Product comparison · 2 gpus

GIGABYTE 8500GT 128Mb, PCI-E vs MSI Geforce 8400GS - 256MB, GDDR2, PCI Express X16

Key differences

Graphics processor
- 8500GT 128Mb, PCI-E:GeForce 8500 GT
- Geforce 8400GS - 256MB, GDDR2, PCI Express X16:GeForce 8400 GS
Maximum resolution
- 8500GT 128Mb, PCI-E:2560 x 1600 pixels
- Geforce 8400GS - 256MB, GDDR2, PCI Express X16:2048 x 1536 pixels
Graphics card memory type
- 8500GT 128Mb, PCI-E:GDDR3
- Geforce 8400GS - 256MB, GDDR2, PCI Express X16:GDDR2
Memory bus
- 8500GT 128Mb, PCI-E:128 bit
- Geforce 8400GS - 256MB, GDDR2, PCI Express X16:64 bit

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Comparison of 8500GT 128Mb, PCI-E, Geforce 8400GS - 256MB, GDDR2, PCI Express X16
20 specifications	A GIGABYTE 8500GT 128Mb, PCI-E View product	B MSI Geforce 8400GS - 256MB, GDDR2, PCI Express X16 View product
Processor2 differ
Graphics processorDiffers	GeForce 8500 GT	GeForce 8400 GS
Maximum resolutionDiffers	2560 x 1600 pixels	2048 x 1536 pixels
Processor frequencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	450 MHz
Graphics card RAMDACKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	400 MHz
Memory2 differ
Graphics card memory typeDiffers	GDDR3	GDDR2
Memory busDiffers	128 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	800 MHz
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6.4 Gbit/s
Ports & interfacesidentical
DVI ports quantity	1	1
TV-out	Yes	Yes
Dual VGAKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
DirectX version	10.0	10.0
Shader model version	4.0	4.0
OpenGL version	2.0	2.0
Full HD	Yes	Yes
Texture Fill Rate (TFR)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.6 GTexel/s
Dual Link DVIKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Mac compatibility	No	No
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Minimum system requirementsKnown for one	Pentium 4/III/II/Celeron, AMD K6/Duron/Athlon/Athlon XP;	Unknown — not stated by the source

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