No Geforce 8500GT GDDR3 benches yet? XFX, Gigabyte and so on...

[celemine1Gig]

Hi,

I'm very interested in the new mid range cards, as I'm no high-end gamer.

The question is: Why is nobody talking about the GDDR3 based 8500GT cards that just came out? I mean the XFX 8500GT with GDDR3 for example costs 30% less than a 8600GT, even has a SLi connector and could really be good bang for the buck. When overclocked, these things should fly. And all that for 80,-EUR ATM, which converts to about 109,-USD.
When I remember the hype that the Xpertvision/Palit 7300GT Sonic created, this situtation now really puzzles me. :)

Greetings from Bavaria!

Ingmar :)
a.k.a. celemine1Gig

[BenchZowner]

You should give it some more days as ATi seems ready for a good fight in the mainstream category this time.
The 8600GTS is really disappointing me :(

[DEVIL K-ce]

Palit have 8500GT DDR3 Sonic version 256MB

Coast is ~80 $

Stock clock : 600/1200MHz so this card will be good for low coast clocking :D

This card come to Poland soon ( 9 may ) so, when I received one or more ( eg . 8600GT Sonic ) I test it and upload some info about oc & stock performance.

btw : Palit have also Super version of 8600GT - this card come with 512MB of DDR3 memory.


Martin

[celemine1Gig]

OK, maybe I'll wait for the ATi offerings. But if they keep delaying their stuff, I'm out and will buy a 8600GT or 8500GT. This should get kinda interesting. If ATi/AMD again will have to sell their products by price only, in contrast to superior or equal performance, the budget segment could profit.

[celemine1Gig]

BTW, here are some pics of the card I was talking about:

http://detail.zol.com.cn/106/105371/pic.shtml

I'm still thinking about buying two of these. I just don't know if I can wait for the ATi offerings. Hmm... :)

[traeloch]

Point of View 8500GT

3dMark06 results

460/400 (stock settings) - 2140, 859, 747, 1363.

O/c settings on stock cooler:
760/540 - 3203, 1367, 1168, 1364.

Pentium D805 - 2.66GHz
2GB Twinmos pc6400
AW9D-MAX
8500GT

I still have to run the D805 overclocked 3dMark06 tests.

Cheers.

[BenchZowner]

I've finished the measurements for a 8600GTS review, god these cards are so power...less.
Really weak :(

[StealthyFish]

Point of View 8500GT

3dMark06 results

460/400 (stock settings) - 2140, 859, 747, 1363.

O/c settings on stock cooler:
760/540 - 3203, 1367, 1168, 1364.

Pentium D805 - 2.66GHz
2GB Twinmos pc6400
AW9D-MAX
8500GT

I still have to run the D805 overclocked 3dMark06 tests.

Cheers.

Let's also keep in mind, a 7600GT does around 3400 on 3dmark06 and approximately 6500-7000 on 3dmark05. That's ridiculously under-powered... atleast in my eyes....

[celemine1Gig]

Does the Point of View card really have "GDDR3"-RAM?

[traeloch]

The P.O.V website specs are DDR2.

Rivatuner 2.01 reads this card as:
128-bit G86 (A2, 16sp) with 256MB DDR3.

From Riva's Graphics diagnostic report

NVIDIA specific display adapter information
----------------------------------------------------------------
Graphics core : G86 revision A2 (16sp)
Hardwired ID : 0421 (ROM strapped to 0421)
Memory bus : 128-bit
Memory type : DDR3 (RAM configuration 00)
Memory amount : 262144KB
Core clock domain 0 : 459.000MHz
Core clock domain 1 : 918.000MHz (Shader Clock)
Memory clock : 399.600MHz (799.200MHz effective)
Reference clock : 27.000MHz

As far as I can make out the labeling on the RAM ICs is:
Qimonde 0650
HYB 18T256161BF
FVV51042

[celemine1Gig]

It is GDDR2 (according to the Qimonda website) my friend, so your results are more or less uniteresting for me, as I knew GDDR2 based 8500GTs would suck. ;)

[traeloch]

No worries. I didn't get a chance to check the IC specs.

Believe me they suck!. Then again depends what you are going to use them for.
8500gt's are a cheap HDCP capable card for your HTPC.

Cheers.

[SPQQKY]

Maybe you should wait for ATi's new DX10 mid range cards..............I think I heard they'll be out by the end of the millenium. :)

[NightRaven]

gigabyte 85gt is ddr2 ya~

[N00B]

Some benchies where.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=144029

[celemine1Gig]

In the meantime I decided to not get a 8500GT, but a 7950GX2 (2 to be exact), because the price here was so tempting (60,-EUR lower than for a 8800GTS 320MB, and nearly always the same or better performance). This will do until DX10 will really get important.