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List:       dri-users
Subject:    Re: [Dri-users] Any Ideas How to Fix This
From:       oliver <oliver () are-b ! org>
Date:       2002-11-25 16:48:44
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Roman Stepanov wrote:
> Geller Sandor wrote:
> 
>>>I don't see the "built by ATI" issue as much of an issue, honestly.  The
>>>OEM versions of the ATI-brand cards aren't much more expensive than the
>>>cheapo "powered by ATI" ones, IIRC.
>>
>>From my point of view, it is an issue. I live in Hungary. The market is
>>full of nvidia-powered cards, you have to search for other products.
>>Finally I found Ati Radeon 8500 LE-s in some pricelists. But these are
>>from 3rd-party manufacturers. I can't find ATI FireGL-s, or Radeon
>>8800-based cards. You can buy of course Radeon 9700 cards, because only
>>Ati manufactures these cards. But if a Redeon LE is 10 percent cheaper,
>>than a card built by Ati, vendors will import only the cheaper cards. I
>>can order by mail an Ati-manufactured card, but if someone want to buy a
>>new PC, will he wait for 2-3 weeks, maybe 1 month for a graphic card? No.
>>This is how the market works in Hungary. I hope, this is not representing
>>whole Central Europe, only Hungary.
> 
> 
> Looks like the situation is common to all East Europe. I bought Gigabyte's 
> 8500LE board because it could be found in almost all Moscow shops while I 
> couldn't find any original ATI boards.
> 

Same here in the Netherlands. You have to look pretty hard any ati 9000 
(it's the one i wanted because of the features, not the speed.) So i was 
happy to find 1 brand at the computer fair.



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