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

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

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

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

Palit 8600GT Sonic you say?

i saw mika is selling it for RM480 ..but that's bulk .. not at LYP
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/313989
mika also selling GALAXY NVIDIA 8500GE 256MB GDDR3 for RM340
hmm... i feel like want to go for 8500GE too

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 27 2007, 05:29 PM

just finished setting up my budget rig ..
later i'll post my Galaxy 8500GE 3dmark 03/05 benchmarks...

in the mean time, what's the best tool for me to OC this card?

UPDATE:
preliminary benchies on a C2D e4300 @stock and galaxy 8500ge ddr3 600core/1400mem @stock

3dmark03 : 10603
3dmark05 : 6123

err... how is it ah?
i'll try to OC my e4300 and the gc when i got time ..

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 31 2007, 01:12 AM

if u r using 7600gs, i don't think there's a need to change to 8500GT or the overclocked version 8500GE.

better go for 8600GT/GTS or better still, the 8800 series ..

i haven't thouroughly test my 8500GE yet ...

i got mine for RM346 (shipped) in bulk section from mika ..
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=ST&f=21&t=313989

made the pymnt in Tuesday morning, then the next day i received the card already ... at first, there was no reply from him ... but suddenly Gdex called for delivery on Wednesday noon ... superb!!


eh what tool should i use to OC the 8500GE?
i'm using nvidia forceware 158.22 driver

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 31 2007, 09:07 PM

hmm .. dun have digicam with me now ..

yeah i'll try to post up some benchmarks soon .. got no time to play now leh .. maybe tomorrow nite

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: May 31 2007, 10:35 PM

what driver should i use to OC my 8500ge?
now i'm using forceware 158.22

i'm using rivatuner 2.01 ..
any better ideas?

also, what's the tool use to check artifacts?

ok, here are the benchies of my galaxy 8500ge ddr3 1.4ns 256mb 128bit 600core/700mem (1400mhz effective)

my 'budget' rig :
intel c2d e4300 @ 2.4ghz
asrock 775dual-vsta mobo (pci-e is 4x only)
512mb ddr400
driver : forceware 158.22 & ntune

with cpu 1.8ghz & gpu 600/700 (both @ stock speeds) :
3dmark03 : 10603
3dmark05 : 6123

with cpu 2.4ghz & gpu 680/790 :
3dmark03 : 12406
3dmark05 : 7086

* yeah.. my mobo isn't the best out there .. but what to do .. it's a budget rig ...

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Jun 2 2007, 11:25 AM


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take the galaxy 8500ge ... or any brand that have about the same overclocked speeds

ermm is that palit 8500gt using ddr2 or ddr3 ?
i know that palit 8500gt sonic is using ddr3

note that galaxy 8500ge is overclocked version of 8500gt
plain 8500gt is at 450/850 if not mistaken
but this galaxy 8500ge is 600/1400

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Jun 3 2007, 10:44 AM

see below for my galaxy 8500GE 256mb ddr3 ... (post #559)
* the rig now have been upgraded to ddr2 667 and oc'ed the proc some more to 2.6ghz ..

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Jun 11 2007, 11:27 PM

wahlau .. .7900gs getting 15k for 3Dmark05 (that's like 8800gts level already), but 7k for 3Dmark03 ?

i think u meant the other way around ..
7k for 3dmark05 and 15k for 3dmark03

and yeah .. my 8500GE score is pretty good for an oc'ed 8500gt .. i'm pretty much satisfied with the price i pay

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Jun 12 2007, 09:32 PM

i realized that my nvidia ntune doesn't load my OC speed everytime i startup windows .. anybody facing this problem?

or should i change my OC utility to something else?

i'm using nvdia whql 158.22 driver for my 8500GE

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Jun 20 2007, 09:53 PM

8600gt at rm370?
where ? never seen an 8600gt ddr3 selling that cheap at shops .. (or do they?)
if it's true, then they should've bought the 8600gt then

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Sep 3 2007, 07:56 PM