well it shouldnt be confusing, But Ati seems to have broken what seemed to be thier entire card naming Scheme.
Radeon 7000 series were fully dx 7 complient. 8500 was dx 8.1 complient.
But the radeon 9000 isnt dx 9 complient...its not even as fast as a 8500 le.
The 8500 has now been renamed the 9100-9200 series. (squeeze a few more sales i guess)
the 9600,9700 and 9800 can all do dx9 pixel shaders(I think,someone Correct If im wrong)....and at the moment faster than the fx series.
Hopefully Nvidia will fix thier driver problems soon.
Technicaly the 5900 ultra "spec wise" should best the 9800 quite well...but Nvidia seem to have lost thier driver edge these days.
Ive never had any complaints yet about my 8500 pro 128 meg.
its still kicking along quite well.
now the 7200 in my other computer..is starting to really chug along..lol
Zmatrix
