XFX GeForce 8500 GT Graphics Card - PVT86JYAHG
XFX GeForce 8500GT 512MB 128-bit DDR2 500MHz PCI-E DVI/VGA/TV-Out SLI Ready Video Card

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Product Summary
Manufacturer: XFX
Mfg Part#: PVT86JYAHG
UPC: 00778656044210
Buy.com Sku: 205000290
Item#: C3JDLC
Buy.com Sales Rank: 78125
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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. NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology Delivers up to 2x the performance of a single graphics card configuration for unequaled gaming experiences by allowing two cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance PCI Express® graphics, SLI technology dramatically scales performance on today’s hottest games.
MODDER FRIENDLY WARRANTY! Here’s the deal: XFX will repair and service your 6, 7, and 8 Series Graphics Card for as long as you live. Even for those of you who know how to push our cards to the limits, if anything goes wrong, XFX service it free of charge. All you have to do is register the card with XFX online . If you ever decide to sell or give the card away to someone, XFX will still honor the protection plan for the second owner as well. They just need to register the card with XFX. You get the protection AND the added value of being able to pass along a full warranty.


 

Features
Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10 Support
World’s first DirectX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects.

Built for Microsoft® Windows Vista™
NVIDIA’s fourth-generation GPU architecture built for Windows Vista gives users the best possible experience with the Windows Aero 3D graphical user interface.

NVIDIA® unified architecture with GigaThread™ technology
Massively multi-threaded architecture supports thousands of independent, simultaneous threads, providing extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation shader programs.

NVIDIA® Lumenex™ Engine
Delivers stunning image quality and floating point accuracy at ultra-fast frame rates.

OpenGL™ 2.0 Optimizations and Support
Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for all OpenGL applications. NVIDIA® nView® Multi-display Advanced technology provides the ultimate in viewing flexibility and control for multiple monitors.

16x Anti-aliasing
Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 16x sample rates obliterates jagged edges.

128-bit floating point High Dynamic-Range (HDR)
Twice the precision of prior generations for incredibly realistic lighting effects—now with support for anti-aliasing.

Dual 400MHz RAMDACs
Blazing-fast RAMDACs support dual QXGA displays with ultra-high, ergonomic refresh rates--up to 2048x1536@85Hz.

NVIDIA® Quantum Effects™ Technology
Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation enable a new level of physics effects to be simulated and rendered on the GPU—all while freeing the CPU to run the game engine and AI.

NVIDIA® ForceWare® Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
Delivers a proven record of compatibility, reliability, and stability with the widest range of games and applications. ForceWare provides the best out-of-box experience and delivers continuous performance and feature updates over the life of NVIDIA GeForce® GPUs.

NVIDIA® PureVideo™ Technology
The combination of high-definition video processors and NVIDIA DVD decoder software delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for all video content to turn your PC into a high-end home theater. (Feature requires supported video software.)

PCI Express™ Support
Designed to run perfectly with the next-generation PCI Express bus architecture. This new bus doubles the bandwidth of AGP 8X delivering over 4 GB/sec. in both upstream and downstream data transfers.

NVIDIA® nView® Multi-Display Technology
Advanced technology provides the ultimate in viewing flexibility and control for multiple monitors.


 
Tech Specs
Stream Processors: 16
Shader Clock: 900 MHz
Chipset: GeForce™ 8500 GT
Memory Interface: 128 bit
Memory Bandwidth: 12.8 GB/sec
Fill Rate: 3.6 billion/sec
RAMDACs: 400 MHz
Ultrasilent Cooling (Passive Thermal Solution): Yes
Shader Clock: 1096 MHz
Dual Link DVI - Supporting digital output up to 2560x1600
Engine Clock: 500 MHz
Memory Clock: 667 MHz
Chipset: GeForce 8500 GT
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Type: PCI-E
Memory Type: DDR2
Memory Bus: 128 bit
Highlighted Features: HDTV ready , RoHS , DVI Out , SLI ready , HDCP Ready , Vista

  
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Customer Reviews
Value 4
Performance 4.5
Ease of Use 4.5
Overall Satisfaction 4.5
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5 of 5 Driver Hint Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Ice from Edinburg, TX  

The card works great. However, use the driver that it comes with. I installed the latest driver and kept getting the blue screen on Windows XP Professional. A specific error code was not given. Just the file name belonging to nvidia video. After installing the original driver it all worked fine.
 
