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A look into the
ECS N8500GT-256DY
GeForce 8500GT Review
CrazyRhino 24 Jul 2007
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Gallery 1
The ECS Geforce
8500GT uses an uncommon greenish blue PCB, it is not very appealing at first
glance however it does look unique from all other red/blue/green cards. The card
itself is short and the layout is simple, the fan is very quiet and it still
pushes enough air to keep the core cool. There are no ramsinks on the memory
chips. While the card is under operation, the heatsink and ram chips felt warm
to touch. Heat should not be a problem even if you have a case which does not
equipped with rocket science cooling solution. There is one thing special about
these memory chips; they are GDDR2 chips. Personally, I do not have a clue why
ECS chooses GDDR2 chips instead of GDDR4 chips. Maybe it is to cut down
production cost, I am not sure, it is yet to be confirmed. One advantage I could
think of by using GDDR2 chips is that these chips runs with lower latency and
hence may give a slight edge to 3D performance. Again, I am not 100% sure on
that claim, it is just my personal speculation.
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