Value-priced NVIDIA SLI -Ready GeForce 8500 graphics processors are essential for accelerating the Microsoft Windows Vista experience, powering Microsoft DirectX 9 and DirectX 10... more...games, and watching HD movies on a PC.
Advantages: the performance, quality, the price, plays all modern games Disadvantages: you must check if it fits in your case because of the cooling system
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ASUSEN8600GTSILENT
I am surprised not too see many other reviews about these Asus. This Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTSilent is simply brilliant. Not only is relatively inexpensive but also has great quality/performance level too and, as the name says, it is silent! Thanks to the new cooling system adopted by Asus which doesn't involve a fan. Quite a wonder to my ears really. I had enough of cooling fans breaking down and forcing you to buy a completely new graphic card (just because they don't sell the cooling fans alone) and those annoying rattling noises which occurr when they start to deteriorate.
This card is designed for Windows Vista (runs splendidly on XP too of course) and fully ...
Advantages: SLi Compatable, Cheap, compact Disadvantages: Not the best to overclock, Bit slow on High res Games
Ive just set up a second computer with the ASUSEN7600GS Silencer 256mb graphics card installed and I dont think there is a better budget upgrade card on the market.
I set this graphics card into the following setup.
Foxconn Am2 N570SM2AA motherboard
AMD Athlon 64x2 3600+ Processor
512 DDR2 800 RAM
Seagate 7200 250 GB Hard Drive
400w Power Supply
DESIGN:
The 7600GS is designed for motherboards with a PCI Express 16 slot and I would suggest it was placed on a motherboard with 2 PCI express slots as this graphics card is SLI capable. Meaning it can be linked with another ASUSEN7600GS so you can run two graphics cards as one Powerfull graphics card. I found the 7600 GS has a little trouble running games very smoothly with high resolutions, particularly with Anti-aliasing enabled. It still does very well and does manage ...
Product Information for "ASUS EN8500GT SILENT MAGIC/HTP" »
Processor / memory
Graphics Processor / Vendor
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Clock Speed
459 MHz, 500 MHz
RAMDAC Clock Speed
400 MHz
Video Memory Installed
512 MB, 256 MB
Technology
DDR2 SDRAM 128-bit, DDR2 SDRAM 64-bit
Memory Clock Speed
666 MHz, 800 MHz
Features
Nvidia SLI Multi-GPU Technology, ASUS Video Security Online, ASUS OnScreenDisplay (OSD), ASUS Splendid Video Enhancing Technology, ASUS SmartDoctor, fanless heatsink, Nvidia Quantum Effects Technology
Manufacturer's product description
Value-priced NVIDIA SLI -Ready GeForce 8500 graphics processors are essential for accelerating the Microsoft Windows Vista experience, powering Microsoft DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 games, and watching HD movies on a PC.
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