[G4] AGP Video Cards / Radeon 8500 vs 9000

[Richard Smykla]

deepthought,

The benchmarks I've seen show the 8500 actually outperforms the 9000 
by a small margin in most tests. I believe the main difference is 
that the 9000 sports an ADC connector. See here for a good comparison 
of these two cards, alongside the high-end 9700 card:

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/Radeon_9700PRO_OEM/index.html

Rick

>Hello all, and thank in advance for your responses. 
>
>I've had my 8500 for quite a while now (prob over a year) and I love
>it.  (I can run all the games with great results on my 19" lcd.)  At
>that point in time, I believe that the 9000 was just about to or just
>did get introduced.  Afterwards, I had tried to compare them, but am I
>correct in drawing the conclusion that the 9000 is really just a
>repackaged slightly modified 8500?
>