Do all Radeon 8500LE (64MB and 128MB) Cards have 128bit buses?

Kojak

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I have located a 64MB and 128MB ATI 8500 LE cards (not Sapphires), however the salesman cannot tell if they are 128 bit buses. I have read that some of the Sapphires have 64 bit buses and I'm curious if the 8500 LE ATI built cards are possibly the same.
 

VIAN

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An 8500 LE is an 8500 LE is an 8500 LE.

An 8500 LE is basically and 8500 clocked 25MHz slower in both departments.

Memory bandwidth is 128-bit wide.
 

modedepe

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Some 9100's (which are basically rebadged 8500LE's) only have a 64 bit bus. I haven't heard of any actual 8500 LE's have only a 64 bit bus though.
 

Blastman

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You can tell a 64bit 8500LE/9100 by how many memory chips it has.

128bit 8500LE ? has 4 double-sided memory chips picture

64bit 8500LE ? has 2 double-sided memory chips.picture See the 2 memory chips missing above the GPU heatsinkfan.

 

Blastman

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AFAIK ?. only Sapphire made 64bit 8500LE/9100?s. So other brands of these cards should be ok.