Radeon 8500 or GF3 Ti200

[OutKlast]

I have heard all the things about the Radeon's having goofy drivers, but it's just so hard for me to buy a GF3 Ti200 when a Radeon Competes and most time slightly beats the GF3 Ti500. I've been a hardcore GeForce guy for a while, but I cannot wait for the GF4 to come out, my computer's going to be a paperweight on games with my Current GF1 256 32MB SDR. I'd be willing to over-clock either video card. Price Range - Under $200 shipped. I don't care about who has the most FPS as I do good image quality and smoothness, but at the same time I would really be disappointed if I went under 60FPS, even though in most games now I play I run 10-30FPS.

Games I play: Counter-Strike/Half-Life, Max-Payne, Quake III/Mods, Flight Simulator 2002, Need For Speed High Stakes/Porsche Unleashed.

Here's system stats:

AMD XP 1600+ (O/C to ????Mhz)
Abit KG-7 Lite
512MB PC2100 DDR
Dual 60GM IBM 60GXP's on Promise FastTrac TX2 in RAID 0
SoundBlaster Live!
Ton of 80MM Fans
in a Antec 1030 Case

[IceBlitz]

Get Radeon8500 oem.

or


"Wait for GF4, R300, Kiro3"
-- around 2~3 months --

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The world is doomed

[OutKlast]

Well I will be getting that when it comes out, I got some "Christmas" money so I figured I pick up one of these, use it for about 6 months then get a GeForce4 or other card for my birthday. And either drop this card into one of my other computers or sell it.

[GB_Cobber]

Some 8500LE reviews
Watch out for the slower clocked 8500LE's at 250/230 or 230/230 etc.

Even the 8500LE at 250/250 is considerably faster than a stock ti200.
The Ti200's ability to clock to ti500 speeds makes it the attractive choice it is today.
Overclocking the 8500LE is not very rewarding.

I'd still go for the 8500 on such a hugh beast. the 8500 sclaes better with bigger CPU's while the GF3 seems to close the gap on the smaller rigs. Yours is about middle ground so should see good use of the 8500.

Its trueform is one feature already missid by GF owners todayand ATI's driver are a good deal better than only a month ago.

Have faith, its a great card.


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