Just bought a...

Hey,

I was at the shops today, and i bought the nVidia 8500GT Super+ 1GB 128bit DDR2, with Dual-link DVI and TV-Output.

For just 45 pounds. I can't put it in yet because im not at home (On holiday xD) And I was wondering if its good because i have a Dell Inspiron with a 300W PSU.

Thanks,
Chris

It should run, however if there was the option of getting the 512MB version for cheaper, you should have gone with that.

There was only the 1GB which i think is good :D

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Originally Posted by Stephen

It should run, however if there was the option of getting the 512MB version for cheaper, you should have gone with that.

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I read up on site that the 512 was getting bottlenecked due to lack of memory so im glad i got the 1GB version and i saw i can play crysis and cod4 etc on it i was like :o :o :o :o

The 8500Gt doesn't need 1GB. It's not a particularly good card.

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Originally Posted by Flisker

I read up on site that the 512 was getting bottlenecked due to lack of memory so im glad i got the 1GB version and i saw i can play crysis and cod4 etc on it i was like :o :o :o :o

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You could play crysis on the 6800 with 256MB, playing it well is another thing. ;)

Good purchase I would say.

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Originally Posted by N!ck

The 8500Gt doesn't need 1GB. It's not a particularly good card.

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Your reasons why?

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Originally Posted by DrLacero

You could play crysis on the 6800 with 256MB, playing it well is another thing. ;)

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Ive watched a video on youtube that someone with a 8500GT playing crysis on good-very good settings.

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Originally Posted by Beautiful

Good purchase I would say.

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Thanks :) I think so myself

i have the same card but the 512mb version... its fairly decent...

however i would of personally went the extra £5 and got the 9500GT (the replacement card for the 8500 and the 8600).. but thats just me.

youll also need to consider buying a new PSU (Power Supply Unit) as mine old PSU was a standard 300w PSU and believe me theres no chance it would of run the graphics card....

so unless you want problems, upgrade your PSU :)

300w is perfectly fine for the 8500GT.

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Originally Posted by jam666

i have the same card but the 512mb version... its fairly decent...

however i would of personally went the extra £5 and got the 9500GT (the replacement card for the 8500 and the 8600).. but thats just me.

youll also need to consider buying a new PSU (Power Supply Unit) as mine old PSU was a standard 300w PSU and believe me theres no chance it would of run the graphics card....

so unless you want problems, upgrade your PSU :)

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Well concidering I'm in the Ukraine and bought it there as well that's all there was in the shops all the rest were ATi's which i didn't really want for some reason. and lots of the Computer pros on this forum have said a 300W PSU should run fine with it. I will upgrade it but not just yet, may be in the future sometime.

i should of re-phrased my post, what i ment to say was it WILL run on a 300w PSU providing its a good PSU.

but if for example your computer has just a standard cheap PSU like hp, dell, casecom or anything along those lines...) you probably will have problems (im not saying you definately will but theres a very good chance you will)

Well its a Dell PC so it will have something along the lines of dell for the PSU

Coming home tomorrow (sunday) so I will tell you if it works or not :D

Its in and works a treat after installing drivers at a 800x600 resolution on a 17" widescreen (very bold) and then updating the drivers to make it work properly with vista. It is a little bit louder then my pc on its own lol.