PC Detour has posted a review on the ATI Radeon 8500 64MB Version
When the card was first released the video card drivers were very immature. Several hardware sites reviewed the card and came out of it shaking their heads. Problems with existing features were common as well as the fact that there were also missing features.Read it now!
After a few driver leaks there was some light at the end of the tunnel. Features that once were absent, were now present. Slow benchmark scores under certain conditions were beginning to improve. Things were looking up for ATI's Flagship product.