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Tom the Dentist reviews ATi's Radeon 8500

Imitation Gruel

Tue Oct 16 19:26:23 2001

[URL=http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/01q4/011016/index.html]Here's the review, jackasses. Read it and become enlightened.[/URL]

Typical ATi; it still appears to have some serious driver issues.

WHY can't there be a video card with Matrox's 2d quality, nVidia's 3d speed, and nVidia's driver excellence or at least persistence?

I suppose such a thing would cause a monopoly in the industry. This sucks.

Ah well; I'm waiting for Kyro III.

DuffMan

Tue Oct 16 19:37:20 2001

Thats decently impressive. However WinME benchmarks mean nothing when we're talking about ATI.
Imitation Gruel

Tue Oct 16 21:11:35 2001

Whoa, DuffMan; I didn't even notice that. You're right.

Fucking ATi; if they have issues that bad with WinME, imagine how bad their drivers will be for an NT-based OS like Win2K or WinXP.

On second thought, I'd rather not.

Fuck them.

Imitation Gruel

Tue Oct 16 21:12:27 2001

Six more posts until DuffMan becomes OSY's 5th Captain.
Magus

Tue Oct 16 22:11:41 2001

Geez, a card like that /* Matrox 2D, nVidia 3D, nVidia drivers */ would become a monopoly overnight. Of course, the fact that it became one through customer choice wouldn't matter when the govt decided to punish their success....
Socrates

Tue Oct 16 23:19:05 2001

But:
At least ATI is consistent.  You KNOW the drivers are going to be screwed up for any new os, so wait, and the price will drop, too.

Sure glad I'm not Dell, bought the cards, and then found out the drivers suck...

Socrates

Imitation Gruel

Wed Oct 17 03:54:44 2001

At least ATI is consistent.

Yes. Consistently craptacular.

Which is why my 'Never buy an ATi card' pledge is to be extended.

Riso

Wed Oct 17 14:43:04 2001

ATIs drivers are better than the crap crapidia throws out weekly.