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Review: I really am happy with my radeon. It performs all the present games very nicely with most all settings enabled. Counter-strike will never be the same after 2x quality antialiasing and 16x antisotropic filtering. With a faster processor I could do any game I wanted with that...
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Summary: Very disapointed gamer!!!
Review: Origianally I bought the Radeon 7200 vivo card and I was impressed as to how good the gameing quality and the great DvD playback of the card. But when I bought the 8500 series I could not belive the problems I have with this product!
I have a Pentium 4, 256 R-dram Windows Xp home edition PC and the 8500 drivers don't play most of the current game's correctly! I get fuzzy graphics and color distortions on Aliens vs. Predator 2 the same goes for Half life opposing force, Return to Castle Wolfenstein even though I have the game running on the defalt graphic settngs 640-480 dpi. I have downloaded two of the latest drivers, the secound driver did solve the problem with Aliens vs. Predator 2 but I am still having problems with most of my direct 3D and open GL games!! The only thing Ati got rite with the software drivers was the DvD playback, but what good is it if you can't play most of your games!!!! If you don't need a video card soon and would like to buy the 8500 I suggest you wait until Ati makes a better software driver. If you need a video card right away, I suggest you buy one of the less expensive geforce 4 or if you can spare the cash buy yourself the Nvida Ti 4600. I sure wish I did!!
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Summary: Causes computer to reboot
Review: This card was big disappointment. I am using it on a dual Athlon MP system with Windows XP Pro. I have had repeated problems with the card causing my system to spontaneouesly reboot. Trying to play live video on a media player such as Windows Media Player or RealPlayer seems to be a particular problem. Applying repeated driver updates from ATI has not helped. The card is very fast, but the system stability issues are driving me crazy and have caused me to remove it from my computer. With a different card my system works great. I have have had good experiences with other ATI cards, but this card (or its drivers) are unstable.
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Summary: Causes computer to reboot
Review: This card was big disappointment. I am using it on a dual Athlon MP system with Windows XP Pro. I have had repeated problems with the card causing my system to spontaneouesly reboot. Trying to play live video on a media player such as Windows Media Player or RealPlayer seems to be a particular problem. Applying repeated driver updates from ATI has not helped. The card is very fast, but the system stability issues are driving me crazy and have caused me to remove it from my computer. With a different card my system works great. I have have had good experiences with other ATI cards, but this card (or its drivers) are unstable.
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Summary: One of THE BEST VGA's out there
Review: Well I just got this card, and I am deeply impressed with the perfomance, ATI really shows its power!
Games plays fantastic, best card ever made!
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Summary: Radeon 8500 second chance
Review: Well my previous review for this card was not good. But I just built a new, faster computer and put the Radeon to the test again. My new system is as follows: Tyan Trinity 510 MB(using the current via 4-in-1 drivers), Pent-4 1.8ghz(478 pin), Radeon 8500 of course, 256meg ddr pc2100 ram, WD 20 gig 7200 rpm hd, soundblaster pci 512 sound, antec full tower case w/300watt p/s, and the standard cd, ups, etc. My cooling of the system is provided by 1 cool slot fan, 3 80mm fans, and one pci slot exhaust fan under the radeon. After upgrading to this system and reinstalling the radeon with the current 6071 drivers I have a new found love for this card. Serious Sam SE plays like a dream and actually looks better than my GF4 MX card! Aliens vs. Predator 2-ditto. Word of advice, this card was designed for faster systems(1ghz and up) with the motherboards supporting 4x agp and fast writes. I think the new drivers ATI put out recently has helped also. Worth the money-now that is.
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