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Postby CignaXI on Fri Jan 10, 2003 5:44 am

Does anyone knows if the sapphire version of the 9100 has fullstream support. Is there any way to enable fullstream support on the old 8500le?

Is fullstream software/driver based or it is a chip integrated into the card?
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Postby TheWizard on Sun Jan 12, 2003 1:47 am

My advice: don't go with the Sapphire version, get the real ATI card. Secondly, take a hard look at the 8500, not the 8500LE. The 8500 is better in everything across the board, and it also has DVI, which the LE does not.
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Postby CignaXI on Tue Jan 14, 2003 11:02 pm

I got this from BigBen in DriverHeaven:

Re: Fullstream

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Originally posted by CignaXI
Does anyone knows if the sapphire version of the 9100 has fullstream support.
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It supports fullstream, like all 9xxx cards.

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Originally posted by CignaXI
Is there any way to enable fullstream support on the old 8500le?
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Yes, you'll need a 9100 BIOS, but you can't download a modded BIOS at the moment, maybe in a few days....

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Originally posted by CignaXI
Is fullstream software/driver based or it is a chip integrated into the card?
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It's software based (bios or/and driver). A Radeon 9100 is only a normal 8500

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I didn't find a 8500 cheaper than a geforce4 4200 which I consider to be a better buy, so I bought a 8500LE. Thanks any way Wizard, what I really wanted to know was about the Fullstream technology.
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Postby Ian on Tue Jan 14, 2003 11:30 pm

Whats Fullstream? Yeah, yeah.. I'm a gf4200 owner
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Postby TheWizard on Wed Jan 15, 2003 12:18 am

CignaXI wrote:I got this from BigBen in DriverHeaven:
I didn't find a 8500 cheaper than a geforce4 4200 which I consider to be a better buy, so I bought a 8500LE.


Then you didn't look hard enough. :)
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Postby Han on Wed Jan 15, 2003 6:14 am

Ian wrote:Whats Fullstream? Yeah, yeah.. I'm a gf4200 owner

Take a look at Anand's Radeon 9000 Pro review.
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Postby CignaXI on Fri Jan 31, 2003 1:03 pm

TheWizard wrote:
CignaXI wrote:I got this from BigBen in DriverHeaven:
I didn't find a 8500 cheaper than a geforce4 4200 which I consider to be a better buy, so I bought a 8500LE.


Then you didn't look hard enough. :)


Maybe you're right. I was on a hurry back then and needed the card fast. But really I didn't find an original 8500, all I found was a 8500vivo.
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Postby TheWizard on Fri Jan 31, 2003 5:23 pm

Umm, original 8500's have video in and video out. The connectors are called TV-Out and DVI.
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Postby CignaXI on Tue Feb 04, 2003 3:38 pm

I was looking one original 8500 without vivo, since the ones with vivo are more expensive.
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Postby TheWizard on Tue Feb 04, 2003 9:49 pm

Did it have TV-Out only, CignaXI?
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Postby CignaXI on Fri Feb 07, 2003 2:18 pm

It had video-in and video-out (VIVO) + DVI. They use the same S-Video conector for both functions, video input and output.
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