Whats the difference between ATI 8500LE and regular 8500?

[FalseChristian]

I'm ordering an Retail ATI 8500 and the LE version is $90 cheaper than the regular 8500. IS the the 8500LE clocked lower then the regular 8500 or is it at 275/275?

Thanks.

 

[LostHiWay]

It's clocked lower than the regular. Most have 250mhz cores while some have 230mhz cores.

 

[dkcs]

$90 difference? Go grab the retail 65MB 8500 from Newegg for $164 shipped, the 64MB LELE (230Mhz) is $134 shipped so for the extra $30 go with the retail box version....

 

[FalseChristian]

That's $90 Canadian ($55.90 US).

 

[dkcs]

That would explain it.... Still go with the retail box if you can!

 

[Rand]

The R8500LE is clocked at 250/250 by default whereas the regular Retail boxed 8500 is clocked at 275/275.
The 'LELE' is clocked at 230/230.
The 8500DV is clocked at 230/190.
The R8500 Low Profile is clocked at 230/200.

The performance difference between the full R8500 and the 8500LE is generally about 7-8%. Though that can vary depending upon the amount of DRAM on the card, and whether it uses DDR SGRAM or SDRAM.

 

[FalseChristian]

Thanks for the info, everybody. I'm gonna stick with the high-end 8500. I'm sick of skimpin' on video cards...CPU's yes.

I'm gonna overclock the sucker to 315/620 and have myself a GeForce4-TI4600 for half the price!