Re: Replacement for MSI NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Home › Forums › Re: Replacement for MSI NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

September 16, 2010 at 1:53 am #1061
mikinho
Participant

    EVGA manufacturers my preferred NVIDIA cards.  They have several newer G210 cards that are low profile and will perform at least as good as the 8500 GT.

    A few of the G210 they offer are passively cooled but I actually prefer their single slot cards with fans since the fans are only on when needed.

    In terms of NVIDIA cards the GT220 or GT240 would be a better card but I believe are only a few low profile GT220, none of which I particularly like.

    I had a MSI G210 and currently own an EVGA G210, GT220 and GT240.  My own experience with them started off poor with some color space issues and poor performance but they have fixed almost all the issues and the latest drivers have been very stable.  The upside to their cards is CUDA and 3D support but unlike the ATI counterparts they do not support HD Audio bitstreaming.

    You should also look a mid-range ATIAMD 5xxx series.  I believe you have a few more choices for low profile cards.