Posted by Jonathan the Red on March 08, 2002 at 12:10:50:
In Reply to: Re: Video cards: an apology and a question posted by lightspeed on March 08, 2002 at 12:06:10:
: It wasn't "99estore" by chance who sold it to you, was it? He seems to sell a lot of these knock-off cards advertised as "ATI". I eventually left him positive feedback with a caveat - he did return my money, and I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt regarding not knowing the difference between the cards (although I suspect that he was purposeful in vaguely describing the card).
Nope. I don't remember the seller (and am feeling too lazy to look it up ;) but it wasn't 99estore. If you check eBay, though, you will see that virtually all of the Radeon VE cards listed for sale are third-party.
I don't have any beef with my seller. In the auction, a picture of the box was visible, with the "powered by ATI" logo clearly visible. In the text, he described the card as "powered by the ATI Radeon VE chipset" and nowhere implied that the card was built by ATI. The fault is mine for not having checked the auction more closely before bidding.