GeForce 8500 GT with Silent Cooling

[Siamey]

Hey all,
I've got a question for someone with a tech background, seeing as how I haven't been keeping up with the latest advances in the video card market.

Im planning on selling some custom built gaming rigs I've built with 2 XFX GeeForce 8500 GT's in them, linked with SLI. They've got 512mb ram each, and the motherboard is pretty good and the system has 2gb of 800mhz ram.

Would I be safe to put on my advertisement... something to the effect of "will play almost every game on the market at full settings"

I mean, we're talking 32x antialiasing and full hdr and everything, so it should probly play even Crysis on decent settings right?

http://www.crysis-online.com/Information/System%20Requirements/

Gotta print out the ads tonight and throw them into local shops tomorrow, so anything you could say to help me out would be great.

Thanks guys

[BardicKnowledge]

One 8800GTX will play Crysis on near-full settings -- your rig will certainly run it, and I'd imagine that it will do a pretty damn good job of it as well.

How much are you looking for, in any case?

[shikigami]

im sure the 2 8500s will be fine

[Bigfoot]

Crysis doesn't fair well with SLI right now actually. There is supposed to be a patch in the future to fix it.

[Effef]

One 8500 isn't worth the money you pay for it, but 2 in SLI should be fairly good. I would say you would get around 20-30fps in Crysis, give or take.

You would still be better off with say, a single 8800GT or HD3850/3870.

[Pyrion]

You're kidding me, right? A budget-level card running a game with the highest settings? Why on Earth would video card manufacturers market more expensive and far faster graphics cards if the budget-level cards were more than adequate, as you assume?

[Dhsu]

Yeah, the 8500GT is kinda bottom of the current-gen barrel. Although, you could probably get like 4 of them for the price of an 8800GT. So if there's a way to SLI 4 8500GTs, you might be in business. :D

[Effef]

Yeah, the 8500GT is kinda bottom of the current-gen barrel. Although, you could probably get like 4 of them for the price of an 8800GT. So if there's a way to SLI 4 8500GTs, you might be in business. :D

That would actually be pretty cool, just because somebody bothered to try it.

Still an enormous waste of time and money though.

Just for fun, I looked something up:

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1422&Itemid=40&limit=1&limitstart=2

"double the fun" with Zotac 8500GT SLI is not enough to win against a single 8600GT which, as we said before, costs less than two of these.

Yeah, you're fucked. A single 8600GT can barely do crysis at like 10fps.

[Siamey]

Im not assuming anything pyrion so chill the FUCK out.

Thanks CH, I guess I'll have to rebuild it

[Dhsu]

If budget is the big concern here, the 7900GS is a great card for around $120.

If you're willing to go a little higher, CH's suggestions are spot-on. ATI's HD 3850 (http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/11/15/amd_radeon_hd_3800/page16.html) is the card of choice at $180. It actually runs Crysis admirably well at standard resolutions with no filters. Next in the hierarchy would be its beefier brother the HD 3870, at $220.

An 8800GT will run you at least $270, but you can't get anything better at that price. I'm planning to get one myself sometime soon...

[Pyrion]

I'm planning to get two 8800GT's. But after xmas, seeing as demand is way too damn high right now.

[shikigami]

You're kidding me, right? A budget-level card running a game with the highest settings? Why on Earth would video card manufacturers market more expensive and far faster graphics cards if the budget-level cards were more than adequate, as you assume?

because poor gamers will buy the extra cheap card, netting the company more profit.

[Pyrion]

because poor gamers will buy the extra cheap card, netting the company more profit.

"Poor gamers?" Poor gamers would buy themselves a *600-series card at least (anything below that is aimed at the 2D budget/OEM market). Unless they don't know what they're doing, in which case they're not really "poor," rather "uninformed."

[Drack]

A word of advice: Avoid video cards where the third-to-last digit of the chipset is not at least an 8. Almost always, last generation's top cards will outperform today's budget cards.


For the price of 2 8500 series cards, you could likely get one 8800 series card with better performance overall.

As a seller, you've just got to hope your buyers don't think the way I do >_<

In your particular scenario, test anything you advertise, on the hardware you're selling. Don't try to guess at performance through benchmarks, specs, and system requirements.

[Effef]

I like to think of the 8800GT as kind of a "second coming" to the 6600GT.

The right amount of performance at the right price at the right time.

[Pyrion]

I like to think of the 8800GT as kind of a "second coming" to the 6600GT.

The right amount of performance at the right price at the right time.

A better comparison would be the Ti4200. Right now, the 8800GT is the only card that matters.

[Siamey]

Thanks for the advice guys, this is really helpful :)
Thanks Drack

[Effef]

Right now, the 8800GT is the only card that matters.

I wouldn't go that far. The Radeon 3850/3870 are pretty bangin' for the price.

[Pyrion]

As far as nvidia's offerings are concerned, the 8800GT is the only card that matters.

Is that better?

[Siamey]

Souns Gud :d

[Pyrion]

btw on Friday I ordered 2 8800GT's and a 800W PSU off of Newegg, should arrive Monday or Tuesday. :grin: