Ati Radeon 9000 vs 8500

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cindercinder
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Which is better?



The 9000 would logically seem like the more powerful card - but it seems they match up almost identical in tests - and the 8500 is more expensive on maczone.com



what gives?

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    skalmanskalman Posts: 42member
    Hi,



    ATI's own reply on how the two compare



    http://www.ati.com:80/products/mac/r...ome/faq.html#6





    Official links to the two different cards



    http://mirror.ati.com/products/mac/r...ome/index.html



    http://mirror.ati.com/products/mac/r...0me/index.html
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  • Reply 2 of 5
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    This is really more of a Current Hardware question. Genius Bar is reserved for technical support issues.



    Moving now...
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  • Reply 3 of 5
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Technically, the 9000 and the 8500 are supposed to perform the same, since the 9000 is lower power, lower cost version of the 8500. In reality, the 8500 is faster than the 9000 in some things and vice versa. I think, overall, the 8500 has a slight edge in 3D.
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  • Reply 4 of 5
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    The 8500 is better. If you have the money, and you want a nice graphics card, get the 8500. If you want to save money, get the 9000. They're both good graphics cards, but the 8500 is better.
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  • Reply 5 of 5
    majormattmajormatt Posts: 1,077member
    I just ordered an 8500, for $179, it didnt seem worth it to get the radeon 9000 - priced only $12 less
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