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ATI Radeon 8500 VIdeo Card
Author: | Monday November 25, 2002
One of ATI newest video cards the Radeon 8500 LE 64 meg is a MONSTER. To be Plain and simple, it cranks. Under Windows XP it drives dual monitors in standard 2d mode at blazing speeds
System Configuration :
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MSI KT266 Pro2 RU
AMD XP 2000
256 megs of DDR 2100 ram
Microsoft Windows XP
Drivers : The Radeon's drivers are compliant with Direct X, Open-GL which is a nice feature to start off with if you would like to play games. The Radeon also comes packaged with CD Audio, DVD, Video CD, and file player software packages.
Administration : Configuration of the card is through the standard Windows Display Control which adds a host of controls for the cards video support such as Overlay, Color Adjustment, Display Configuration (Monitor, TV, Flat Panel), and Open GL / Direct 3d.
Cost : The Radeon is moderately priced from about $130-$300 dollars depending on which version you get. Their is currently the :
LE 64/128 mem
Standard 64/128
All in Wonder : 128 mem and video capture.
Comparison : On the market today for performance is NVidia's new chipset. NVidia's chipset are resold to video card manufacturers so prices may vary. Their have been numerous performance tests which show that the Radeon goes head to head with Nvidea and at a much cheaper price with dual monitor support.
Author
HumanX
LinuxDig.Com
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