ATI AIW 8500 128MB DDR 275MHz... It's here! (not the Compaq)

[GetInMyFatBelly]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=48&manufactory=1126&DEPA=1
bottom of the page (last one).

$399 ETA Tuesday, 23 April.

Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Wolfsraider]

dang and on the forum that ati (steven) visited he said no such plans wooot

thanks man

 

[rbV5]

How do you know its clocked at 275?

 

[Wolfsraider]

<< How do you know its clocked at 275? >>



um click on the chipset info

better yet let me cut and paste for you:


VGA Chipset Detail Specification.


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ATI ALL IN WONDER RADEON 8500DV 128MB RETAIL
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Chipset Name:
ATI RADEON 8500
Technical Name: R200
Clock Speed: 275 MHz
AGP Speed: 4X
Key Features: HYPERZ II
Pixels/Texels per second:
2.6 G
Triangles Per second: 75 Million
Memory Information
Interface:
DDR
Speed: 550 MHz (DDR)
Band Width:


hopee this helps

 

[hcarlson]

Did you guys click the chipset info for the 64 meg version? It says the same thing! I'm bettiung they are going to just add the memory and that's it.

 

[rbV5]

<< um click on the chipset info >>



Those are notoriusly inaccurate.

 

[Wolfsraider]

ok thanks i stand corrected

i really thought it would be correct at newegg

 

[rbV5]

<< i really thought it would be correct at newegg >>



Well, it still could be. We'll find out when someone gets one, and lets us know for sure.

 

[S13SilviaK]

Is this really going to be worth an extra $100-150? I mean hasn't it been shown the 128mb card don't show much improvement over their 64mb counterparts?

 

[Wolfsraider]

its n0ot aboutb the 128 ram although it might help in video capture rendering?

but it is a vast improvement over the 190 mhz clock of the original if it is right

 

[Rand]

<<

<< How do you know its clocked at 275? >>



um click on the chipset info

better yet let me cut and paste for you:
>>



NewEgg always useds the chipset info for the top end card. Their 230/230 Radeon 8500LELE also claims to be 275/275. Their GF2 Ti-VX's claim to be full Ti's etc.

NewEgg's chipset information is never very accurate. They simply grab the info from the top end card of each model almost all the time.
My bets are that it's simply the stereotypical 190/230 AIW 8500DV we've already seen.

 

[Wolfsraider]

yes they said there was no plans to update the radeon 200 series at another forum (ati rep)but i was hoping too hard lol

 

[S13SilviaK]

So then the card is going to have better ram, and it's only the extra 64mb of ram, so is this still a big deal? I'm guessing no? I guess newegg here i come (once the new card is released and the prices drop, of course.)

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

Get it for only $260 after MIR plus shipping ANY old video card back to ATI...
Read more here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=770485&STARTPAGE=1

 

[hcarlson]

looks like it is 275/275