however i dont think that too many will switch from DFI.

As we all know here the DFI NF4 is an EXCELLENT clocking board, when it's running.
I do NOT believe that this board is a really big seller OUTSIDE of the enthusiast community(I could very well be wrong), so IF what I think is true, to me that means most of whats going with this board is being discussed in the community ( unlike other boards that EVERYONE buys).
1 out of 25?
I dunno about that #, I see thread after thread after thread regarding cold boot issues with this board.
I am USUALLY of the thought that only folks with problems come to these boards to sort them out, but thats regarding the average board....
Not this one.
JMO
Great board when it's running, but there ARE issues here, no doubt in my mind.
05-23-2005, 01:25 PM
AMD-me

My FSP Blue Storm, and Lian Li pc-7plus SE are crying for some hardware :D
05-23-2005, 03:17 PM
dippyskoodlez

Quote:

Originally Posted by muzz

As we all know here the DFI NF4 is an EXCELLENT clocking board, when it's running.
I do NOT believe that this board is a really big seller OUTSIDE of the enthusiast community(I could very well be wrong), so IF what I think is true, to me that means most of whats going with this board is being discussed in the community ( unlike other boards that EVERYONE buys).
1 out of 25?
I dunno about that #, I see thread after thread after thread regarding cold boot issues with this board.
I am USUALLY of the thought that only folks with problems come to these boards to sort them out, but thats regarding the average board....
Not this one.
JMO
Great board when it's running, but there ARE issues here, no doubt in my mind.

For every post in this forum with a problem, which is USUALLY user error (i was once one of them too), there are at LEAST 50-60 boards sold.

1 in 25 is a very low number IMO. I know 4 friends that all have one, along with me, and they all have worked 100% perfectly out of the box, even using a venice. :stick:

DFi's QA is doing great now. Now we just gotta hope sapphire can keep up :D
05-23-2005, 07:59 PM
AMD-me

So a dfi lanparty is a good enough board i guess. I guess, I'll give up and buy a DFI :(
05-24-2005, 05:07 AM
Revv23

when i said 1 in 25 i waws giving a very low #, i am sure the number of happy customers is far greater then this.
05-24-2005, 06:25 AM
muzz

Quote:

Originally Posted by dippyskoodlez

For every post in this forum with a problem, which is USUALLY user error (i was once one of them too), there are at LEAST 50-60 boards sold.

1 in 25 is a very low number IMO. I know 4 friends that all have one, along with me, and they all have worked 100% perfectly out of the box, even using a venice. :stick:

DFi's QA is doing great now. Now we just gotta hope sapphire can keep up :D

Was once one of what?
I agree that problems with boards/hardware have a very high tendency to be user error ( barring hardware issues of course), and have stated this many times over the years.
The polls that I see are alot worse than 1 in 25, and thats in the enthusiast community, where a better % of folks actually know what they are doing.
My board ran mint until I decided to take out my VCard, and then reinstall it, so maybe folks that build it, get it running, and leave it are having better luck.
I dunno man, as I stated it runs great when it feels like booting, it is THE board for AMD performance as of right now period....., but there are alot of folks having issues with it not booting.

Here's to a quick and awesome debut of the Sapphire, they have the cards stacked against them though thats for sure.
05-25-2005, 10:06 AM
cadaveca

Back on topic....here's a press release on the board(s):

http://www.sapphiretech.com/pressrelease/Pure.pdf

Quote:

PURE Performance!
Developed primarily for the PURE Performance enthusiast, the specifications for the Sapphire
PURE mainboard line have been chosen to give the user maximum flexibility in performance
optimisation. Built using high quality components to provide stability, providing support for high end
hardware options such as Dual VPU support hardware and offering the capability for BIOS
performance tuning, the PURE product family reaches new heights in desirability for the PC
platform. Equipped with the latest ATI Express-200 chipsets it offers support for the latest socket
939 AMD Processors.
05-25-2005, 11:58 AM
AMD-me

Quote:

Originally Posted by cadaveca

Back on topic....here's a press release on the board(s):

http://www.sapphiretech.com/pressrelease/Pure.pdf

repost
:wierd:

:D But yea this board does look impressive, but i broke down and purchased a DFI.
05-25-2005, 12:27 PM
cadaveca

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMD-me

repost
:wierd:

:D But yea this board does look impressive, but i broke down and purchased a DFI.

Only becuase of the dual vpu support part. We want this board why? dual maybe...

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