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Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT Video Card - 256MB

Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT Video Card - 256MB - 256MB DDR2, PCI, (Dual Link) DVI, VGA, HDTV SF-PC85GT256U2 Passi

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Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT Video Card - 256MB Technical Details

256MB DDR2

PCI

(Dual Link) DVI

VGA

HDTV SF-PC85GT256U2 Passi

Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT - 256MB Description

Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT Video Card
Redefine your gaming reality with the Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT 256MB PCI graphics card featuring the world's first DirectX 10 GPU and a powerful unified architecture that delivers an incredibly true-to-life gaming experience. Power through games at record speeds and charge through game maps with vividly realistic, sun-up to sun-down HDR lighting effects while steering clear of mind-blowing physics effects such as explosions, fire, and smoke. And relax watching your favorite movies with NVIDIA PureVideo technology.

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Make sure your motherboard is compatible with this video card. For example, PCI Express video cards won't work with motherboards designed only for AGP or PCI video cards, and vice versa. Please read the specifications carefully or call us for expert advice.

ESSENTIAL SPECS:
Interface Type: PCI
Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Digital)
Video Memory: 256MB DDR2

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Value-priced NVIDIA 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.

NVIDIA Unified Architecture
Fully unified shader core dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering an incredibly true-to-life 3D graphics.

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NVIDIA Lumenex Engine
Support for 128-bit and 64-bit floating point HDR with up to 16x anti-aliasing delivering vividly realistic lighting effects while obliterating jaggies'.

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Microsoft DirectX 10 Geometry Shaders
Dynamic geometry creation smoothes surfaces and enables incredibly detailed environments, shadows, and effects.

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NVIDIA Quantum Effects Technology
Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation deliver amazing performance and visual effects such as smoke, fire, and explosions.

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Shader Model 4.0 Technology
Get your box geared up for the future of games with blazing fast shader performance and watch your characters sweat with Shader Model 4.0.

NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology
Available on HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs, high-definition movies are bringing an exciting new video experience to PC users. NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology lets you enjoy cinematic-quality HD DVD and Blu-ray movies with low CPU utilization and power consumption, allowing higher quality movie playback and picture clarity.

High Dynamic Range (HDR)
High dynamic-range(HDR) lighting effects bring environments to life for a truly immersive experience. It takes advantage of the subtle light, texture, and color intricacies to create incredibly realistic environments.

NVIDIA ForceWare
It takes a powerful suite of software to complement these complex processors. NVIDIA ForceWare unified software environment (USE) is the key to unleashing the full power and features in NVIDIA's desktop, platform, mobile, and multimedia products. Delivering a proven record of compatibility, reliability, and stability with the widest range of games and applications, ForceWare ensures the best out-of-box experience for every user and delivers.

Windows Vista Ready
Windows Vista is the first operating system to require a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) to realize the best experience possible.

Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT Video Card - 256MB Specifications

GPU/VPU:	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
RAMDAC:	400 MHz
Maximum Resolution:	2560 x 1600 (Digital)

Video Memory:	256MB
Memory Type:	DDR2
Core Clock:	450 MHz
Memory Interface:	128-bit
Shader Clock:	900 MHz

Interface Type:	PCI
Connector(s):	VGA (15-Pin D-Sub)
	DVI (Dual Link)
	HDTV/S-Video

Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT - 256MB Reviews

REVIEW BY: Epsilon519 Reviewed Aug 29, 2008 Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT Video Card - 256MB Stars

Great for watching videos but not much else. I bought Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT Video Card - 256MB card to breath a bit of life back into my old outdated P4 box i had sitting around. While Sparkle's 8500GT was much much better than the Nvidia TI 4200 that was in there, it doesn't play games that well. Also to a BIOS update was needed to get the card working correctly. ( If you have an OEM mother board like I do, expect an hour on the net to find the right BIOS. )All in all a great card. watching HD movie encoded in XVID took my CPU usage from around 70 percent down to 5 percent. Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT - 256MB card is great for off loading video decoding from the CPU.Another thing since it is part of the 8000 series, it is a CUDA enabled GPU. Dont really know what Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT Video Card - 256MB will do yet but cant wait to try it.Bottom line... If you have a computer that has no AGP slot then get this. If you do have a computer that DOES have an AGP slot and are a casual gamer i'd go with the 7600GT if you can find one in AGP flavor.

REVIEW BY: Reviewed Oct 11, 2008 Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT Video Card - 256MB Stars

Ordered the part and got it in 4 days, although the one that came in the box had a fan rather than passive heatsink. Great card for PCI motherboards, generates a little heat and extra cooling fans are a thought. :]Couldn't get DX10 on a P4 2.2GHZ at a decent framerate but still a powerfull card.

REVIEW BY: Reviewed Oct 27, 2008 Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT Video Card - 256MB Stars

I was happy to get a card that would let my 4 year old HP Pavilion Media Center play Spore. I feel I overpaid at 121.99, the screenrate and details aren't maxed, but I can't fault the performance of the card. Sparkle GeForce 8500 GT Video Card - 256MB was easy: plug it in and it went. It's quiet. I'm happy.