Asus 8500GT Silent

Graphics cards

A good media centre choice?

Our Score User Score Be first to review this!

Last reviewed: March 8th

The 8500GT is a very good choice for a media centre

Zoom

To be fair, we're not really looking at the 8500 card as a potential upgrade for a hardcore games system (that'd be silly). Unless you're content playing your favourite games at 800 x 600 without any image quality settings on (and hey, that's all of us, right?) there's just no way this will ever cut the mustard.

With its PureVideo 2 engine, though, the 8500GT is a very good choice for a media centre. Small, low-powered and passively cooled, it'll relieve the CPU of a large chunk of its work when decoding hi-def movies, meaning you can go for a budget friendly processor too.

With one significant caveat - there are no HDMI-versions of 8500GT on the market yet. If they come without the ridiculous premium the X1600 carries, then they'll be the obvious choice.

Jump to Submit Review

Submit your review

You need to Log in or register to post reviews

Rate this product

For Against Your review

By submitting this form you agree to our Terms of Use and so are legally responsible for anything you submit. DO NOT submit anything which may violate the Terms of Use or another person's rights including copyrighted or offensive materials.