Page 5: Conclusion
<b>Conclusion</b>:<br>
The Radeon 8500 is the flagship of ATI's line of video cards for the mainstream market. ATI has done a great job of optimizing its drivers from the initial release of the card, which was terrible. What I do not like is that ATI has segmented the same card into three different speeds, and calling it basically the same thing. I got the Newegg BIOS card from Newegg for $188 with shipping. I think the card is great even with the Newegg BIOS and the price is the same as was the Radeon VIVO six months ago.<br><center><table border='0' valign='top' width='50%'><tr><td><b>Good</b></td><td><b>Bad</b></td></tr><tr><td>The price is right</td><td>Three different version of the same card</td></tr><tr><td>Loads of extra features</td><td>Driver releases are slow</td></tr><td>Cheaper than competing cards and more or less the same performance</td></tr></table><br><br>Overall, I like the new version of the Radeon<br><b>Score: 91%</b><br><img src="/images/recommended.gif"><br><b>(editor
The Radeon 8500 is the flagship of ATI's line of video cards for the mainstream market. ATI has done a great job of optimizing its drivers from the initial release of the card, which was terrible. What I do not like is that ATI has segmented the same card into three different speeds, and calling it basically the same thing. I got the Newegg BIOS card from Newegg for $188 with shipping. I think the card is great even with the Newegg BIOS and the price is the same as was the Radeon VIVO six months ago.<br><center><table border='0' valign='top' width='50%'><tr><td><b>Good</b></td><td><b>Bad</b></td></tr><tr><td>The price is right</td><td>Three different version of the same card</td></tr><tr><td>Loads of extra features</td><td>Driver releases are slow</td></tr><td>Cheaper than competing cards and more or less the same performance</td></tr></table><br><br>Overall, I like the new version of the Radeon<br><b>Score: 91%</b><br><img src="/images/recommended.gif"><br><b>(editor