Radeon 8500's

AlphaLead · #1 (**permalink**) 02-14-2002, 05:39 PM

hey guys, any of you have experience with the ATi Radeon 8500DV? I'm planning to get one pretty soon, but I heard that their win2k drivers seriously suck donkey balls. So, any owners out there? how's your experience with the card?

AMG · #2 (**permalink**) 02-14-2002, 05:50 PM

nope dont got one... go to www.nvidia.com haha GeForce4 is already coming out!

Z3Jonathan · #3 (**permalink**) 02-14-2002, 06:07 PM

I'd personally go for a GeForce card. If you do get a Geforce, the Visionteks are superior to the PNY cards. Driver support for the Radeon's isn't nearly as good as nVidia's driver support. Theortically, if the Radeon cards had better driver support they could be better than the nVidia's, or so my room mate claims.

Jonathan

AlphaLead · #4 (**permalink**) 02-14-2002, 06:21 PM

I would go with a Geforce card, but I really want something with a TV tuner to free up a PCI slot (plus I don't have room for a TV in my room), and I'm not nearly as concerned about game performance

kevln · #5 (**permalink**) 02-14-2002, 09:21 PM

i have a 7500 its good enough for my needs

m3urthy · #6 (**permalink**) 02-14-2002, 10:36 PM

just my 0.02