Radeon 9000 - whats up with the scores?

[cefoskey]

I just bought a new Radeon 9000 thinking the performance would surpass the 8500 series (and definately the 7500) but from most benchmarks ive seen, the 9000 struggles to just stay up to par with either of the cards. In fact, it bottoms out most of the FSAA and usually ranks about even with the 7500. What is the target market for the 9000, and why would ATI release a card with the misleading title 9000 that is not actually at a level higher than the 8500? Does it have something to do with directx9 features? Im very confused, and thinking i made a bad purchase....

Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my drive?

 

[Col_Kiwi]

To put it bluntly, if you wanted performance, you HAVE made a bad purchase.

Radeon 9000 is a budget card for cheapo OEM systems, mainly, appeals to low budget users. Its a marketing trick to name it 9000 and make it sound as good as 9700. (much like GF4MX...)


-Col.Kiwi

 

[ad_rach]

i'm afraid it's all cheeky marketing.i have a 9000 but i am expecting to receive my 9500 pro this week to replace it.unfortunately the 8500 is much better than the 9000, which is why they have just renamed it the 9100.the 9000 doesn't even support direct x 9 AFAIK.It's not a terrible card but just not nearly as good as the number would suggest.

no matter how hard you try, you can't polish a turd. :]

 

[phsstpok]

9000 PRO (275 Mhz core/275 Mhz memory) has about 10% lower performance than 8500 (275/275).

9000 Non-Pro (250/200) has about 35% lower performance than 8500 (275/275).

<b>99% is great, unless you are talking about system stability</b><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by phsstpok on 01/20/03 03:57 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[phsstpok]

In answer to your question, marketing. Give a new model a higher number and consumers will think it is better.

Incidentally, ATI has re-released the 8500 as the 9100 but it's clocked slower than the original at 275 core/230 memory. The original was 275/275 (retail version).

<b>99% is great, unless you are talking about system stability</b>

 

[Crashman]

Unfortunately, you didn't ask! I've been telling a lot of people that the 9000 Pro is slower than the 8500, the 9000 non-pro is much slower than even the slowest 8500LE (LE's come at various speeds).

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