radeon 9500 pro

[Seloce]

I'm looking at video cards, and the new ATI radeon 9500 really has caught my eye. at only a 10% reduction in performance from the 9700 pro, this seems like a very good bargain buy. however, I am unfamiliar with almost all of the add-in board manufacturers.

long long ago, I was familiar with the hercules line of products, but not anymore. if anyone could help steer me in the proper direction on this one, I'd be quite appreciative.

here is a list of manufacturers that are currently partnered with ATI:

Connect 3D
CP Technologies
FIC
Gigabyte
Hercules
Hightech
Sapphire
Wistron
Yuan

 

[Martin]

The Gigabyte, Sapphire as well as the Tyan cards have been getting some good reviews.

Just do bear in mind not to accidentally purchase the Non-Pro 9500, as there is generally somewhat of a huge performance difference between the two (reduced texture pipelines) - especially on some online sites.