now bata also sells 8800 Calibre series graphic card...

Good for us... more choices to make...

Yes, there is a DDR3 version. I think Galaxy renamed it to 8500GE..


Even Karom have them. Calibre is famous in overseas?

wahh most talks here involves 8800gts/gtx/ultra ...

hmm nobody posts benchies on 8500gt or galaxy 8500ge?
budget user here ..

Because most of us here are at least on 7300GT already. So no point in getting the 8500 anyway. Unless for those who wanted to spend on a new PC and wanted to get a good budget card, then the 8500GE comes into that place..

yeah ..that's exactly my case .. LOL!

is Galaxy 8500GE good enuff for me? I used to have 6800ultra agp few years back ..but downgraded to 6600gt agp .. but later my 6600gt agp got 'pau' by brother ..
now feel like to do gaming again and refresh my rig to at least a PCI-e & C2D

hmm Crysis, CNC3, Starcraft 2 ... :: drool ::
I just aim to play these games at 1024x768 only (or perhaps 1280x1024).. so is 8500GE worth it? I heard it is 600 core/1400 mem

my budget is RM350 max .. dun want to push for more than that .. coz have to upgrade mobo and cpu too .. I'm getting a C2D E4300 .. just a basic gaming rig .. no time to play games nowadays ..

* working sucks.. no time to play game already ..

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 26 2007, 12:36 PM

Erm... C&C3 and Starcraft2 might be good... but 8500GE on Crysis is a little too impossible lorr...

Maybe on the lowest setting possible...

haha ..yeah .. i think so too ..but hope that time i can upgrade the gc again ... crysis coming end of the year right?

wait till end of year, that time *probably* nvidia has launched the awaited G81 , so that time G80 8800 will at least 40% cheaper than now (dunno lar, I estimate this base on the price pattern of 7900 series)

at the moment, you can opt for a used 7300gt, CNC3 is enough to play on using lower end cards, as long as u dont turn on AA and ultra high shader

If you could afford it, then 8500GE seems to be a good bet to me. Playing on low resolution (1024 * 768) should be able to handle most games well minus AA and AF. Thats what i do with my 7300GT currently.

can anyone tell me that how to calculate the amperage of 8800gts?

it has stated the requirements as 26A... but afaik, GTS only need 1 pCIe connector, which is 75W from mobo, 75W from connector which only total up to 150W. So 150W/12V = 12.5A... why it need 26A? does it include other components as well ?

guys,,, which da best driver for 8800gts?
im currently using forrceware 160.02

7k+ in 3dmark06... it is normal? or too low?

hhmmm.... i can get 9k++ wit my rig and at default setting ya....
but the score also will be affected by ur CPU as well

I think it's your CPU lorr zero... why don't you oc a bit to 2.6GHz see how the mark??

ouch... must reach speed e6600 to get 9k... no problem

Currenttly im using the 8500ge....damn nice for a cheap card!!!

But the peformance will be great if u oc the thing....

Stock clock for the card is 600/1400

manage to oc up to 725/1680....

this is the benchies for the card on stock....dun bother to see the nvidia monitor...all the readings wrong why aa?

Currenttly im using the 8500ge....damn nice for a cheap card!!!

But the peformance will be great if u oc the thing....

Stock clock for the card is 600/1400

manage to oc up to 725/1680....

this is the benchies for the card on stock....dun bother to see the nvidia monitor...all the readings wrong why aa?




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THe GE version from Galaxy is very very interesting indeed. Unlike most brand, their OCed version is really OCed kaw kaw in the first place...lol..

the 8500GE scored 11k on 3dmark 03.. how much you think it will be on 3dmark 05?? around 6k?

probably same with 66GT. 4000+- on 3Dmark05. for 3Dmark06, don't bother