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Leadtek WinFast PX8500 GT THD Extreme Review

Videocards/VGA Reviews by jmke @ 2007-08-30

A Geforce 8500 GT equipped with 256Mb DDR3 memory chips, a copper heatsink with heat pipe and factory overclocked, can this Leadtek differentiate itself from the reference 8500 GT design? Let´s find out.

The 8500 GT with DDR3

PX8500 GT TDH Extreme 256MB DDR3

Leadtek deviated quite a bit from the reference design for this video card, the original 8500 GT DDR2 features a rather compact PCB and small cooler, Leadtek’s version has all the components mixed up, a PCB which reminds us of the 8600 GT, there’s even still the SLI connector on the PCB, taped over to remind you that SLI with 8500 GT does not require a separate bridge.

The video card cooler is quite beefy too for a low end product, complete copper construction with heat pipe to cool the core down.

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The copper cooler is a large block which surpasses the PCB at the top, while a heat pipe goes in U form from the GPU core to the upper part of the heatsink; the fan is low profile and quite small.

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The memory chips used are DDR3 rated at 700Mhz, they can be found on newer 8600 GT cards and older 7600 GT products.

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The Leadtek 8500 GT Extreme does not require an external power connector, all power comes through the PCI Express slot. You get a total of 2 DVI connections at the back and one HDTV-Out:

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