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ATI Radeon 8500 Videocard Review
ATI Radeon 8500 Videocard Review - PCSTATS
In fact, the Radeon 8500 had so much potential it was dubbed a "GeForce3 killer".
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External Mfg. Website: ATI Mar 26 2002   C. Sun  
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Serious Sam Benchmarks

Serious Sam 2

Source: CroTeam

Serious Sam 2 is a game that uses OpenGL and is a little more advanced than the now retired Quake III Arena. Higher numbers denote faster frames per second (FPS), and hence, better performance.

Serious Sam 2 (Quality 1024x768 Little Trouble) Benchmark Results
Video Card FPS Ranking
1. GeForce2 Ti 49.9
2. GeForce3 Ti500

75.1

3. Radeon 64 DDR 47.4
4. ATi Radeon 8500 71.7
5. ATi Radeon 8500 (oc'ed) 80.3

Serious Sam 2 (Quality 1024x768 Valley of the Jaguar) Benchmark Results
Video Card FPS Ranking
1. GeForce2 Ti 37.1
2. GeForce3 Ti500

47.1

3. Radeon 64 DDR 36.3
4. ATi Radeon 8500 46.6
5. ATi Radeon 8500 (oc'ed) 49.5

At 1024x768 even though the numbers are lower then other FPS's, the game is still very playable with the GeForce3 Ti500 or the Radeon 8500.

Serious Sam 2 (Quality 1600x1200 Little Trouble) Benchmark Results
Video Card FPS Ranking
1. GeForce2 Ti 21.5
2. GeForce3 Ti500

29.4

3. Radeon 64 DDR 23.2
4. ATi Radeon 8500 33.4
5. ATi Radeon 8500 (oc'ed) 38.4

Serious Sam 2 (Quality 1600x1200 Valley of the Jaguar) Benchmark Results
Video Card FPS Ranking
1. GeForce2 Ti 17.1
2. GeForce3 Ti500

24.4

3. Radeon 64 DDR 18.5
4. ATi Radeon 8500 23.4
5. ATi Radeon 8500 (oc'ed) 27.8

This on the other hand was quite painful. I got a headache running these demo's at this resolution since the whole game is so choppy! Needless to say, this resolution is out of reach for all of these videocards.

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Contents of Article: ATI Radeon 8500
 Pg 1.  ATI Radeon 8500 Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  Technology of the Radeon 8500
 Pg 3.  Benchmarks and Overclocking
 Pg 4.  RTCW Benchmarks
 Pg 5.  QIII Arena Benchmarks
 Pg 6.  — Serious Sam Benchmarks
 Pg 7.  AA Benchmarks and Conclusions

 
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