Reviews

AnandTech.com
"You get much better performance with the Radeon 9500 Pro than you would with the Ti 4200 [...] The one big win the Radeon 9500 Pro has over the Ti 4200/4400 is its full DirectX 9 compliance."

HardOCP.com
"The anti-aliasing and anisotropic performance results show that the GeForce4 Ti4600 is quickly becoming the card not to buy for gaming. Keep in mind that money-wise, the 9500 and 9500 Pro are positioned to take on the Ti4200 cards that are out there. While this card is targeting the Ti4200 market segment, the results we've seen here today show us the 9500s can really go up against the Ti 4600. Once you factor in the price at $199 MSRP and the features you get, you can easily see how it could go up against NVIDIA's best at this point in time."

FiringSquad.com
"With today's product announcements, ATI has one strong lineup this holiday season. Radeon 9700 PRO already owns the high-end, and soon Radeon 9700 and Radeon 9500/9500 PRO will hit the mainstream segment. [...] who would have thought we'd have $200 DirectX 9 graphics cards so soon? It took eight months for Direct X 8 cards to reach that price point with the release of GeForce3 Ti200. ATI has accomplished this task for DirectX 9 in less than half that time. That's pretty remarkable task, and ATI deserves tons of credit for reaching this."

Rage3D.com
"ATI is hitting every market segment with superb products. At the very top of the line is the Radeon 9700 PRO, along with the fully-packed multimedia AIW 9700 PRO board. The middle segment is filled by the Radeon 9700, Radeon 9500 PRO and Radeon 9500. All these boards are DirectX 9 compliant with great performance. Finally, the low end consists of the Radeon 9000 and Radeon 8500 video cards. Looks like a great selection for consumers!"