@realize
R9000 is twice slower than R8500 in some parts of the rendering with games that use multitexturing. It's just an faster R7500. Core and memory are just 25Mhz faster than R8500 but R9000 core is too weak, no matter you raise core&memory frequenzy, it will be slower. In some situations even the slower 8500LE will be faster. Perform your tests with 1024x768, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 and you'll see R8500 is faster.