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ATI Radeon 8500

Description: Model ID 100-431054 / ATI RADEON 8500 - Multi-monitor graphics card - RADEON 8500 - AGP 4x - 64 MB DDR - Digital Visual Interface (DVI) - ... more

ATI Radeon 8500 ... retail / Revolutionize your 3D gaming experience! With capacious DDR memory and intelligent architecture for the fastest and most advanced 3D graphics on the market, RADEON 8500 gives you the new level of character realism and texture versatility, raising the bar in visual quality and performance.

RADEON 8500 features ATI's innovative TRUFORM technology that makes the outlines of 3D characters and objects look smoother and more natural than ever before. ATI's HYPER Z II technology conserves memory bandwidth for improved performance in demanding applications and boosts effective bandwidth by over 25%. RADEON 8500 utilizes SMOOTHVISION antialiasing - the most advanced antialiasing to eliminate distracting visual artifacts for smoother looking images without serious performance compromise. ATI's innovative SMARTSHADER technology takes advantage of the DirectX features to enable more complex and realistic texture and lighting effects. These are the reasons why RADEON 8500 delivers the best performance for today's and tomorrow's demanding applications.

Newest Review: ... into buying what the shop have in stock, rather than the best for their purposes. This card allows Direct X and I have to ... more

... include technical specs for those that may be more technically minded than myself. Radeon VE works in a manner that allows you to see great 3D and powers 1.6 gigatexels per second for high fill rates in 32-bit resolution. Did I lose you there ? I thought so. It lost me too. This is a stable card, providing a good image and is suitable for users who wish to watch dvd's, and use their computer for the internet, and the non too complex gamers for gaming online. Yes, it works with my game, although already, I am disappointed...more

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ATI Radeon 8500: CLEAR DVD IMAGES (840 words)
by thingywhatsit - written on 11/10/05 (Very useful, 286 readings)
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Have you ever kicked yourself for letting others make decisions for you, based on their knowledge of a product, rather than your own. I was faced with this situation recently, when my Video Card on my computer blew, due to dust build up in the cooling system of the computer. I had to replace the Video Card and asked a shop that I trust which was the best alternative, based on my useage of the computer. The Radeon 8500 looks pretty impressive and works on all systems from Windows 95 up to the most modern of XP and is Linux compatible. What I wanted was a card that would allow me to play a new game that I acquired, and to be honest, this one did. The pictures ...

watch out for "powered by ati" signs! (303 words)
by elThomaso - written on 05/01/04 (Useful, 95 readings)
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This not a full review, but rather a quick note to let the community know that "powered by ati" graphic cards have a little shortcoming in terms of service or warranty. I own a Powercolor Radeon 8500, in auctions often cited as ATI Radeon 8500 as it does have the ATI Radeon 8500 chip on it. However it is not manufactured by ATI, but by Powercolor, and therefore bears the sign "Powered by ATI". The card is not working any more, I got a black screen whenever I start windows or linux, whereas my other graphics adapter is still working, which proves that I do have a broken card. Thinking that I have a 3 year warranty by ATI, I filled ...

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Processing/Quality:	75%	Reliability:	75%
Installation:	100%	Installation:	100%
3D-rendering:	50%	Precision:	50%

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Technical Details for ATI Radeon 8500

Product Description	ATI RADEON 8500 - multi-monitor graphics card - Radeon 8500 - 64 MB
Device Type	Multi-monitor graphics card
Enclosure Type	Plug-in card
Interface Type	AGP 4x
Graphics Processor / Vendor	ATI Radeon 8500
2D/3D Graphics Support	ATI Radeon 8500
RAMDAC Clock Speed	400 MHz
API Supported	OpenGL, DirectX
Video Memory Installed ( Max )	64 MB / 64 MB (max) - DDR SDRAM
Video Output	2048 x 1536 / 85 Hz - 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
Max Monitors Supported	2
Package Type	Retail
System Requirements	Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows 95/98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows XP
Manufacturer Warranty	3 years warranty