Sapphire Factory Tour

W1zzard · Mar 6, 2005, 02:28 PM

To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/Factory/

LMP · May 24, 2005, 07:09 PM

Very nice Wizzard! really

gR3iF · May 24, 2005, 07:58 PM

nice tour but is every manufactor testing the card before?

Urlyin · May 24, 2005, 10:20 PM

I liked it... something different... I would have thought the process would be more automated... but a nice look into the process... thanks W1zz

wazzledoozle · May 24, 2005, 10:21 PM

Nice. Do you have any numbers of about how many graphics cards they have to throw away because the BGA pins were bad?

May 25, 2005, 07:06 AM

Well when I saw that the ATI cards were made in China, I first thought of the slave labor that goes on there. It is sad to see that our nice cards are part of globalization's slave lobor. I wonder how much the workers get from out $299.00 X800XL's??

What happens if we have a war with China? no more ATI cards for the U.S.?

May 25, 2005, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered CMD15

Well when I saw that the ATI cards were made in China, I first thought of the slave labor that goes on there. It is sad to see that our nice cards are part of globalization's slave lobor. I wonder how much the workers get from out $299.00 X800XL's??

What happens if we have a war with China? no more ATI cards for the U.S.?

STFU , you just wanna "rescue" these yellow honeys from their factory labor eh? Crusader boy?

W1zzard · May 25, 2005, 04:14 PM

the workers in the factory are making good money (compared to regular wages in china), the work is not physically hard.

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What happens if we have a war with China? no more ATI cards for the U.S.?

if the us go to war with china, i suggest you better stop worrying about video cards and start looking for the next nuke shelter

djbbenn · May 25, 2005, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by W1zzard

if the us go to war with china, i suggest you better stop worrying about video cards and start looking for the next nuke shelter

Lol good anwser.

-Dan

May 27, 2005, 04:06 AM

Great article and pictures.
Thanks for sharing!

erocker · Jan 6, 2008, 02:34 AM

This was a very cool article!!

Duffman · Jan 6, 2008, 02:41 AM

pretty cool. Nice to see where my cards came from lol!

Morgoth · Jan 6, 2008, 03:17 AM

woot hot asian schicks at Sapphire i knew it!

Monkeywoman · Jan 6, 2008, 05:23 AM

x800xl? wow, they still selling those in china? one would make a killing off selling 3870s there

W1zzard · Jan 6, 2008, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Monkeywoman

x800xl? wow, they still selling those in china? one would make a killing off selling 3870s there

look at the post date of this article...

Monkeywoman · Jan 6, 2008, 03:31 PM

i knoe....its a Monkey trying to be funny

strick94u · Jan 7, 2008, 12:51 AM

Glad someone dug this up its excellent

Mar 6, 2005, 02:28 PM	#1
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LMP Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 3 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Very nice Wizzard! really

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gR3iF Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hamburg Posts: 1,708 (0.57/day) Thanks: 10 Thanked 35 Times in 33 Posts System Specs	nice tour but is every manufactor testing the card before?

May 24, 2005, 10:20 PM	#4
Urlyin Senior Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,133 (0.67/day) Thanks: 61 Thanked 124 Times in 77 Posts	I liked it... something different... I would have thought the process would be more automated... but a nice look into the process... thanks W1zz

May 25, 2005, 07:06 AM	#6
Unregistered CMD15 Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	Slave Labor Well when I saw that the ATI cards were made in China, I first thought of the slave labor that goes on there. It is sad to see that our nice cards are part of globalization's slave lobor. I wonder how much the workers get from out $299.00 X800XL's?? What happens if we have a war with China? no more ATI cards for the U.S.?

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May 27, 2005, 04:06 AM	#10
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	Great article and pictures. Thanks for sharing!

Jan 6, 2008, 02:34 AM	#11
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