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MSI NX8500GT-TD256E Geforce 8500GT Videocard Review
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E Geforce 8500GT Videocard Review - PCSTATS
Even if you're only a casual gamer, a DirectX 10 videocard gives you access to a lot of the eyecandy in the latest game titles, and that's not always so with a DirectX 9.0C videocard.
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External Mfg. Website: MSI Jun 25 2007   C. Sun  
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Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR

Sierra FEAR 1.08

Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSierra FEAR 1.08
1024x768: FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 188
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 109
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 157
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 150
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 143
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 149
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 111
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 107
Albatron 8600GT-256 94
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 143
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 138
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 112
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 78
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 68
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 54
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E (676/1040) 57
1600x1200: FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 114
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 59
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 132
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 108
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 103
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 97
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 56
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 54
Albatron 8600GT-256 48
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 110
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 79
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 60
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 39
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 34
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 28
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E (676/1040) 31
1024x768 w/Soft Shadows Enabled: FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 91
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 66
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 134
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 113
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 112
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 110
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 61
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 60
Albatron 8600GT-256 52
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 114
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 85
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 63
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 40
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 31
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 23
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E (676/1040) 25
1600x1200 w/Soft Shadows Enabled: FPS Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 42
Asus EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 30
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 74
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 55
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 57
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 51
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 27
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 26
Albatron 8600GT-256 20
MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 59
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 39
MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC 30
Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 18
Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 7600GS 14
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 10
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E (676/1040) 12

FEAR is a tough game but framerates at 1024x768 without Soft Shadows has decent framerates. Finally a low cost videocard that isn't bad at low resolution gaming. So where does all this leave us?

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Contents of Article: MSI NX8500GT-TD256E
 Pg 1.  MSI NX8500GT-TD256E Geforce 8500GT Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  nVidia GeForce 8500GT Technology
 Pg 3.  Overclocking the MSI NX8500GT-TD256E
 Pg 4.  Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark05, 3DMark06
 Pg 5.  Videocard Benchmarks: FarCry, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
 Pg 6.  Videocard Benchmarks: Doom 3, Quake 4
 Pg 7.  — Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 8.  Entry Level DirectX 10 Gaming?

 
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