ASUS GeForce 8500 GT DirectX 10 EN8500GT TOP/HTP/256M 256MB 128-Bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

Pros: Nice and fast card for the money my graphics are rated 5.9 desktop and 5.4 gaming 3D very big jump from my 7600GS.

Cons: None that I have found

Overall Review: It is no 8600 or 8800 but for the price it is a great card with the overclocking you can get great speeds.

Pros: Amazing card for the price point, runs everything I throw at it nicely

Cons: Upon installing the drivers that came with the card, I was plagued by BSOD every time I started back up, booted into safe mode and removed the drivers, and installed the ones directly from the website and it worked perfectly.

Overall Review: Don't bother installing the drivers on the disk, just head strait to nvidia and download the latest drivers if you want to avoid the BSOD issue

Pros: Everything - the perfect combination of price and performance. Easy to install, quadrupled the framerate on World of Warcraft over the onboard NVIDIA 6150, and supports full-featured Aero interface of Windows Vista. Nothing I do, whether it's office and home applications in the Vista environment or 3D gaming (primarily World of Warcraft), has reached the limit of this card's abilities.

Cons: None that I've found.

Overall Review: This is my second purchase, second review. Last install was on a P4-531 system with XP. This install on a Dell Inspiron 531, AMD Athlon X2 4000, 1 gb 667 mhz ram, running Windows Vista. (Windows Experience Index 5.9 for graphics.)

Pros: Even though it is advertised as 256MB of vid ram, my computer says it has 512, figure that. also, it completely obliterates my old card (6200) and it is close to my friend's card (8800 GTS)

Cons: big fan, runs into PCIe x slot, but who cares

Overall Review: great card for the money, it can run CoD2 on highest settings 1680x1050

Pros: Installed easily on an Asus MB, of course it covers a PCI slot with it's fan, but the fan is REALLY and TRULY quiet, and the included drivers worked fine with Vista Home premium. DVDs played through Media Player are very smooth, my games all look great, and of course, the price is nearly unbeatable for these clock speeds. Now if it will just last a good long while...

Cons: Haven't found one yet, other than the obvious fact that it isn't an 8800. And that game they give you for free requires Steam, which irritates me, but probably isn't really a con for the card.

Overall Review: Once again, Newegg shipping and prices rock.

Pros: - Cheap - Overclocks Well - Good Heatsink - No 6/8 Pin Power Connector Needed

Cons: The memory won't overclock on it more but nothing a $8 pack of heatsinks can't fix.

Overall Review: Standard Speeds: Clock.......: 600MHz Memory...: 700MHz Shader....: 1296MHz Overclocked: Clock.......: 760MHz Memory...: 725MHz Shader....: 1641MHz

Pros: price and pretty quiet

Cons: Runs slower than a 7600gt

Overall Review: The 8500 is quieter than the 7600 in question I have not oc either unit and possibly this card will end up being better

Pros: Great card if you are not a serious gamer.

Cons: Big fan does kill an extra slot, but not a big deal if you have the room.