Nvda 8500 gt good???

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#1 EZTARGET
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I have been thinking about getting a new computer with direct X 10. So can anyone tell how good is an Nvidia 8500 GT??
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#2 TugboatTheGreat
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I have been thinking about getting a new computer with direct X 10. So can anyone tell how good is an Nvidia 8500 GT??EZTARGET

Please don't get the 8500GT...Please..What graphics card do you have now?

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#3 bstarter29
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It's a good card, but not for gaming.
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#4 marlonsm
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it's just good for media center PC, not gaming, but, if you want a media PC, get a 8400gs or a HD2400pro, they are cheaper and do the same for movies, if you want to game, save a little more and get the 8600gt(I'm getting one of this)

and about that poll, it makes no sense (except for measuring how many fanboys do we have here:D) each price range there is a winner, this gen, looks like NV won, the 7 / x1k gen was tied, the 6 / Xxxx series, was NV, and the FX / 9xxx series was ATI

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#5 splintercell989
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dont even get the 8600 gt, get the 8600 gts. For maybe 20-30 bucks more you get more then your moneys worth for the performance. Thats if you are going to be gaming, otherwise get the 8400gt
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#6 Marine152
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People are going to tell you left and right that the 8500GT sucks. ALL i can say is that it plays Supream comander on high settings and BF2 on med-high as of now. It may not be the best card but it really depends what games you going to play and what you PSU(power supply unit) is in terms of watts as well. If you wana play the new DX10 games, your better off with an 8600 or better. But if you wana play games like HL2, BF2, Fear, SC, GW, WoW, AAect... Than the 8500GT should do the job pretty well. Hell the 8500GT is way better than my intergrated crap I had before :)
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#8 wklzip
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I agree with aaron ^ the 8600 is like 2-3 times more powerful than the 8500gt.
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#9 EZTARGET
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Alright, thanks for the advice. 8600 GTS it is then.
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#10 moo111
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People are going to tell you left and right that the 8500GT sucks. ALL i can say is that it plays Supream comander on high settings and BF2 on med-high as of now.Marine152

Sure it does nub. You keep thinking that. :D

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#11 AARONRULZ1
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Get teh GT,much cheaper and there's a nominal performance hit,plus you can OC it near GTS speeds.
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#12 deactivated-5c009341336cd
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first thing ima say is dont get from this gen of cards,

very soonly we'll seenew cards and just like beforethe second genmid range card is a must buy