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July 29, 2008
Low-End Single/Dual-Core CPUs: Leisurely Computing

Test results of four low-end CPUs from Intel and AMD.

July 28, 2008
Top Dual/Quad-Core CPUs: Enticing Heights

Test results of four top processors from Intel and AMD.

July 23, 2008
Conroe vs. Wolfdale: To the Limit

Test results of Core 2 Duo E6550, E6850, E8200 and E8500.

Lower- and Higher-End Phenom X3/X4 Processors

On the background of Core 2 Duo E4x00 series.

July 17, 2008
i3DSpeed, June 2008

Added test results for GeForce GTX 260/280/SLI, RADEON HD 4850/4870.

July 15, 2008
ATI RADEON HD 4870 X2 (R700) 2x1024MB Preview

A serious threat to NVIDIA.

July 14, 2008
ATI RADEON HD 4870 512MB

Consolidating market success.

July 10, 2008
ATI RADEON 4850 512MB

2.5 times the shaders on the example of 4 graphics cards.

July 8, 2008
ECS A740GM-A Motherboard on AMD 740G Chipset

What an entry-level intergrated board should be?

GeForce 9600 GT Triplet

Some very interesting and original products from Gainward and Forsa.

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3Digest: October 2007
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT PCI-E 256MB DDR2 (460/800 MHz)

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This GPU is presented by MSI GeForce 8500 GT PCI-E 256MB DDR2 (460/800 MHz).




Features:

  • NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT GPU, 460/1188 MHz clock rate;
  • Pixel processors: -
  • Vertex processors: -
  • Unified processors: 16
  • Texture processors: 8
  • ROPs: 8
  • 256MB DDR2 SGRAM in 8 BGA chips. 400 (800) MHz peak clock rate.
  • 128-bit bus;

By the end of the month the product costs about $120, supports DirectX 10.

Released in 2007, this new product from NVIDIA supports all innovations, including DX10 shaders.

2.5ns fetch corresponds to the actual 400 (800) MHz clock rate.

You can read more on GeForce 8 Series in our reviews: Theoretical and analytical graphics card reviews containing functional analysis of NVIDIA GPUs

On October 15, 2007 the latest drivers from NVIDIA were 169.04 for Windows Vista / XP.


Andrey Vorobiev (Anvakams@ixbt.com)




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