For those interested , features of 7500 & 8500

[Cisco Kid]

Just thought some might be interested in this: This is for retail version only

As Silversinksam has pointed out there are 3 other variations floating around on the OEM scene


RADEON 8500 Specifications
Graphics controller

275 MHz RADEON 8500 GPU (R200)
Memory configuration

64MB of 275 MHz (550 MHz DDR) of double data rate memory
Operating systems support . Rated 3.6 ns Hynix ram

Windows 98/98SE
Windows Me
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Monitor support

CRT Monitor: 15-pin VGA connector
TV and VCR: s-video or composite connector
DVI-I (flat panel display) connector
Display support

Register compatible with VGA
BIOS compatible with VESA for super VGA
DDC1/2b/2b+ monitor support
VESA Display Power Management Support
Separate horizontal and vertical synchronization at TTL levels
Features

TRUFORM
SMARTSHADER
DirectX 8.1 support
OpenGL 1.3
SMOOTHVISION anti-aliasing
HYPER Z II
CHARISMA ENGINE II
PIXEL TAPESTRY II
VIDEO IMMERSION II
High Performance Memory Support
Dual Display Support
Integrated Transformation, Clipping and Lighting
Twin Cache Architecture
SuperScalar Rendering
Single-Pass Multi-texturing
True Color Rendering
Triangle Setup Engine
Texture Cache
Bilinear/Trilinear Filtering
Line & Edge Anti-aliasing
Full-Screen Anti-aliasing
Texture Compositing
Texture Decompression
Specular Highlights
Perspectively Correct Texture Mapping
Mip-Mapping
Z-buffering and Double-buffering
Emboss, Dot Product 3 and Environment bump mapping
Spherical, Dual-Paraboloid and Cubic environment mapping
Fog effects, texture lighting, video textures, reflections, shadows, spotlights, LOD biasing and texture morphing
System requirements

Pentium 4/III/II/Celeron, AMD K6/Athlon or compatible with AGP 2X or AGP 2X/4X universal slot
64MB of system memory
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
DVD playback requires DVD drive
Warranty

3-year limited warranty

RADEON 7500 Specifications
Graphics controller

290 MHz RADEON 7500 GPU (RV200)
Memory configuration

64MB of 230 MHz (460 MHz DDR) of double data rate memory
Operating systems support . Rated ESMT 4 ns ram

Windows 98/98SE
Windows Me
Windows 2000
Windows NT 4.0
Windows XP
Monitor support

CRT Monitor: 15-pin VGA connector
S-Video or composite connector
DVI-I (flat panel display) connector
Display support

Register compatible with VGA
BIOS compatible with VESA for super VGA
DDC1/2b/2b+ monitor support
VESA Display Power Management Support
Separate horizontal & vertical synchronization at TTL levels
Features

CHARISMA ENGINE
HYPER Z technology
PIXEL TAPESTRY architecture
VIDEO IMMERSION technology
Integrated Transformation, Clipping and Lighting
Twin Cache Architecture
SuperScalar Rendering
Single-Pass Multi-Texturing
True Color Rendering
Triangle Setup Engine
Texture Cache
Bilinear/Trilinear Filtering
Line & Edge Anti-Aliasing
Full-Screen Anti-Aliasing
Texture Compositing
Texture Decompression
Specular Highlights
Perspectively Correct Texture Mapping
Mip-Mapping
Z-Buffering and Double-Buffering
Emboss, Dot Product 3 and Environment bump mapping
Spherical, Dual-Paraboloid and Cubic environment mapping
Fog effects, texture lighting, video textures, reflections, shadows, spotlights, LOD biasing and texture morphing
System requirements

Pentium 4/Celeron/III/II, AMD K6/Athlon or compatible with AGP 2X or AGP 2X/4X universal slot
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
DVD playback requires DVD drive on PCs with an Intel Pentium II processor (or equivalent) and 32MB of system memory

RADEON 7500 Specifications RADEON 8500 Specifications

cisco Kid

[juliendogg]

question: does anyone know for sure why the 7500 will produce tv-out at 1024x768 while the 8500 is still stuck at 800x600?

[funnyperson1]

Originally posted by juliendogg
question: does anyone know for sure why the 7500 will produce tv-out at 1024x768 while the 8500 is still stuck at 800x600?

the 8500 still uses the old rage theater chip that originally came with the Rage Fury Pro and other Rage128 Pro cards, however the 7500 uses a newer VIVO chip, i do believe that they are trying to force people to either get an 8500DV or a 7500 for their video needs making the 8500 cheaper for gamers who dont need VIVO....

[Silversinksam]

If I Didnt already have a 8500 I would hold out for this version, simply awesome!

http://reactorcritical.com/news/december/gbt_ar64s_card.jpg

http://reactorcritical.com/news/december/gbt_vtuner.jpg

(Summerized)
Gigabyte Technology's Retail 8500, MAYA AP or AP64D-H powered by RADEON 8500. The board will be equipped with 64 MB of 3.5 ns DDR and clocked at 275/275 MHz core/memory.

IT has hardware monitoring functions and advanced cooling system with Extra fan and silver (Not real silver) heatsinks. The most interesting feature is that it is equipped with Video-In connectors.


With both the 7500 and 8500 you will be able to adjust the fan speed, core and memory clockings.

http://www.reactorcritical.com/index.shtml#l982

[Cisco Kid]

When will Gigabyte introduce this card. I will be holding out to get one of them fer sure??


Cisco Kid:D

[funnyperson1]

yeah, that is pretty shweet and Cisco, calm down :)...im sure theyll be released way before your 7500 starts slowing down :D

[Cisco Kid]

Hehehehe got me all excited!!!! It is nice though!!

Cisco Kid:)

[funnyperson1]

just the tought of strapping a Delta 80m to that monstrous heatsink excites me!...wait that didnt come out right:rolleyes: