Radeon 7500?

FunkyFresh · 09-January-03, 01:51 PM

Looking for a video card for my dad, and, on paper at least, the Radeon 7500 looks perfect for him. He doesn't care about 3D performance, wants hardware DVD decoding (he's got a P3-500), would like a DVI connector for a future flat-panel monitor. But of course I've heard ATI cards have had some driver & support problems, etc. I know several of you out there (chiquita for one) have a 7500; what have your experiences with it been? Thanks in advance for any insight or advice!

Here's the one he's looking at
and
A review that makes it sound pretty good

lcpiper · 09-January-03, 02:16 PM

Solid card, the drivers are mature for it, they won't change much.

But it is at the end of it's life cycle so it's a toss-up. A newer card that has life through DX9 may be a better choice.

Of course if it lasts him through a year, it was still an inexpensive choice and the others will only get cheaper so there is small risk.

IronSerif · 09-January-03, 02:53 PM

Hey man, I use that card in my other rig. I had it in my current rig for a few months and it worked fine then, and it still works fine. Haven't had any troubles with the drivers.

DVI connector is there, I was always thinking of getting an adapter for that so I can hook up another crt, cause for some reason my card didn't come with the adapter, not sure if it was supposed to or not.

But all-in-all, very good card in my opinion. I haven't played too many games with it though, the most was WarCraft III, Empire Earth, and sims.

Good luck

FunkyFresh · 09-January-03, 03:33 PM

Yeah, most problems I'd heard of were with the latest-and-greatest ATI cards, not the 7500. Just wanted to make sure.

Thanks guys; I'll go ahead with it!

lcpiper · 09-January-03, 06:47 PM

The biggest difference between the 7500 and 8500 is the lack of Graphix extras like per-pixel shaders and that kind of high end visual stuff.

The raw performance of the card is still very close.

09-January-03, 01:51 PM		#1 (permalink)
FunkyFresh 'Da Doctor of Funk	Radeon 7500? Looking for a video card for my dad, and, on paper at least, the Radeon 7500 looks perfect for him. He doesn't care about 3D performance, wants hardware DVD decoding (he's got a P3-500), would like a DVI connector for a future flat-panel monitor. But of course I've heard ATI cards have had some driver & support problems, etc. I know several of you out there (chiquita for one) have a 7500; what have your experiences with it been? Thanks in advance for any insight or advice! Here's the one he's looking at and A review that makes it sound pretty good

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09-January-03, 02:16 PM		#2 (permalink)
lcpiper H2-Hoe	Solid card, the drivers are mature for it, they won't change much. But it is at the end of it's life cycle so it's a toss-up. A newer card that has life through DX9 may be a better choice. Of course if it lasts him through a year, it was still an inexpensive choice and the others will only get cheaper so there is small risk.

09-January-03, 02:53 PM		#3 (permalink)
IronSerif Lead Pimp Writer? Hell Yeah!	Hey man, I use that card in my other rig. I had it in my current rig for a few months and it worked fine then, and it still works fine. Haven't had any troubles with the drivers. DVI connector is there, I was always thinking of getting an adapter for that so I can hook up another crt, cause for some reason my card didn't come with the adapter, not sure if it was supposed to or not. But all-in-all, very good card in my opinion. I haven't played too many games with it though, the most was WarCraft III, Empire Earth, and sims. Good luck

09-January-03, 03:33 PM		#4 (permalink)
FunkyFresh 'Da Doctor of Funk	Yeah, most problems I'd heard of were with the latest-and-greatest ATI cards, not the 7500. Just wanted to make sure. Thanks guys; I'll go ahead with it!

09-January-03, 06:47 PM		#5 (permalink)
lcpiper H2-Hoe	The biggest difference between the 7500 and 8500 is the lack of Graphix extras like per-pixel shaders and that kind of high end visual stuff. The raw performance of the card is still very close.