how are ati's

[Emericana]

i have around $130 to spend on a vidcard. For that much i can get a GF4 Ti4200.... but then i thought to myself why not try a ati card... what card can i get for that much money and how high can i overclock it on stock cooling without a vmod? i was thinkin radeon 8500 but i really dont know which one to get since i really havnt been following ati cards at all.... anyone have any suggestions on what to get? does ati make a card w/ 128mb ddr for that price? i really didnt know what was what (diff between 8500, 8500 pro, 8500 LE etc).

well thx

 

[funnyperson1]

the best is the Gigabyte 8500 deluxe and can be found well under your price of 130$, it is clocked at 275/275 like all normal 8500s are...

the Gigabyte 8500 Pro is clocked like an 8500LE at 250/250, but the LE's overclock normally to 8500 speeds (unless you get a real crappy brand) and with vmods normally go a lot higher, the Gigabyte Pros are overclocking beasts....and they come with tons of free proggies

 

[Bender]

You might also look into a Radeon 8500 le 128 MB. I think most have BGA ram so if you overclock this is an excelent choice.

 

[Cisco Kid]

You might also look into a Radeon 8500 le 128 MB. I think most have BGA ram so if you overclock this is an excelent choice.

I agree you can find em for under $100 now OEM, good choice , decent overall card with life left in it in the 128 flavour

cisco kid

mine has bga ram and clocks well

 

[TheFrag]

dude, can someone give me a link to a site were i can buy this Gigabyte Radeon 8500 delux, i searched pricewatch. pricegrabber and still didnt find it. Plz give me linkage! Thank You

 

[AMD900]

well i have the 8500le 128 w the bga 3.6 i couldnt go any higher than 295/295. so i flash the giga bios (7008) fix for a BUILT BY ATi and now i score 9965 @ 300/300 and 144fsb in 3dmark2001SE

 

[Bender]

well i have the 8500le 128 w the bga 3.6 i couldnt go any higher than 295/295. so i flash the giga bios (7008) fix for a BUILT BY ATi and now i score 9965 @ 300/300 and 144fsb in 3dmark2001SE

Dont forget LE's are also undervolted. A little voltmod can do a lot of good. DO NOT use the pencil voltmod trick unless you want to cook eggs on your GPU.

 

[AMD900]

Dont forget LE's are also undervolted. A little voltmod can do a lot of good. DO NOT use the pencil voltmod trick unless you want to cook eggs on your GPU.

what do u mean? i want to do the pencil trick?

 

[Cowboy X]

Emericana .............. If you can get a TI 4200 for $130 I say get it . No standard Radeon will touch it . A well Oc'd radeon 8500 will go very far but many require mods as already mentioned in this thread . Also a slight to moderate oc on your 4200 should easily widen the gap on any but the most extreme 8500s .

However this all depends on if you have $130 , if you don't or want to save some bucks then the 8500 will give the best performance for the price out there . But again only if you want to save $ or intend to buy again in a few months .

 

[Emericana]

i decided to get a ati mainly to save money which is always a good thing

on newegg how is : ATI OEM RADEON 8500 LE 128MB DDR DVI/CRT/TV ?

is that overclockable really high?

what is a better deal, the GIGABYTE RADEON 8500LE PRO 64mb or for around $5 more the OEM w/ 128mb?

which one will oc higher and does the extra ram matter a lot more? i am thinkin more along the gigabyte card because of all of the goodies that comes with it unless the extra 64mb will really help me in the future. i plan to keep this card for 6months basically until the nv30 is affordable.

 

[PhobMX]

if you are willing to get the nv30 (ill do too ) get the the 128mb one, 5 or $10 isnt that much but performance efficiency from 64mb to 128mb will be huge, just wait until doom3 comes out... Besides it will give you a longer overhead of time and then get a moderate priced nv30

 

[Emericana]

the thing is tho i really havnt seen any benchmark that gives that much of a indicator that the extra vram does that much. i think i am gonna get the gigabyte 64mb one and then oc it to its max cause it should go higher than the ati one. just look at the heatsinks on that thing!