How will I know?

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2 weeks ago I bought a Radeon 8500 over the Net. Now I´ve seen the exact same model in another shop, sold as a Radeon 8500LE, and the price is about the same as the one I got. I´m worried I got an 8500LE instead of the 8500 I ordered, but how can I check it, is there some program which can show detailed info on the GPU? I´ve used Sandra, and it says Radeon 8500, but maybe it displays the whole 8500 family as just Radeon 8500?

How can I be sure I got what I ordered? I´ve contacted the dealer, but no reply so far...

Some info:
The card is a XpertVision Radeon 8500, with 64MB DDR.
I get about 7780-7810 in 3Dmark, running a 1,5GHz Duron.
 

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download powerstrip utility, it will give U your memory & core Mhz readings,

The LE is clocked down to 250MHz core and 250MHz (500MHzDDR) (3.3ns) memory.
The retail 8500 has a 275MHz core and 275MHz (550MHzDDR) (3.3ns) memory. The differences do not end here.
ATI still sells chips to OEM's at an even further reduced speed. There are reports of some "OEM 8500LE" chips being clocked down to 230MHz core and 230MHz (460MHzDDR) (4ns) memory.


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