Which of these Radeons...

[Kay]

...is better?

1.Crucial ATI Radeon 8500LE 128MB DDR - AGP, ATI Radeon 8500LE, TV-Out, Bulk
2.Sapphire Radeon 9100 Atlantis 128MB DDR - AGP, ATI 9100, DVI, TV-Out, Retail
3.Connect3d VGA-Card Radeon 9100 128MB DDR - AGP DVI TV-Out White Box Powered By ATI

Kay

[Ami603]

I don`t know about differences,Mine is labeled as ATI Radeon 8500
AR2L-B3 it have Composite video TV output, VGA output and
DVI output;Also 64Mb DDR.i do not understand for what is the DVI connector,because i had
also a LG TFT flat 15" monitor and it had standard VGA connector.

[Kay]

Well, from the specs available, I guess that number 2 or 3 would be preferrable, as I think the 9100 has a Radeon 8500, rather than the slower LE version. Yet, number 1 is the most expensive. Confusing...

Chances are I'll go with number 2, as I've never heard of Connect3D (ie. it must be a bad brand :-P).

Kay

[L8-X]

Hmmm, seems the 9100 is a bit more difficult to get hold of.....well here anyway! :-(

[Ami603]

At last!!! i have found the desired tower for my AmigaOne,here it is:

And also here is from a dealer near my house,so maybe tomorrow i`ll be there for buying it!!
Now searching for nice keyboard & mice...

[Kay]

@L8-X:
No problem finding it here. In fact, I found more 9100 branded models than 8500 ones when I searched earlier today.

@Ami603:
Nice! I'll probably go for the one below. Cheap, light, elegant, quiet and well built, according to reviews.


Kay

[Mike_Amiga]

Hey! No fair! My Radeon 8500 Mac edition has 64 ddr or whatever it is. How did that happen? My card isn't a limited edition either, WTF is going on here? :-o

[Kay]

> Hey! No fair! My Radeon 8500 Mac edition has 64 ddr or whatever it is. How did that happen? My card isn't a limited edition either, WTF is going on here?

I'm sorry to say, but it seems you have yesteryear's technology. 64MB? I doubt you could even boot with that...:-P

Seriously, though, I think it was the 8500LE which used to come with 128MB, while the faster 8500 usually came with 64MB. With the relabelling to "9100", 128MB seems to be the trend for most cards though.

Kay

[Ami603]

So Mike and i have faster cards than 8500LE 128Mb ones,
or not?

Ami603 wrote:
.i do not understand for what is the DVI connector,because i had
also a LG TFT flat 15" monitor and it had standard VGA connector.

Not all flatscreen monitors come with a DVI connector, but for the ones that do it supposedly gies a better picture (Digital).

Talking of Radeon cards, I already have a Radeon in my PC which I would like to use in an A1 if I got one, but it isn't a 8000 or whatever. I think its a Radeon 'VE' - do these work too or is it completely different?

[Helgis75]

Kay wrote:
...is better?

1.Crucial ATI Radeon 8500LE 128MB DDR - AGP, ATI Radeon 8500LE, TV-Out, Bulk
2.Sapphire Radeon 9100 Atlantis 128MB DDR - AGP, ATI 9100, DVI, TV-Out, Retail
3.Connect3d VGA-Card Radeon 9100 128MB DDR - AGP DVI TV-Out White Box Powered By ATI

Kay

My new long-missed buddy! Good to see you back! While awaiting my A1G4XE myself, i guess the last choice may be better. That's quite an interesting choice..I will look closer on that..:-)

Good to see you again!:-)

[Herewegoagain]

by Ami603 on 2003/1/23 9:26:45

At last!!! i have found the desired tower for my AmigaOne...

Yep, thats a nice case.  We sell those where I work (in the silver like you show, and in black)  But it's a slightly different style (almost identical though) except our version comes with or without lights down the front it looks like this:

With front lights.  The window kit on the side is the same as our cases though.



This is the same case in silver without lights on the front.






And this is it in black and silver without the front lights.

[Helgis75]

I did go for choice number 2, too:-)!!!

[Ami603]

And what opinion you have about the case itself?
its robust? easy of mount?

Hmmmm - a discussion on computer cases under the subject heading "which of these Radeons".......interesting...

Oh well, personally I hate great big tower systems - I prefer small, compact systems (like mini-itx for example)