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ATI Introduces 8500LE

by Maarten Goldstein, Feb 04, 2002 8:24am PST

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ATI today announced they will be releasing the ATI Radeon 8500LE videocard. Based on the 8500 chipset, the Radeon LE will lack some of the features of the regular 8500 but will feature 128mb of DDR memory and will cost $199 when its released in April. The original Radeon 8500 will also get 128mb of DDR ram and will maintain its $299 price tag.

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The more important note here is that the 8500 will start shipping with 128MB (2x the ram) and will maintain the same price! I'll take 64MB free thank you. (Something tells me tho that this is not going to happen)

Feb 05, 2002 12:31pm PST

The more important note here is that the 8500 will start shipping with 128MB (2x the ram) and will mainta... : lijil

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at what point (if ever) will all this innovation become unsupportable?

even today, the games do not take full advantage of the hardware. however, the games still benefit from increased speed. why does it always seem like the next generation game will take advantage of the present hardware? isn't that a paradox? what came first the next-generation hardware or the next-generation game?

will we reach a point where the hardware so completely surpasses the requirements of the game that it in essence becomes separate and wholly useless? or is this just the way that its supposed to be. continuous improvement in the technology, except the content improves slower.

mindless rant ;-)

Feb 04, 2002 9:41am PST

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at what point (if ever) will all this innovation become unsupportable? even today, the games do not ta : carnivore
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one word: doom

Feb 04, 2002 3:44pm PST

one word: doom : boobie

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gotta love when the idiots jump in with the "my <piece of shit system> runs <game x> perfectly fine"

and of course perfectly fine means turning every graphical option off and low res. and still getting 10-20 fps.

Feb 04, 2002 1:57pm PST

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gotta love when the idiots jump in with the "my <piece of shit system> runs <game x> perfectly fine" a... : boobie
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- You are not getting a flame war out of me. My point is no game currently take great advantage of all the... : baron calamity

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Good job ATI, keep the prices low so I can get my GeForce4 cheaper :)

Feb 04, 2002 8:32am PST

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Good job ATI, keep the prices low so I can get my GeForce4 cheaper :) : andyp
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  ha ha ha, thats funny you think nVidia is gonna lower prices. : Crimsonbeak
  - They would if their bottom line was being actually cut into. They've got the performance market sow... : KinetiK

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I thought that the whole idea was that new cards are faster than the old cards. When did it become cool to release slower performing cards and call them new??

Feb 04, 2002 12:00pm PST

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I thought that the whole idea was that new cards are faster than the old cards. When did it become cool t... : sur3sh0t
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- They are introducing budget cards that are slow. Nothing new here. The Gefore2mx is bearly faster than a... : baron calamity

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ATI sure is boring.

How about some R250/300 news?

Where's it at anyways?

Feb 04, 2002 11:25am PST

ATI sure is boring. How about some R250/300 news? Where's it at anyways? : SlimJim

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Doesn't the gf3 support directX 8.1?

Feb 04, 2002 9:00am PST

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Doesn't the gf3 support directX 8.1? : brutal
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- Nope. The actual worth of such support isn't really know though. : vigilante

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What's the Core / Mem clock on the 8500LE? Is it the full 275 / 275?

Feb 04, 2002 9:31am PST

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What's the Core / Mem clock on the 8500LE? Is it the full 275 / 275? : galvatron
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- its clocked 250 core/memory. It also lacks the ability to do flat panels. : baron calamity

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I'll be picking up a GeForce 4 ti4400 thank you, I will never trust ATI ever again, their drivers are the worst drivers ever written

Feb 04, 2002 10:06am PST

I'll be picking up a GeForce 4 ti4400 thank you, I will never trust ATI ever again, their drivers are the... : Adrenaline

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they already have an 8500le, they are the OEM cards. this doesn't make any sense!

Feb 04, 2002 9:50am PST

they already have an 8500le, they are the OEM cards. this doesn't make any sense! : afrochops

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what? I bought my radeon 8500 for 171.

Feb 04, 2002 8:36am PST

what? I bought my radeon 8500 for 171. : boomstickah

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hello? anyone awake?
ATI = k1gn

Feb 04, 2002 8:28am PST

hello? anyone awake? ATI = k1gn : biatch