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I'm helping a friend decide on a 64 MB DDR Radeon 8500 Video card, but which is the best one to get?
I mean with ATI, Gigabyte, Hercules.
What's the difference between 8500LE and the regular 8500?
The LE versions have a lower clock speed and memory speed right?
Normal Speeds: 275/275
LE: 250/250
LELE: 230/230
Those might vary a little bit though depending on who makes it. Always get a guarantee on the speeds before you buy.
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Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 1.6Ghz
ASUS P4S333
ATI Radeon 8500
256MB Kingmax PC2700
Dual Seagate 20GB 7200RPM
Viewsonic E70 Monitor
HP 8/4/32
Windows XP
Razor Boomslang 1000dpi
The Gigabyte LE's are excellent. Nice red PC, decent heatsinks etc. That'd be my pick. http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/smile.gif
If not, scour around for the best deal on an ATI Retail 8500 you can find.
MuFu.
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Athlon XP@2000+
Cooler Master HHC-001@7V
KG7R
Crucial 512MB@152MHz
Radeon 8500LE@315/640MHz
60GXP 60GB
75GXP 30GB
SBLive! 5.1
PlexWriter 16/10/40A
Pioneer 16x DVD
LG Flatron 795FT+
WinXPP
yea i think i am gonna get the gigabyte le. seems to overclock high enough(i saw 295/295 on a review) and it comes with alot more cooling than a stock 8500
