PNY Verto GeForce 8500GT 512MB Video Card

List Price: $79.99 Discount Price: $58.93

Features:

• PCI-Express video card with 512 MB of 128-bit DDR2 memory
• Full support of Microsoft DirectX 9.0 and DirectX 10.0
• GigaThread Technology for extreme processing efficiency
• HD-DVD and Blu-ray movie playback capability
• Dual Link DVI for high resolution monitors (up to 2560x1600)

Customer Reviews:

great video card [Posted on 2008-04-07]
got that video card, install was a breeze, it runs good, and the price from amazon is also. can only recomend it. has all the options, i don't use them all, but there is SLI option, overclocking etc.

Economical and efficient [Posted on 2008-04-21]
Best bang for the buck. Inexpensive and handles very well. No problems that I have had whatsoever and even overclocks nicely.

Great Card! [Posted on 2008-04-23]
This is a great upgrade for the money! I replaced a 128 ati with this and it mad a world of difference. The minor gaming I do with my pc, you could see the difference in the games, thing flowed much smoother. I am very happy with the card and would recomend it all day long.

Not that great of a card for much other than basic use, or watching HD content... [Posted on 2008-05-02]
Well, I purchased this card as an upgrade from my EAX300 video card, which had 128MB of DDR Memory, and a 64-bit memory interface. I was expecting quite an improvement over that card, however was less than impressed. I have a program on my computer called Real Desktop, and what it does is make your desktop 3-d. This performed alright on my EAX300, but I was hoping with my upgrade it would be better. I was wrong. It was choppier than ever, to the point I couldn't even use it. Then, tried playing a game, (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) which as an older game, has pretty low requirements. I know this isn't a gaming card, but I did expect somewhat of an increase in performance. Anyway, this is how it went down. On low settings, this card was comparable to my EAX300, and to be honest, my EAX300 did better, getting framerates around 55-65fps average, and going as high as 80-85fps in low detail areas. This card however got an average of around 35-45fps, and only went to about 55-60fps in low detail areas. Definitely not an improvement. However, with all settings turned up, and 3x anti-aliasing, my EAX300 would stay around 1-10fps, while this card would get about 30-40fps. So in high settings it faired better than the EAX300, but with low settings it did worse. I will admit, this card played HD content with ease, compared to my EAX300. Sometimes my EAX300 would freeze up on HD content if you tried to skip it ahead, and then wouldn't play, and you'd have to restart. This normally meant I couldn't fast-forward through it, or I'd have to restart the entire film. However, with this card, I was able to skip through, and my HD experience was much better than before. So if you don't play alot of games, and don't have many 3-d apps you use, this could be a good card for you. If you plan on playing games, or have a favorite 3-d app, you might not like it so much. One thing that is my fault is that I knew I shouldn't get a card with DDR2, but I decided to anyway, and it got very hot, just as I knew it would, and performed half as good, if that, as DDR3 memory. Guess it's up to what you'll use the card for, but it wasn't for me.

love it. [Posted on 2008-05-08]
what else can i say about this product it works great, han an affordable price, and i like what this card has done for my pc.

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