So you only have PCI slots and want to game?

[Tha General]

Hey teklord, go to google and type this in:

GF8500GT-P256H

Lots of cool information about the 8500GT and if you click on images, there is more. I was bored and came across that name for the 8500 and just went browsing for hours haha.

 

[teklord]

That looks like the Sparkle 8500 GT in those pics, General. One thing I noticed, the Sparkle 8500 GT has what appears to be a PCI 2.1 or higher slot type while the Albatron 8 Series PCI has the standard version. Not certain, but it may be possible the Sparkle version is better because it moves the data faster through the PCI pipe even though it is not processing as fast as the Albatron 8500 GT or the 8600 GT.

 

[Tha General]

I still some how think the albatron cards are more up to date and faster. I still wonder why the sparkle one never made it to the states. That card was release in 2007 right?

 

[electromagnetic]

Bio shock worked but I got green tint on screen, is not the graphics card it's the game.

The reviewers gave it a good score ?

8500GT pci I typed that in and got werid writing.

 

[Tha General]

If you type in GF8500GT-P256H in google, well its japan stuff, of course i can't understand it, but its not too hard to browse the menus and check out the 8500gt pictures.

Btw, the green tint might be a driver issue, who knows.

 

[teklord]

Everyone request the 8600 GT from Newegg or else you won't get one

Bad news all. I got this reply stating it isn't possible to purchase the 8600 GT PCI directly from Albatron contrary to Tha General's report. Unless he has some inside info, the only way we can all get our hands on this is to request vendors to carry. The reply is at the end of this posting. I recommend Newegg which has great pricing and service hence their popularity. I already linked to their merchandise suggestion page in another post, so everyone go over there and request this card so we can get the most out of our PCI systems. Thanks to all for reading this. Here is the link again for everyone so you don't have to search

Request the Albatron 8600 GT PCI everyone please


Dear Sir:

Thanks for your support first.
We not offer price / sell product to End User directly.

Please contact with the distributor or retailer.
Where to buy Albatron Product
http://www.albatron.com.tw/english/service/where2buy/where2buy_index.asp

Thank you for contacting Albatron technical support.
Technical Service Dept.
Albatron Technology CO., LTD

 

[Tha General]

I might can get my hands on one of the cards soon, i will let you know how that works out july 14th, 2008.

But teklord i will send my request and also send requests to bestbuy, etc. I think the cards will see some light in the united states on day.

peace

 

[electromagnetic]

When you play Half Life 2 Lost Coast Model detail on top far left must be set to high to avoid texture glitches.

When I played Bioshock You got to

go to your \Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\Bioshock directory (in Windows XP) or \Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Bioshock (in Windows Vista). Note that to see these directories you need to go to Control Panel>Folder Options>View and select 'Show hidden files and folders'. That stops the graphics being like green tint.

Use8bitBackBuffer=False
Use8bitOpacity=False

But it did'nt have any effect.
Also you need latest drivers for Nvidia card.

When I played Timeshift I kept aiming upwards a glitch ? it looked like yours Tha General.

 

[Tha General]

Yea timeshift on the 6200 has black spots that appear, the 6200 is strong, but can't really handle the game fully. Its playable tho, and you have better cpu then me, so you should get more fps.

 

[electromagnetic]

There's patches for games to stop black spots from appearing like Hitman.

Just go to Eidos forums and search for tech support.

That Albatron card looks like a small form factor would need a full size one to fit in a regular card slot.

I'll stick with my Nvidia 6200.

 

[Tha General]

There's patches for games to stop black spots from appearing like Hitman.

Just go to Eidos forums and search for tech support.

Well i am back using my 2400, i don't have that problem anymore. But thanks for the information.

That Albatron card looks like a small form factor would need a full size one to fit in a regular card slot.

Don't understand, you are saying the card is too large for small towers?

I'll stick with my Nvidia 6200.

Thats cool, its a great card if you use the right driver for it, i was using 165.02 or 81.98. You should look into buying the Diamond X1550 tho, its faster then the 6200.

 

[xtremex]

I have a celeron A 466 mhz processor , 810 chipset with 128 ,b ra, .

According to the manual it says i have 3 32bit pci slots .
Can anyone suggest me a pci video card for playing counter strike 1.6 with max fps which is compatible with my mobo.

Thank you

 

[electromagnetic]

xtremex what PC do you have and what does it say on your owners manual.

PCI only or other ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161227

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131082

I meant it has a half sized bracket.

http://www.albatron.com.tw/Public/Images/Product/VGA/picture/big/VGA_PCI8600GT.jpg

http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-131-082-05.jpg

It is a full sized card I thought it looked like half a bracket this one has a fan too.

