Hello All,
I hope that this is the correct forum. I have a chance to buy an video card that seems to meet my requirements really inexpensively from colleague at work. (He is a constant upgrader
). Anyway, it is an ATI Radeon 8500 - 64MB card (not an LE) and this fellow says that it is based on the rv200 gpu. I did some reading on the net to make sure that I can use it on my linux box and, as many of you probably know, that is the gpu base for the 7500.
I mentioned to him that this is the gpu for the 7500 and he insisted that it is an 8500 and he will try to find the box. He seemed quite knowledgeable about the issue and that most 8500/8500LE are based on the r200.
I think I am going to buy because regardless of the gpu, it will be a huge upgrade from my matrox millennium. However, is this some kind of weird early 8500 ATI card or is this fellow wrong about the gpu.
Thanks
Kev
I hope that this is the correct forum. I have a chance to buy an video card that seems to meet my requirements really inexpensively from colleague at work. (He is a constant upgrader
). Anyway, it is an ATI Radeon 8500 - 64MB card (not an LE) and this fellow says that it is based on the rv200 gpu. I did some reading on the net to make sure that I can use it on my linux box and, as many of you probably know, that is the gpu base for the 7500.I mentioned to him that this is the gpu for the 7500 and he insisted that it is an 8500 and he will try to find the box. He seemed quite knowledgeable about the issue and that most 8500/8500LE are based on the r200.
I think I am going to buy because regardless of the gpu, it will be a huge upgrade from my matrox millennium. However, is this some kind of weird early 8500 ATI card or is this fellow wrong about the gpu.
Thanks
Kev
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