Sapphire video card question..........

[bullion416]

Does anyone here have a Sapphire Randeon 8500 or 9100 card? If so, how do you like it? Also, can you overclock them very well?

 

[ShawnReeves]

I picked up th Sapphire 8500LE 128mb DDR w/DVI & TV-Out. I wish I had waited for the 9100 or even saved more money for the 9500pro.
I havent seen any MAJOR difference from my old Gforce2 Ti 200 Vivo 64mb DDR, but it is somewhat better. Got an Extra 2k points using 3Dmark2001 but that isnt saying much.
Im having an Issue with the 8500LE Tv-out which is in Black & White. The Gforce worked great using the Tv-out so I may end up popping that Gforce back in unless I can find out whats up with the video.

IMHO Get the 9100 vs the 8500. It can be had for $90 at Newegg.com My .02

 

[TimeKeeper]

Originally posted by: amonline
I picked up th Sapphire 8500LE 128mb DDR w/DVI & TV-Out. I wish I had waited for the 9100 or even saved more money for the 9500pro.
I havent seen any MAJOR difference from my old Gforce2 Ti 200 Vivo 64mb DDR, but it is somewhat better. Got an Extra 2k points using 3Dmark2001 but that isnt saying much.
Im having an Issue with the 8500LE Tv-out which is in Black & White. The Gforce worked great using the Tv-out so I may end up popping that Gforce back in unless I can find out whats up with the video.

IMHO Get the 9100 vs the 8500. It can be had for $90 at Newegg.com My .02

I will have to vote against 9100. Get the 8500LE and Flash it w/ 9100 BIOS. (THEY ARE THE SAME THING)
If you want the "automatic" flash software, PM me, and I will email the program to you. (756k file)
I could even edit the clock/mem speed for you before you flash.

 

[NEVERwinter]

Originally posted by: bullion416
Does anyone here have a Sapphire Randeon 8500 or 9100 card? If so, how do you like it? Also, can you overclock them very well?

I have the Sapphire Radeon 8500LE DVI/TV-out (250/250). now running at 283/275 and it's stable. I can push more to 290/290 but it seems overheating, i think it would do well if I put some aggresive cooling. Runs a little faster than my previous GeForce3 Ti200 and the image quality is better.

Tried to flash it to 9100 but the 9100 BIOS removed my DVI, so I returned to the original BIOS.