Guillemot Withdraws from Graphics Cards, LCD Displays - Fury-Tech Forums

**Tekime** · #1 (**permalink**) 02-27-2004, 12:08 PM

Guillemot Withdraws from Graphics Cards, LCD Displays Business @ X-bit labs

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Hercules Computer Technology has been a legendary name in computer world because of the popularity achieved by the original Hercules graphics cards in the early eighties. The company itself was acquired by Guillemot in 2000, who continued to sell some astonishing graphics products under Hercules brand-name. Well, sometimes the legends have to go – Guillemot said that it would no longer sell LCD monitors as well as graphics cards.

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Packetrat · #2 (**permalink**) 02-27-2004, 05:16 PM

I guess that means ATI only. I was planning on getting a Sapphire card, but then I discovered that an overwhelming proportion of Sapphire cards have a mortal flaw where the screen goes scrambled after the device drivers are installed. I thought about getting a Guillemot after that, but that's out.

ATI's own Radeon 9600XT it is for me.

**Tekime** · #3 (**permalink**) 02-27-2004, 05:39 PM

I was a big fan of Guillemot after picking up my 3D Prophet 4500, that card rawked for the price a few years ago. Haven't used their stuff since then, but have read consistently positive reviews.

Guess it just goes to show that quality doesn't always sell, sometimes it's just HOW you sell.