ATi's Radeon 8500 Is Final Or Something Like That ...
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Benchmark Setup
We did not test FSAA, since we don't see any sense in testing the currently used inferior super sampling FSAA solution of Radeon 8500. Once 'SmoothVision ' has been enabled in upcoming drivers, we will retest the cards.
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| Test Setup | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz, Socket423 |
| Motherboard | Asus P4T, BIOS 1005 |
| Memory | 256 MB Infineon PC800 RDRAM |
| Network Card | 3Com 3C905B-TX, 100 Mbit |
| Hard Drive | IBM DTLA-307030, ATA100, 7200 RPM |
| Drivers | |
| ATi Radeon 8500 Driver | 4.13.7191 |
| ATi Radeon 7500 Driver | 4.13.7189 |
| NVIDIA Video Card Driver | DetonatorXP, rev. 21.85 |
| Software and Settings | |
| Operating System | WindowsME |
| Monitor Refresh Rates | 85 Hz at all resolutions |
| Unreal Tournament | Revision 4.36, benchmark.dem Demo, very high quality 'preferences' settings, D3D renderer |
| AquaMark | Revision 2.2 |
| Quake 3 Arena | Retail version 1.11 |
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