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02-27-2003, 11:58 AM
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ati radeon
Is the ATI Radeon 9000 pro any good? That's about all I can afford due to all the other components I'm going to get.
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02-27-2003, 03:15 PM
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i am absolutley no expert myself but i read a few posts around here (i think it was in the gaming forum) where it was said that the 8500 is better that the 9000. maybe do a search for this on the forums.
also just to check, which os are you going to use ? ati doesnt make certified drivers anymore for win9.x. there are drivers available though.
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02-27-2003, 03:25 PM
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The 8500 does perform better than the 9000 that is why ATI did away with the 8500 title and made it the 9100. So, If you can scrounge up a little more $ I'd say go with the 9100. I don't know everything about this so hopefully more ATI lovers will come by and enlighten us.
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02-27-2003, 04:31 PM
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I'm going to be using windows xp grasshopperbe
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02-27-2003, 07:55 PM
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The 8500/9100 is a better card than the 9000. You should have no problems with ATI products or drivers with XP.
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02-27-2003, 09:54 PM
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I have had the ati 8500 aiw with 128 meg of ddr ram and am very pleased with it, pricey but well worth it
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03-02-2003, 10:27 PM
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go with the 8500, although that 9100 is a very similar card its core and memory speeds are slower
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03-02-2003, 11:03 PM
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es: You sure about that? I thought the 9100 is just a rebadged 8500, same identical card.
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