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PNY Verto GeForce 8500GT 512MB Video Card
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| List Price: | $65.99 |
| Price: | $59.99 |
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Product Description
DVI VGA HDTV S-Video Outputs / 800MHz Frequency / 128-Bit Interface / DDR2 Memory / 450MHz Core Clock / PCI Express Bus / Built for Windows Vista nVidia Quantum Effects physics processing technology One dual-link DVI output to support a 2560x1600 resolution display nVidia PureVideo HD technology HDCP Capable for unsurpassed Blu-Ray and HD-DVD movie picture quality PCI Express support OpenGL 2.0 support nVidia ForceWare Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) Built for Microsoft Windows Vista
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1534 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: PNY
- Model: VCG85512GXPB
- Dimensions: 3.20" h x 9.50" w x 11.40" l, 3.00 pounds
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)
Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
PNY offers an entire lineup of graphics cards based off of NVIDIA’s GeForce graphics processors to enhance your visual computing experience. Whether looking for a smoother Microsoft Vista experience or faster frame rates in today’s latest games. With bus types ranging from PCI, AGP to PCI-e 2.0 and memory buffers ranging from 256MB to 1GB, PNY has the card for your specific computer configuration and application need.
 Experience the latest visual effects with Microsoft DirectX 9 and next generation DirectX 10 games. |
 Achieve incredible speed through NVIDIA SLI technology. |
NVIDIA® GeForce 8500 graphics processors now offer the features of the GeForce 8 Series architecture for an incredible value. Essential for accelerating the Microsoft Windows Vista experience, GeForce 8500 is designed to enhance the Windows Vista Aero graphical 3D interface, allows you to play the latest Microsoft® DirectX® 9 and DirectX 10 games, and enjoy the ultimate HD movie experience with PureVideo™ HD technology.
Unprecedented levels of graphics realism and gaming performance for less than $100
- Revolutionary architecture dramatically enhances 3D gaming features, enabling lifelike character animation and rich, immersive gaming environments.
- Experience the latest visual effects with Microsoft DirectX 9 and next generation DirectX 10 games.
- Full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers unparallel levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects.
- Delivers up to 2X the performance of a single Graphics Cards for unequaled gaming experiences by allowing two graphics cards to run in parallel.
 PNY offers an entire lineup of graphics cards based off of NVIDIA’s GeForce graphics processors to enhance your visual computing experience. |
Key Features
- NVIDIA® unified architecture with GigaThread™ technology
- NVIDIA SLI® -Ready
- NVIDIA Quantum Effects™ physics processing technology
- NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD technology 1
- HDCP Capable2
2 - Requires other HDCP-compatible components.
What’s in the Box
8500 GT 512MB PCIE graphics card, Quick Installation Guide, Installation CD, 1 DVI-to-VGA Adapter, HDTV Break-out Pod.
Customer Reviews
Needed more info
Thought I knew what I was doing technically speaking but found out otherwise when I received the product. Will have to upgrade hard drive, ram, and motherboard for this to work, so it was a more expensive project than I originally thought. It was probably mostly my fault, but I think the requirements for this upgrade could have been more clearly stated. I'm sure it'll work fine when I've upgraded my upgrade.
Crashed Just After A Year
I installed this card in a new HP dual core AMD machine. After 13 months the card crashed and was worthless. After trying everything to revive it I sent a request to PNY for a replacement under their 3 year warranty. They said they couldn't find a record of my registration and since the card had reached end-of-life they refused to replace it. So apparently, 13 months is end-of-life on these cards. I would not recommend this card unless you plan to replace it again in a year. I have replaced the card with a different manufacturer's 9500 Nvidia card with 1 gig video memory for the same price as this card. Do some research and you'll find better deals out there. I won't be purchasing PNY products anytime soon.
Plays all the games but noisy fan!
My only complaint is that the fan can sometimes start to make a loud buzzing sound. I have a Dell Dimension 9100 so it's rather easy for me to open it and tap on the fan, and surprisingly it isn't chronic so I haven't yet thrown it out the window.
Plays all the games though. Was really inexpensive... for about $50 it does the job.
