New 128MB Radeon 8500

It's about that time again. Spring is often when many hardware companies announce new products for the coming months, and ATI is kicking off this round of graphics announcements with a revision to its high-end card, the Unreal Warfare engine , id's next Doom game , and Valve's Team Fortress 2 are the biggest examples of what's coming up that should fully support the Radeon 8500's features.

While the new revisions to the Radeon 8500 are relatively small, they do mark ATI's progress over the last few months. We can't judge the products' overall polish and performance until we receive final boards, but it is clear that ATI is still ready to challenge Nvidia with high-end features and mainstream prices. We'll have full reviews of the new Radeon 8500 cards close to their March release date.