Tech Ware Net has posted a review on the ATI Radeon 8500 video card. Thanks Brian.
ATI is not a company whose products I've ever really salivated over. Lame drivers killed perfectly good products, but this Canadian graphics chip company sat around; seemingly twiddling its collective thumbs. The first ATI card I had was an Xpert 98, and I found out how lame that thing was once I got a real graphics card: a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP--which I still have. The next ATI product I tried out was the Radeon 32MB DDR AGP, and seeing the dismal performance of this card in comparison with a Voodoo 4 4500, I'd vowed never to touch another ATI product unless they could fix their Achilles heel: Drivers!Read more
