Geforce 8500GT

I have an Asus Geforce 6800 and I want to get an Asus Geforce 8500GT ..the 8500GT only costs $90 at the egg

All I play on the pc right now is Counter Strike Source ... will this increase my fps a lilttle?
 
Might be on par, or even lower. The thing with these ultra low end GPUs in a series is that they perform worse then the previous generator, or two.
 
vict0r said:
I have an Asus Geforce 6800 and I want to get an Asus Geforce 8500GT ..the 8500GT only costs $90 at the egg

All I play on the pc right now is Counter Strike Source ... will this increase my fps a lilttle?
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Whats the rest of your system? CS is pretty cpu dependent. what framerates are you seeing that you want to improve from with a 6800 you should get a solid 60+FPS i would imagine.
 
I get peeks of 120

and solid 80's

on an amd 64 3000+ 1.8ghz @ 2.4 Ghz on a DFI LanParty Sli-D mobo with 1 gig of corsair ram

everything on high @ 1280x1024
 
The 8500GT is less than a regular 6800 but more than a 6600GT. I would say it is on par with the 6800XT (give or take a few fps).


It's not a good gaming card, but if you are into H.264 or VC-1 encoding/decoding, this is the card for you.

If I were you, I would go with an 8600GT at least in terms of gaming (DX9). If you want any kind of decent performance for DX10 gaming (at a low price), the 8600GTS is your best bet.

Honestly, for games (DX10), I would wait for the 8800GT coming out. Sounds pretty good.

If you do want to game on an 8500GT though, get a model with GDDR3. It has the same memory bandwidth of an 8600GT, but with the 8500GT GPU.
 
do yourself a favor and spend $20 more for the 8600gt. the 8600gt isnt that great but its TWICE as powerful as the 8500gt. just make sure you dont get the ddr2 version of the 8600gt if you do get it.
 
If you are already getting 80+ fps, why do you want a new card?

But yes, get at least the 8600gt as the 8500 and lower are crippled for gaming.
 
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