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Did someone ever found a Radeon 8500 LE in Europe?

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First post, by Carlos S. M.

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Today i found this Radeon 8500 LE in a lot of parts i got, but i heard in Europe, they were sold as Radeon 9100, but i checked the card model (CGA-8564TVD) and it redirects to an 8500 LE 64 MB. I tried searching in Google, but no luck. Do someone know about the existence of the 8500 LE in Europe?

About the card, i heard the 8500 LE is just an underclocked Radeon 8500. Is that right?

Here a picture of the card, is Club 3D Branded, but it looks very like the reference one

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Reply 1 of 9, by seob

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I'm sure i had a 8500 le back in the day. Think it was a hercules one. But i cannot remember.

Reply 2 of 9, by nforce4max

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Wouldn't be surprised if a few found their way to Europe over the years, things get around a lot these days.

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Reply 3 of 9, by Carlos S. M.

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nforce4max wrote:

Wouldn't be surprised if a few found their way to Europe over the years, things get around a lot these days.

Yes, things like that can happen. Something could've traveled from like america to mainland Spain and finally, to the Canary Islands (where i live)

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Reply 4 of 9, by Aideka

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Radeon 8500LE cards were sold at least here in Finland. I remember seeing atleast Hercules 3D prophet 8500LE cards in stores here. I might actually still have some local pc magazines with reviews of those cards.

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Reply 5 of 9, by archsan

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I still have one PowerColor 8500LE (looks just like the one pictured above, but with different sticker on the fan). Yes, it's an underclocked Radeon 8500, with a bit slower VRAM I guess, and iirc I was able to bring it at least to stock 8500 speed.

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Reply 6 of 9, by Putas

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Fortunately we had plenty of these price/performance wonders in Czech Republic.

Reply 7 of 9, by Carlos S. M.

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So i guess, there was 8500 LEs in Europe. Neat

Btw. I tested the card and is 100% working

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Reply 9 of 9, by Skyscraper

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I got a Hercules Radeon 8500 LE in a lot with AGP cards I bought locally.

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