If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Radeon LE Question
I got this itch to upgrade my video card so... here's the sordid
details. My machine is a Dell 4400 2.0Ghz P4, 1Gb PC2100 Ram running WinXP Pro. This machine was originally equipped with a GeForce3 Ti200/64Mb. Things ran ok until I encountered Battlefield 1942. Since I'm a cheap SOB when it came time for me to replace I looked around and purchased a 128Mb Geforce FX5200 non-ultra card. Worked fine, was marginally faster than the GF3 it replaced but still liked to go into stop-action mode when all the eye-candy was turned on so I decided to take one last stab at the cheap route. I looked around and purchased a Sapphire 8500 LE 128Mb card. This is the cheaper variety with 5ns TSOP memory. Original clock speed was 250Mhz core and 200/400Mhz memory. I upped it to 275Mhz core and 250/500Mhz memory and it works fine. It is faster and has a better, sharper display. Now, questions are.... My understanding is the 8500 LE (RV200?) has 4 pixel pipelines and 2 TMUs like the original 8500 but at a slower speed - is that right or ?? Is there anything out there in the $150 or less range that would provide a major performance increase over this card or would it make sense just to sit tight with the LE and wait for the 9700/9800 to be superceded so they drop in price? |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
8500LEs are merely clocked-down 8500s. They are often capable of running at
the same speeds - although there are many (like the one I bought) that use 4ns memory chips and they usually can't be clocked up to the same level. These are commonly known as "8500LELE"s - although you usually won't see them advertised as such. "MB" wrote in message om... I got this itch to upgrade my video card so... here's the sordid details. My machine is a Dell 4400 2.0Ghz P4, 1Gb PC2100 Ram running WinXP Pro. This machine was originally equipped with a GeForce3 Ti200/64Mb. Things ran ok until I encountered Battlefield 1942. Since I'm a cheap SOB when it came time for me to replace I looked around and purchased a 128Mb Geforce FX5200 non-ultra card. Worked fine, was marginally faster than the GF3 it replaced but still liked to go into stop-action mode when all the eye-candy was turned on so I decided to take one last stab at the cheap route. I looked around and purchased a Sapphire 8500 LE 128Mb card. This is the cheaper variety with 5ns TSOP memory. Original clock speed was 250Mhz core and 200/400Mhz memory. I upped it to 275Mhz core and 250/500Mhz memory and it works fine. It is faster and has a better, sharper display. Now, questions are.... My understanding is the 8500 LE (RV200?) has 4 pixel pipelines and 2 TMUs like the original 8500 but at a slower speed - is that right or ?? Is there anything out there in the $150 or less range that would provide a major performance increase over this card or would it make sense just to sit tight with the LE and wait for the 9700/9800 to be superceded so they drop in price? |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Radeon 9800 pro 128 - AGP slot question + Doom 3 | Jim N | General | 10 | August 11th 04 03:37 PM |
Follow-up question | James Silkworth | Asus Motherboards | 2 | July 27th 03 05:42 PM |
Radeon 64ddr 4x agp card in 8x agp slot? (was: Another A7n8x-D won'tpost) | Randy | Asus Motherboards | 3 | July 24th 03 12:36 AM |
O.T., Radeon 9800 pro overclocking program question for the group | [email protected] | Asus Motherboards | 1 | July 7th 03 11:46 AM |
Want to replace a Radeon 7000 with a Radeon 9200 | Jim Davis | Ati Videocards | 2 | July 3rd 03 03:55 PM |