Just got word from Dave that he's just finished the second half of his ATI Radeon 8500 review. Here's what he's saying.
I've completed a second part of our in-depth review / investigation of Radeon 8500 at Beyond 3D. In this part I have a look at Pixel Shaders, TRUFORM, HyperZII (with a look at the operations of 8500's Hierarchical-Z buffer) as well as OpenGL SSE2 Driver optimisation, AGP and development driver tests. ATI Radeon 8500 Review / Investigation (Part 2) @ Beyond3D
I've completed a second part of our in-depth review / investigation of Radeon 8500 at Beyond 3D. In this part I have a look at Pixel Shaders, TRUFORM, HyperZII (with a look at the operations of 8500's Hierarchical-Z buffer) as well as OpenGL SSE2 Driver optimisation, AGP and development driver tests. ATI Radeon 8500 Review / Investigation (Part 2) @ Beyond3D