Hooray for ATI's 8500 LE!

[kontrabass]

After days of pulling out my hair with a Geforce 3 ti200 and it's funky driver/XP clashes, I took it back and got an ATI 8500 LE from newegg. For the same price as the Geforce, I get better framerates, better picture quality (using DVI), and dual display support! Plus, there's always the option to overclock it to retail (275/275) speeds with a little pencil trick and a flash util. And it doesn't randomly reboot XP ;-)

Thanks to all of y'all that recommended the card to me.

 

[Killrose]

Imagine that. An Ati card with no problems

I love mine. All of 'em.

 

[caboob]

Do you have to do the pencil trick and bios flash...doesnt power strip work?

 

[PointlesS]

<< Do you have to do the pencil trick and bios flash...doesnt power strip work? >>


problem is that the Radeon LE cards ship with a lower voltage...so it's harder to clock them...because they don't get much juice...but the pencil trick...adds more voltage and when you flash the LE's bios to a retail bios...it sets the voltage to the retail version...which allows the core and memory to get more juice...allowing higher clock speeds...

 

[stevens]

I love my 8500. It was a big step up from my TNT2.

 

[pkypkypky]

anyone got a good link that points directly to easy directions on the pencil trick. Want to see if it's too risky before I think about getting the LE.