"Enter Stage Center ( "Duel of the Fates" playing in the background). The ATi RADEON 8500 has been pegged as just such a card, a GeForce3 Ti500 killer, by many viewing its technical documentation. These assumptions are not without merit as the feature list of the RADEON 8500 reads like a gamer's Christmas list to Santa and at one heck of a price point. The RADEON 8500 definitely has given birth to some new buzzwords and with them a full compliment of possibilities. "