I was cleanin up my room today and i came across my old EVGA Nvidia Geforce 8500GT 256MB (Turbo Cached 512MB) PCI-E Videocard...I got curious as to what i could overclock it too...I checked around some forums read that people were overclocking their 8500's to a ridiculous and very unstable amount...So far with Riva Tuner...Ive got this...
Original Specs...
GPU Core 459MHz
GPU Shader Core 918MHz
Memory Clock 400MHz
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Overclocked Specs...
GPU Core 630MHz
GPU Shader Core 1260MHz
Memory Clock 510MHz
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Updated #1 Overclocked Specs...
GPU Core 650MHz
GPU Shader Core 1300MHz
Memory Clock 510MHz ( So far anything above 530 presented artifacts )
So far these are completey stable specs...Ive been running ATI Tool's Artifact's Scanner for 11mins now and 0 Artifacts (If you get artifacts after overclocking it means its unstable and need to tone it down)...I'm gonna try to overclock it a little more will post with update
Field Value
Graphics Processor Properties
Video Adapter EVGA e-GeForce 8500 GT
BIOS Version 60.86.41.00.01
GPU Code Name G86GT
PCI Device 10DE-0421 / 3842-C741 (Rev A1)
Transistors 210 million
Process Technology 80 nm
Die Size 115 mm2
Bus Type PCI Express 1.0 x16 @ x16
Memory Size 256 MB (TurboCache: 512 MB)
GPU Clock (Geometric Domain) 648 MHz (original: 459 MHz, overclock: 41%)
GPU Clock (Shader Domain) 1296 MHz (original: 918 MHz, overclock: 41%)
RAMDAC Clock 400 MHz
Pixel Pipelines 8
TMU Per Pipeline 1
Unified Shaders 16 (v4.0)
DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v10
Pixel Fillrate 5184 MPixel/s
Texel Fillrate 5184 MTexel/s
Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR2
Bus Width 128-bit
Real Clock 513 MHz (DDR) (original: 400 MHz, overclock: 28%)
Effective Clock 1026 MHz
Bandwidth 16.0 GB/s
Miscellaneous
Fan Speed 100%
nVIDIA ForceWare Clocks
Standard 2D GPU: 650 MHz, Shader: 1300 MHz, Memory: 515 MHz
Graphics Processor Manufacturer
Company Name NVIDIA Corporation
Product Information http://www.nvidia.com/page/products.html
Driver Download http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Driver Update http://driveragent.com?ref=59
Original Specs...
GPU Core 459MHz
GPU Shader Core 918MHz
Memory Clock 400MHz
------------------------
Overclocked Specs...
GPU Core 630MHz
GPU Shader Core 1260MHz
Memory Clock 510MHz
-------------------------
Updated #1 Overclocked Specs...
GPU Core 650MHz
GPU Shader Core 1300MHz
Memory Clock 510MHz ( So far anything above 530 presented artifacts )
So far these are completey stable specs...Ive been running ATI Tool's Artifact's Scanner for 11mins now and 0 Artifacts (If you get artifacts after overclocking it means its unstable and need to tone it down)...I'm gonna try to overclock it a little more will post with update
Field Value
Graphics Processor Properties
Video Adapter EVGA e-GeForce 8500 GT
BIOS Version 60.86.41.00.01
GPU Code Name G86GT
PCI Device 10DE-0421 / 3842-C741 (Rev A1)
Transistors 210 million
Process Technology 80 nm
Die Size 115 mm2
Bus Type PCI Express 1.0 x16 @ x16
Memory Size 256 MB (TurboCache: 512 MB)
GPU Clock (Geometric Domain) 648 MHz (original: 459 MHz, overclock: 41%)
GPU Clock (Shader Domain) 1296 MHz (original: 918 MHz, overclock: 41%)
RAMDAC Clock 400 MHz
Pixel Pipelines 8
TMU Per Pipeline 1
Unified Shaders 16 (v4.0)
DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v10
Pixel Fillrate 5184 MPixel/s
Texel Fillrate 5184 MTexel/s
Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR2
Bus Width 128-bit
Real Clock 513 MHz (DDR) (original: 400 MHz, overclock: 28%)
Effective Clock 1026 MHz
Bandwidth 16.0 GB/s
Miscellaneous
Fan Speed 100%
nVIDIA ForceWare Clocks
Standard 2D GPU: 650 MHz, Shader: 1300 MHz, Memory: 515 MHz
Graphics Processor Manufacturer
Company Name NVIDIA Corporation
Product Information http://www.nvidia.com/page/products.html
Driver Download http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
Driver Update http://driveragent.com?ref=59
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