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5 of 5 Well Built Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Simon from Champlain, NY  
Got two of these for an SLI setup. It was for a replacement of an out of warranty EVGA brand 8500GT card. The EVGA had a noisy fan. Anyway, I put the defective EVGA in the garbage and sold the other one. The built quality of the XFX is far superior that the EVGA. The XFX has a huge heat sink. No fan, no noise. Works like a charm and you can't beat the price. Comes with a card the serial number on it, so you don't have to take apart your rig if you ever need to give the serial to a tech. Very very pleased with my purchase.
 
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5 of 5 Great Video Card !!! Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Phillip from Shreveport, LA  
New system build, and I love this card. It does all that I will need to do; games,cad,stock market charts, and more. This is easy to install and has a lifetime warranty. Heat no problem - and no fan. QUIET Sys. Gigabyte EX38 DS4,Q6600,4 Gig ocz plat., Corsair HX 620 PS (Buy.com)
 
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5 of 5 Hotter than the sun, but works fine with proper co Tuesday, September 23, 2008
A Customer from nashville, tn spring hill, tn  
Well, I bought it as a low cost solution to some GA needs (I also play PlaneShift now). I read the reviews, like you are doing now. It really heats up your box. Really, really. Great card for the money, and I am happy with it, just understand you are going to have to buy some extra fans and attach them to the box. If you really want to control the temp in a small box, then you may have to get creative with your fans. Otherwise, a great deal on a great card.
 
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5 of 5 Nice Output, Good Price Monday, August 11, 2008
A Customer from Tennessee  
For the price this is a good card. Installation was easy (plug into the correct slot on the board and make sure your power supply is 350 watts or better), then you can run the driver CD and restart and you are ready. I haven't tried the DVI yet, but other connections produce good results. The other reviews are right, this thing gets HOT! Watch the temp of your box. I haven't had the time to order/buy a new fan/heatsink, but you need to. I am leaving a fan by the card and running the box with the side panel of the case off. Not an elegant solution, but it will work until you can buy a circulation device. Overall, perfect product for what I need.
 
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4 of 5 Great card for the money! Thursday, May 15, 2008
A Customer from NC  
Card runs a little hot, but besides that it's a great bang for the buck.
 
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5 of 5 Great video card Sunday, April 20, 2008
cgmllr from Portland, OR  
The card was installed easily and Vista set it up right away. I use it for video edititing and and it works great. The picture quality and speed are great. Prior to purchasing this card I was not able to watch HDTV on the computer in which I installed it, nor was I able to edit video without it appearing jerky. Now both look and work great. This is my second XFX card I have purchased and I love both.
 
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5 of 5 Fantastic Upgrade Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Stuart Hill from Deming, NM  
Like the others who bought this graphics card, I wanted to improve my Vista performance without breaking the bank. I have not been disappointed. It installed easily and quickly, Vista found it and set it up right away, and it works like a champ. I am very happy with the speed, color, and picture quality I now have. Get you one before it is too late!
 
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5 of 5 Happy! Saturday, April 12, 2008
Mountain Mike from Denver, CO  
Video card works great to drive my new ViewSonic monitor. Used mainly for photo work, so the card doesn't have to work very hard. Price and the lack of a noisy fan were the main reasons for buying this card. Trading with buy.com is always hassle-free, and the card arrived in perfect shape on the predicted schedule. I'll gladly shop here again.
 
