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Review: 3-way passively-cooled midrange shootout. Sapphire vs HIS vs XFX

by Tarinder Sandhu on 4 May 2007, 08:45

Tags: HiS Graphics

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Sapphire ULTIMATE X1650 Pro 256MiB bundle and warranty





Confusing matters somewhat, there are two retail versions of the Sapphire ULTIMATE X1650 Pro 256MiB. We've shown a box picture of the 'lite' version which differs from the full retail by omitting Just Cause, the included gaming title.

The lite SKU is designed to better compete on price, and our research shows it to be available for around £59.





Items Drivers and electronic manual CD
Printed user manual
2x DVI dongles
HDTV-Out (component) cable
Composite-video cable
S-Video-to-composite adapter


Sapphire's bundle has most of the bases covered, too. We're glad to see the company not skimping on DVI dongles or cables at the lower end of its midrange Radeon graphics cards lineup.

Warranty considerations

All of Sapphire's graphics cards are backed up by a 2-year warranty. Claims in the first year are handled by the supplier from whom the card was purchased from. Claims after this period are handled by a U.K.-based service centre.