Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Intel Q43 Express Chipset | GeForce 8500 GT |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5180% | 3129% |
| Hitman 3 | 6769% | 4100% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 5180% | 3129% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 4729% | 2853% |
| FIFA 21 | 2564% | 1529% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 7330% | 4443% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 4573% | 2757% |
| Genshin Impact | 5180% | 3129% |
| Far Cry 6 | 7540% | 4571% |
| The Medium | 6489% | 3929% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT are significantly better than the Intel Q43 Express Chipset.
The Q43 Express Chipset was released over a year more recently than the GeForce 8500 GT, and so the Q43 Express Chipset is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the GeForce 8500 GT.
Both GPUs exhibit very poor performance, so rather than upgrading from one to the other you should consider looking at more powerful GPUs. Neither of these will be able to run the latest games in any playable way.
The GeForce 8500 GT has 256 MB video memory, but the Q43 Express Chipset does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
The GeForce 8500 GT has 16 Shader Processing Units but the Q43 Express Chipset does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
The GeForce 8500 GT requires 30 Watts to run but there is no entry for the Q43 Express Chipset. We would recommend a PSU with at least 350 Watts for the GeForce 8500 GT, but we do not have a recommended PSU wattage for the Q43 Express Chipset.
| Core Speed | 533 MHz |  | vs | 450 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | - | vs | - | ||
| Architecture | Eaglelake | Tesla G86 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs |
| Fair | |
| Driver Support | - | vs | Poor | ||
| Release Date | 01 Aug 2008 | | vs | 01 Apr 2007 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | - | |
vs | |
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| 1600x900 | - | vs | |
2.1
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| 1920x1080 | - | vs | |
1.4
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| 2560x1440 | - | vs | |
1
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| 3840x2160 | - | vs | |
0.5
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| Memory | N/A | vs | | 256 MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | - | vs | | 400 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | - | vs | | 128 Bit | |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | | vs | DDR2 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | - | vs | | 12.8GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | - | vs | |
0 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | - | vs | | 16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | - | vs | | 1% | |
| Technology | - | vs | | 80nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | - | vs | | 8 | |
| Texture Rate | - | vs | | 3.6 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | - | vs | | 4 | |
| Pixel Rate | - | vs | | 1.8 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | - | vs | | 2560x1600 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | | 1 | |
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | | 1 | |
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | - | 30 Watts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | - | 350 Watts & 22 Amps | |||
| DirectX | 10 | | vs | | 10.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 4.0 | | vs | | 4.0 |
| Open GL | 2.1 | vs | | 3.3 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | | yes | |
| Dedicated | no | vs | | yes | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | - | Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0GHz | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended RAM | - | 3 GB | |||
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | - | | 1024x768 | ||
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Intel Q43 Express Chipset comes embedded on the Intel Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo CPUS and features an Integrated GPU called Intel GMA X4500. Various Intel Chipsets come with the Intel GMA X4500 but this one (and the Q45) seem to deliver the best performance. However, due to its characteristics (e.g. Shared Memory) the performance is still very limited but might be enough to play today's games at low or medium settings excluding, however, very demanding games like Metro 2033 or The Witcher II, that are probably unplayable, even at the lowest settings. Note 1: Intel GMA X4500 does support DirectX 10 but even the most forgiving games might be unplayable due to the demand level. | GeForce 8500 GT is a middle-class GPU based on the 80nm variant of the first-shader unified architecture. It's based on the G86 Core and offers 16 Shader Processing Units, 8 TMUs and 4 ROPs, on a 128-bit memory interface of DDR2. The central unit runs at 450MHz and the memory clock operates at 400MHz. It will consume no more than 45 Watt. This GPU is only suited for a 1024x768 (or less) resolution. Most of today's games will only run at low settings and extremely demanding games might not run at all. DirectX 11 based games aren't supported and its performance will decrease drastically, as the resolution increases. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | ||||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | ||||