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Old 09-08-2004, 07:32 PM   #13
kram 2.0
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Originally Posted by Hi Ho
I didnt notice that either. Thanks for pointing that out. I knew there was some reason for it's lesser price. I thought the 128 bit version of the 9800 was known as the 9800 SE.
People got pretty angry at purchasing the "9800 Pro" presuming it will perform parallel to the others. Sapphire made an apology and redubbed the 128-bit version the "Radeon 9800"...which is confusing, since there is also a 256-bit version of the Radeon 9800. Poor marketing strategy, if you ask me.

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