DAMN!!!!!...my R8500 kicks....

[WA261]

as it says =) this card ROX

 

[LuDaCriS66]

Nice overclock! Glad the card's working out for ya

 

[WA261]

just had to say it.... =)

 

[ctk1981]

This card has impressed me ever since I got it. No problems what so ever..well, newer drivers give me problems but 3286's are great. Very happy with it!

 

[BenAfk]

Its interesting none of the above members have stated which OS they use. I am using WinXP and have found the Drivers to be very WEAK.

 

[XBoxLPU]

<< Its interesting none of the above members have stated which OS they use. I am using WinXP and have found the Drivers to be very WEAK. >>



I had many problems..

I RMA it and got a GF3!

 

[ctk1981]

Windows XP

 

[BentValve]

You got yours to 304 and 310 !? I am jealous ..All I get is 192/192 ...at least the image quality is immaculate and the stability is great.

 

[Rand]

<< You got yours to 304 and 310 !? I am jealous ..All I get is 192/192 ...at least the image quality is immaculate and the stability is great. >>



192/192??
The stock clockspeed is far above that!

 

[Alex]

what about the new leaked 8500 drivers @ rage3d.com?

are those fudged up?

im seriously considering getting an 8500 for my college rig in 5 months time...
however if gf3ti500 is cheaper and if nvidia keeps pumpin out those drivers ill have no choice but to hop off the ATI wagon..

which would be a shame cuz i LOOOVE my radeon 64 SE (3.8 ns ram! i luvv!!)

 

[AA0]

What o/c speed could you get with the card before the ramsinks? I'm getting 295/295 but the ram was giving me errors at 300, thinking of adding something to it.

 

[Daovonnaex]

<< what about the new leaked 8500 drivers @ rage3d.com?

are those fudged up?

im seriously considering getting an 8500 for my college rig in 5 months time...
however if gf3ti500 is cheaper and if nvidia keeps pumpin out those drivers ill have no choice but to hop off the ATI wagon..

which would be a shame cuz i LOOOVE my radeon 64 SE (3.8 ns ram! i luvv!!) >>

In five months time the GeForce 4 will be established, and both the Kyro III and R300 will be out. Therefore, prices should be great (and better for the 8500 than the GF3 Ti500). If you want fast RAM, the ATi FireGL 8800 has 3.3ns DDR SGRAM...

 

[millsy]

I managed to get 275/275 on the LE model.
Not bad atall.
Still using the 3286 drivers on XP.

 

[Theslowone]

show some scores, 3dmark2001, fps quake, or something.

 

[WA261]

im using Win 98 and the new drivers (9012) are great...i use to have some issues in UT (w/ smoothvision and stuff)......all gone now....
cooling this card does help....i could not run above 290 for very long or i would get artifacts.......now i can run 300+ for hours with no problems at all...

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Speaking of fast ram...rumored specs of the GeForce 4 have the memory clocked somewhere around 650-700MHz...

 

[WA261]

sweet!

 

[DarkKnight]

Here are the Geforce 4 specs

 

[WA261]

wonder the price....400-500 i would guess

 

[ss284]

Price of the gf4 is 400 dollars.

I hate my 8500 in windows XP.

-Steve

 

[WA261]

i have heard tons of people with problems with the 8500 and xp, but then again...i have just heard tons of negative things about xp in general

 

[JustinSampson]

I love my Radeon 8500LE.

System:

Winodws XP
Athlon 1.4
Radeon 8500
EpoX 8kha+
256Megs of DDR Ram
...

I get a 7343 in 3DMark2001 (1024x768x32, no AA)

 

[sc0tty8]

I am gettin my 8500 tomarrow. I got ram sinks on the way. I am wondering what you use to cool the GPU.

I will be putting it in this system:
1ghz duron@1.2
512megs DDR
crappy mobo.

I am in the process of upgrading my AXP 1600+. Waiting for new procs to come out, ram to drop, and my mobo to come back from RMA

 

[tazdevl]

<< Its interesting none of the above members have stated which OS they use. I am using WinXP and have found the Drivers to be very WEAK. >>



No problems on WinXP Pro.

Crystal Orb on the GPU scotty

 

[ss284]

Some people have problems, some dont. However, its obvious that the percentage that do have problems is a lot higher than it should be, say compared to that of nvidia's drivers.

-Steve