Last week we posted an exclusive picture of what we were fairly certain was the ATi Radeon 8500 MAXX which was given to us with believable accompanying information. Around about 18,000 views later, 3DChipset is today reporting that they have confirmation that the 8500 MAXX is indeed real and is due to be shipped when we were told. Here's what someone from ATi told them:

The ATI Radeon 8500 Maxx is for real and the card is already in full production and about to be shipped soon. ATi has finally nailed certain issues with the dual chip. Final testings have been done and you should here noise from ATi regarding this offering.