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5 of 5 Great video card Saturday, April 05, 2008
cmllr from Tualatin, Or  
I needed a card for video editing on a recently purchased computer which is also used as a pvr. The onboard graphics card could not handle video from my video camera or HDTV. This card is great. No fan so it is quiet and easily handles video processing. I'm not a gamer so I can't rate it on gaming ability.
 
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5 of 5 Works fine. Friday, April 04, 2008
A Customer from Fairfax, Va  
I am not an extreme user, I use this video card for editing home videos. It has improved the performance of the system, meaning the speed with which the videos load and the smoothness of the playback. Tech Support was great when I called them with specfic questions on the card.
 
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5 of 5 Great product and easy to install Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Sully from PA  
If you're running Vista you'll be blown away on how easy this thing is to install. I invited a friend over because I anticipated problems. Our jaws hit the floor when it worked right off the bat. Forget what the eggheads say, this thing is going to run most games pretty nice. I've hooked it up to a 46 inch LCD via a DVI to HDMI cable and it's capable of supplying a HD picture with no problem. Can't wait to start renting movies over the web.
 
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5 of 5 great card Saturday, March 22, 2008
A Customer from fairless hills,pa  
no problems with it good for the value.
 
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5 of 5 A very good deal !! XFX 8500 GT + 512MB & SLI Wednesday, March 19, 2008
A Customer from Shreveport, LA  
Every now and then you stumble on a good deal; This is it. With a quiet heat sync and 512MB of memory,SLI capable, plus every feature you might want including gaming ability you cant go wrong. Buy.com has got the best price and XFX has the best warranty; lifetime when you register; and you do get your rebate.
 
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4 of 5 the facts Wednesday, February 13, 2008
raymartin419 from Virginia Beach, Va.  
i have this card, good price for it too. BUT the temp. goes to 68 on idle n 100 while im playing cod 4. i decided to take matters on my own hands n found some cpu fans that were just laying around used a socket A fan base n a big socket 939 fan. the temp. reads 40 on idle n 50 during game play. now i have a fan on my heatsink! btw, i build my comp under $400 they include: amd athlon dual core 6400+ black edition,500 assassin ps,kingston 1bg ram,10 dollar cpu fan 939/am2 6000+ from ebay 34c on idle n 48 during gameplay. using my old ide hard drive n cd rom.
 
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5 of 5 Another great nVidia graphic card Sunday, January 06, 2008
Glenn from Tucson, AZ  
This was a replacement for my 6600GT that I thought was broken - turns out the monitor was the problem. It was cheaper to get this newer card than another 6600. The performance is great and I didn't have to change the device driver since I was already current.
 
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5 of 5 Awsome Card but gets a little hot. Thursday, December 13, 2007
A Customer from Nashville Tennessee  
The card performs perfectly. It run CSS, DOD, Bioshock and other high graphics games like there nothing. The only problem i had was that it gets a little hot. Which is probably cause it only has a heatsink. All i needed to do is to put a little fan beside it to circulate the air and there was no problem. Overall im very satisfied!
 
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1 of 5 Not sure. Sunday, December 09, 2007
bfarber from Dripping Springs, Texas  
Well this is one thing that really irritates me about purchasing a product. I should get a career as a technical writer because the documentation is always lacking. It specifically stated I needed a PCIE Power supply for this card so I purchased one after doing some research on what the heck a PCIE power supply was (special connector). Nowhere in the documentation that comes with this card is there a power supply diagram or connector diagram, nor is there an adapter shipped with it that might fit the only connector on it that would connect to a PCIE power supply connector. Now I get to spend my time researching why, what and where I get what I need to install this correctly. Cant tell you how it would work but if this is your first PCI Express video card and you dont like headaches I would say I am not impressed with the effort required on my part due to the lack of documentation.
 
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5 of 5 Nice budget video card Friday, November 30, 2007
A Customer from Houston Texas  
I got a new Dell desktop (vostro 200), and I need a video card so I can use dual display. Installation was easy, detected by Vista. Got it for 1 week now, no problem at all.
 
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