reviews the ATI Radeon 8500. It sure looks like a great card but being ATI we all know there will be one major flaw... drivers!
\"We would be lying if we didn\'t mention that the Radeon 8500\'s \"final\" performance was a bit disappointing; we weren\'t expecting parity with the $199 GeForce3 Ti 200, we were expecting a GeForce3 Ti 500 killer. All of the specs pointed at a higher performing product, but in the end we are limited by what has been ATI\'s Achilles\' heel: drivers. Luckily the majority of these driver issues are performance related and not compatibility/quality related, but it still means that if you purchase a Radeon 8500 today you won\'t be getting all that you\'re paying for; untapped potential is great if it is eventually going to be exposed.\"
