nvidea geforce 8500gt gpu your opinion

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Ø NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT GPU
Ø Silent Technology
Ø 256MB Memory
Ø PCI Express interface
Ø 128Bit data bus
Ø 500MHz core clock
Ø 677MHz memory clock
Ø SLI capable
Ø HDTV
Ø DVI-I and VGA
Ø PureVideo
Ø Latest Full DirectX9
Ø Latest Full DirectX10
Ø Latest OpenGL 2.0
Ø Windows Vista compatible
Ø Windows XP compatible

will this graphics card play all the new games like fear AND BIOSHOCK AND MEDAL OF HONOUR
thx for all your help
and will it work on linux
 
Not much cop imho.
 
It's not a great card for gaming at all, I'd look at the 8600GT or 8600GTS as a minimum. However, if you're not bothered by DX10 then you'll get more performance per pound with the X1950Pro.
 
If you are buying a 85gt, get the ddr3 version, ebuyer for £48, great little card depending on cpu will give you around 6k in 3d mark 05. These are the new 73gt ddr3, albeit faster. A good shout on the 1950pro
 
No 8500/8600 isn't a gaming card, although it'll handle HL2 fine, but forget newer games or older games that require more GPU horsepower.
 
8600GT can be had from Ebuyer for ~£60, which will giving you gaming possibilities at 1024x768 and 1280x1024 (with lower quality settings). It's not a very good gaming card, unless you live in the 15" world of 1024x768 then it'll serve you find ;).

X1950Pro can be had for £70+ and is a very good card for the money, no DX10 but much faster for gaming than the 8600 range..
 
8500GT is a web surfing media play back card. Not a gaming card. You need to spend more money for that.
 
The 85gt ddr3 while no 88gts for £48 is packs quite a punch, clocked it will be slightly slower than a 78gt@stock
 
...Which is in turn slower than a 7900, slower than a 7950, slightly slower (maybe, depending on the review) than a 1950 pro.
 
The OP has asked this question many times....hoping that someone will come along and say it's a fantastic video card. Not gonna happen.
 
...Which is in turn slower than a 7900, slower than a 7950, slightly slower (maybe, depending on the review) than a 1950 pro.


7900gt for £48, excellent.
 
I specced him in one of his other threads, £375 budget is pretty hard
 

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