Hercules 3D prophet8500 at $129?

[silly_rabbit]

Just fond this on NewEgg:
3 Days Special @ $129!Guillemot Hercules 3D Prophet 8500 128MB DDR W/TV-Out and DVI - RETAIL Ramdac: 400MHz. Bus: AGP4X/2X. SMARTSHADER & PIXEL TAPESTRY II technology. HYPERZII: intelligent memory saving technology (Fast Z clear, Z compression, Hierarchical Z). 275MHz Core & Ram Clock

is there a difference between this card and the ATI radeon 8500? If not..I'm going to get one of those..



http://www.geocities.co.jp/CollegeLife-Lounge/8562/index.html

Korea....good sport?

 

[Crashman]

I've been looking very closely at this card myself. It appears by the chip size to have BGA memory, which is normally the faster kind when it comes to video cards.

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