ATI 8500 vs 9500Pro/9600Pro

[J.B. Winslow]

I have an 8500 64mb and was thinking of getting anoher card. How much of an
improvement would I get with either of these cards. Thanks for your help.

Adios,
Jay

 

[Randy]

I went from a 8500 64mb to a 9500 pro 128 and saw a big jump. Gave the 8500
to my some who went from a VooDoo5 5500 and was very glad to get the 8500.
Just recycle the cards and really get your moneys worth. I will give him my
9500 when I get a new card next year .

Randy

 

[mike]

I have an 8500 64mb and was thinking of getting anoher card. How much of an
improvement would I get with either of these cards. Thanks for your help.

Adios,
Jay

I went from an 8500 128Mb to a 9600 Pro, without overclocking the 9600
Pro it was a big difference in speed and visual quality. When I
overclocked the 9600 the difference was astounding. YOu just can't go
wrong with the 9600 Pro for the price. If you run very demanding
games or video programs at very high resolutions (say 1280x1024 or
higher) then you might want to fish up a 9500/9700/9800 as they have
more pixel pipes and the 9800 has 256-bit ram. For me, I now run
Battlefield 1942 (which really choked my 8500 at 1024x768 with
moderate eye-candy) at 1280x1024 with most of the eye-candy on and
it's smoother.

 

[Nick Dalton]

Cool, anyone wanna buy my old 8500?


| On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 07:51:30 -0700, "J.B. Winslow"
|
| >I have an 8500 64mb and was thinking of getting anoher card. How much of
an
| >improvement would I get with either of these cards. Thanks for your help.
| >
| >Adios,
| >Jay
| >
|
| I went from an 8500 128Mb to a 9600 Pro, without overclocking the 9600
| Pro it was a big difference in speed and visual quality. When I
| overclocked the 9600 the difference was astounding. YOu just can't go
| wrong with the 9600 Pro for the price. If you run very demanding
| games or video programs at very high resolutions (say 1280x1024 or
| higher) then you might want to fish up a 9500/9700/9800 as they have
| more pixel pipes and the 9800 has 256-bit ram. For me, I now run
| Battlefield 1942 (which really choked my 8500 at 1024x768 with
| moderate eye-candy) at 1280x1024 with most of the eye-candy on and
| it's smoother.

 

[Randy]

$15.00?

Randy

 

[Nick Dalton]

LOL


| $15.00?
|
| Randy
|
| | > Cool, anyone wanna buy my old 8500?
| >
| >
| > | > | On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 07:51:30 -0700, "J.B. Winslow"
| > |
| > | >I have an 8500 64mb and was thinking of getting anoher card. How much
| of
| > an
| > | >improvement would I get with either of these cards. Thanks for your
| help.
| > | >
| > | >Adios,
| > | >Jay
| > | >
| > |
| > | I went from an 8500 128Mb to a 9600 Pro, without overclocking the 9600
| > | Pro it was a big difference in speed and visual quality. When I
| > | overclocked the 9600 the difference was astounding. YOu just can't go
| > | wrong with the 9600 Pro for the price. If you run very demanding
| > | games or video programs at very high resolutions (say 1280x1024 or
| > | higher) then you might want to fish up a 9500/9700/9800 as they have
| > | more pixel pipes and the 9800 has 256-bit ram. For me, I now run
| > | Battlefield 1942 (which really choked my 8500 at 1024x768 with
| > | moderate eye-candy) at 1280x1024 with most of the eye-candy on and
| > | it's smoother.
| >
|
|