 

[Tha General]

Wait a min, he has a 466mhz Processor, um he may need to buy the 3dfuzion 5500 256MB 128BIT bus PCI card, thats the perfect card. Those other cards may be too powerful for his rig.

Hey, Xtremex what is your Powersupply?

 

[TechnoFill]

What about the CPU?

I have a celeron A 466 mhz processor , 810 chipset with 128 ,b ra, .

According to the manual it says i have 3 32bit pci slots .
Can anyone suggest me a pci video card for playing counter strike 1.6 with max fps which is compatible with my mobo.

Thank you

Hi,
First, try to upgrade your CPU. Are you on "socket 370" or on "slot 1"? I think your CPU is a Mendocino on socket 370 (celeron 466mhz only exists on socket 370!), so check if you can add a best CPU as a P3 Copermine or a P3 Tualatin at 1,3 or 1.4ghz (10 to 20 $ on ebay). It's often note in the manual of your motherboard.

Then, people could tell you which card is the best for your system.

++

 

[Tha General]

Until i am able to find one of the new Geforce 8 cards, i am buying the Diamond X1550 and 2400 Diamond version to see which one works the best

I plan to do some serious testing with both cards.

 

[FusilliJerry82]

You can find computers in the trash better than 466Mhz, most of them I would think. Don't even entertain the thought of upgrading the graphics card without at least upgrading the CPU first.

 

[kimsland]

Good post FusilliJerry82
Ironically yesterday, I was going through some junk and found an 800Mhz computer (no key) and when started came up with some error, could have just been memory error or HardDrive. But who cares I thought, so I decided to throw it away. I'm not going to waste my time on that, horrible thing (which will probably fault again anyway, with some other issue in a month).
Let alone purchasing new hardware for it. If it's not above 1.5Ghz (absolute minimum) I'm not interested.

 

[Tha General]

You had a 800mhz computer and put it in the trash?

Have you seen my specs on my compuer, which i have been using since 2000 and its works just fine. I am using a 600mhz computer and its fast as hell, not the greatest, but it gets the job done.

 

[electromagnetic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbcqpaQJtfI

A Bioshock video I made

I looked at my system reqiurements on pci card box minimum is Intel pentium 3 processor.

 

[Tha General]

I can't play it on my rig, even with my great 6200 card. You are able to play it, because of the Intel 4 Pro 2.80ghz and your intel board is faster then mime.

Nice video of bioshock man, moving fast.

 

[FusilliJerry82]

Look around on Craigslist in the free section. I've seen towers as new as Northwood P4s before near me (Philadelphia). Also, it wouldn't be too expensive to build a new super-budget pc.

(Can't post links yet but these are from Newegg)
ECS945TGCT-M/1333 - $43 - $10 MIR + $9 Shipping

Intel Celeron 430 (1.8Ghz, comparable to a late P4 but cooler and less power hungry) - $40

2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 OCZ Value Select RAM - $36.99 + $7 shipping

~$126

Reuse your Hard drive, case and monito, hopefully your OS. Add a video card of your choice (or wait a bit and do so, you could probably game a little better on the onboard GMA 950 than any onboard graphics from the early P3 era). You could splurge a bit for one or more of the parts as money allows. You could move to a dual core Celeron for about $20 more, or go better. A better motherboard and RAM would allow for more overclocking, which is basically more performance for nothing but a bit of time invested in tweaking things.

But that configuration as-is is nothing to sneeze at for as little money as it would cost. And if $126 dollars is a dealbreaker to move from a near decade-old computer to something more modern, you have more pressing issues to deal with than getting a graphics card.

 

[Sweetchicken]

Sparkle 8500 gt question?

Hey this is an awesome topic that I have been reading for a little while .... I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the power supply that is need for the Sparkle 8500gt... I have 200volt power supply in my pc right now... I'm not looking to play anything at full quality, considering I have been playing games with onboard graphics, but I would really like to try some of the newer games.... Also can the 8500gt play COD4?

 

[Tha General]

Looking at your specs, thats pretty good. Also a 200PSU should be enough. I don't know the correct requiredment, but as i said i am guessing 200 should be enough.

You lived in the UK?

 

[Sweetchicken]

Nopers... I live in Denmark but I'm trying to get the 8500gt from the dollarshops.eu from a link that you told me about on Youtube I'm razy91 =)... The website dollarshops.eu says it will deliver the sparkle to Denmark but I still can't order it and get it shipped to denmark.