Index
Testing i Overclocking
We compared the 8500GT with the Asus 8600GT which is a reference clocked card, more here. The 8500GT is a cheaper card, so don’t expect too much.
Overclocking this already overclocked card gave us a performance boost of about 20% in the tested games. We raised the speed from 600MHz to 760MHz, which is a 310MHz overclock compared to the default 450MHz frequency.
While playing the games, we didn’t go above 730MHz, due to stability issues. The memory worked at 1460MHz. We tested Quake 4 and FEAR and at the end we tried Lost Planet. FEAR being one of the most demanding games on the market, could easily be played with this card.
3DMarks
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Composite Figures 3Dmark 03 |
3DMark 03 |
Game2 |
Game3 |
Game4 |
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Gainward BLISS 8500GT PCX 600/1400 MHz |
11196 |
89.3 |
69.7 |
64.2 |
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Asus EN8600GT 540/1400MHz |
15247 |
105.5 |
88.7 |
107.0 |
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Composite Figures 3Dmark 03 |
Single Texturinng |
Multi Textur. |
Vertex Shader |
Pixel Shader 2.0 |
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Gainward BLISS 8500GT PCX 600/1400 MHz |
2164.8 |
3721.2 |
34.0 |
164.4 |
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Asus EN8600GT 540/1400MHz |
2023.7 |
7028.5 |
55.1 |
168.2 |
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Composite Figures 3Dmark 05 |
3DMark 05 |
Game1 |
Game2 |
Game3 |
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Gainward BLISS 8500GT PCX 600/1400 MHz |
6327 |
30.0 |
19.2 |
28.1 |
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Asus EN8600GT 540/1400MHz |
8924 |
38.5 |
28.7 |
41.2 |
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Composite Figures 3Dmark 05 |
Single Texturinng |
Multi Textur. |
Pixel Shader |
VS/VS |
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Gainward BLISS 8500GT PCX 600/1400 MHz |
2230.7 |
4196.0 |
85.4 |
88.4/74.7 |
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Asus EN8600GT 540/1400MHz |
2166.7 |
7399.2 |
140.1 |
63.0/95.1 |
The 8500GT has fewer shader processors than the 8600GT, and that has the biggest impact on performance. The performance difference is obvious in multi texturing results that are almost 50% less with the 8500GT. What that means in real-life, we’ll see further down.
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Composite Figures 3Dmark 06 |
3DMark 06 |
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Gainward BLISS 8500GT PCX 600/1400 MHz |
3101 |
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Gainward BLISS 8500GT PCX 760/1480 MHz |
3717 |
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Asus EN8600GT 540/1400MHz |
4513 |
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SM2.0 Test |
Score |
GT1 |
GT2 |
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Gainward BLISS 8500GT PCX 600/1400 MHz |
1189 |
9.352 |
10.467 |
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Gainward BLISS 8500GT PCX 760/1480 MHz |
1462 |
11.490 |
12.875 |
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Asus EN8600GT 540/1400MHz |
1830 |
14.549 |
15.958 |
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HDR/SM3.0 Test |
Score |
HDR1 |
HDR2 |
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Gainward BLISS 8500GT PCX 600/1400 MHz |
1079 |
9.029 |
12.558 |
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Gainward BLISS 8500GT PCX 760/1480 MHz |
1299 |
11.007 |
14.970 |
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Asus EN8600GT 540/1400MHz |
1590 |
14.094 |
17.709 |
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CPU Test |
Score |
CPU1 |
CPU2 |
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Gainward BLISS 8500GT PCX 600/1400 MHz |
2640 |
0.834 |
1.337 |
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Gainward BLISS 8500GT PCX 760/1480 MHz |
2639 |
0.833 |
1.337 |
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Asus EN8600GT 540/1400MHz |
2631 |
0.830 |
1.333 |
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The overall 3Dmark06 result shows us that the overclocked 8500GT (760/1460MHz) is 20% faster than at the default Gainward clocks. Even if the overclocked card works at speeds far beyond the Asus 8600GT, this card can't compete with the better and €40 more expensive Asus card.