is there a concrete release date for the radeon 9500pro and 9700?

[stryder2929]

just wondering..

im not even sure which card i want to get...i dont want to spend more than $300 if possible

 

[GTaudiophile]

Around COMDEX/November 18 maybe.

 

[ozone13]

Man, I really want to upgrade my video card from my geforce3 ti200, but ATI has NEVER shown me good long term value. Their drivers have always sucked. Guess I'm used to getting new nvidia drivers every month "leaked". 🙂

 

[Tab]

Heh, that is when the specs for the nv30 are released 😱 I really hope to get a 9500 Pro, its ATI's GeForce 4 Ti4200 Killer 😱

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: ozone13
Man, I really want to upgrade my video card from my geforce3 ti200, but ATI has NEVER shown me good long term value. Their drivers have always sucked. Guess I'm used to getting new nvidia drivers every month "leaked". 🙂

I'm on my third ATi videocard, and I've never had a single driver issue. The driver argument against ATi is really starting to sound like a broken record, especially considering the latest Catalyst drivers.

 

[aka1nas]

It was still a problem a year or so ago, when I and probably ozone13 got our ti200s. I was all set on getting an 8500, but the driver instability on certain games at the time put me off. I think I will go Ati this time though.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: ozone13
Man, I really want to upgrade my video card from my geforce3 ti200, but ATI has NEVER shown me good long term value. Their drivers have always sucked. Guess I'm used to getting new nvidia drivers every month "leaked". 🙂

I'm on my third ATi videocard, and I've never had a single driver issue. The driver argument against ATi is really starting to sound like a broken record, especially considering the latest Catalyst drivers.

actually the 6166 drivers in the 2.3 Catalyst kept crashing my Radeon 8500LE. I solved it by upgrading to the 6193 drivers. Then I screwd myself big time by frying my card 🙁.

 

[hdeck]

The driver argument against ATi is really starting to sound like a broken record

maybe a broken record, but still a problem that effects a lot of ATI customers.