are the saphire ati radeon 8500 le 128mb good?

[drewthomas14]

they seem to be the cheapest. are they good overclockers? i can get a made by ati radeon 8500 le 128mb for $20 more. would i notice any difference?

 

[Cisco Kid]

they seem to be the cheapest. are they good overclockers? i can get a made by ati radeon 8500 le 128mb for $20 more. would i notice any difference?

prolly notice a difference if the core/mem is not what ATI built cards are which is 250/250 on the LE128 card w BGA memory @ 3.6 ns

just make suer the sapphire is clocked 250/250 if so and it is cheaper buy it but ask if it has BGA mem and what is it clocked at

cisco kid

 

[Stalka]

i dunno about overclocking difference between the two cards but my retail *built by ati* LE card pulled 310/634 with stock cooling... and i have seen some 8500s that cant pull that.

 

[itizme]

8500LE over 9000, even if 64meg and 128 resepectively
Advice from a 9000 user
Both good cards for the buck though!

 

[Stalka]

yea the 9000 is the mx of gf4s...

 

[TheFrag]

i got it an RMA'ed it. Wasnt what I wanted. I only got 5000 points out of the box with 256mb ddr at cas2 and an athlon xp1800 at stock.

 

[drewthomas14]

who said anything about a radeon 9000

 

[Henry Rollins II]

Check this out:
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=125340

Doesn´t look that good.