General Information

Manufacturer

EVGA

Manufacturer Part Number

01G-P2-N793-LR

Product Name

e-GeForce 8500 GT 500MHz GPU Graphics Card

Features

• NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology
  Dramatically scales performance by allowing two graphics cards to be run in parallel. Only available on select PCI-Express models.
• NVIDIA® GigaThread™ Technology
  GigaThread is a new technology that enables thousands of independent threads to execute in parallel inside of the graphics core. This delivers extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next-generation shader programs.
• Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10 Shader Model 4.0 Support
  Also known as the Unified Shader Model, the Vertex shaders, Geometry shaders, and Pixel shaders are combined in to one unified shader. Also backwards compatible with DirectX® 9.
• True 128-Bit Floating Point High Dynamic-Range (HDR)
  Allows you to experience cinematic, life like environments, for an amazing graphics experience.
• PCI Express® 2.0 / 1.1 Support
  Allows 500MB a lane or up to 8 GB/s at 16x speeds - allows for full support for new PCI-E 2.0 graphics cards.
• NVIDIA® CUDA™ Support
  Accelerates CUDA based applications through the GPU's proccessing power allowing for faster application performance such as video transcoding.
• NVIDIA® PhysX™ Ready
  Enjoy more visual immersion with life like physics for a more dynamic experience.
• NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD Technology
  Smooth video, accurate colors, precise image scaling, video decode acceleration and post processing, all provided by the graphics card to give you the best HD experience possible. This feature also offloads from the CPU to help reduce power consumption.
• OpenGL® 3.0 Support
  Supports the latest version of OpenGL
• Unified Shader Architecture
  Provides an effecient single platform consisting of vertex shaders, geometry shaders, and the pixel shaders. This allows for better performance and visual quality.
• NVIDIA® Lumenex™ Engine
  A portion of the GPU is dedicated to delivering 16x full-screen antialisasing, 128-Bit Floating Point HDR, and support for 2560x1600 resolutions all at incredible image quality and performance.
• Digital Vibrance Control™ (DVC) Technology

Specifications

• NVIDIA 8500 GT
• 500 MHz GPU
• 16 Processing Cores
• 400 MHz RAMDAC

Memory

• 1024 MB, 128 bit DDR2
• 800 MHz (effective)
• 12.8 GB/s Memory Bandwidth

Interface

• PCI-E 16x
• DVI-I, VGA, HDTV-7
• SLI Capable

Resolution & Refresh

• 240 Max Refresh Rate
• 2048x1536 Max Analog
• 2560x1600 Max Digital

Requirements

• Minimum of a 350 Watt power supply. (Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 18 Amp Amps.)
• Minimum 400 Watt for SLI mode system. (Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 22 Amp Amps.)