NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT 256MB
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| Looking over the results at hand, the NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT is a
| decent performer. However, this is under Linux. We cannot say for
| certain how well the G86 will perform under Microsoft Windows XP
| or Vista, but our most recent NVIDIA driver studies have shown the
| Linux and Windows drivers are on par with one another. Thus you
| can expect the 8500GT to perform roughly the same whether it be
| Windows or Linux.
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NVIDIA 1.0-9XXX / 2.0-XXXX Details
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| Getting back on track in regards to the 1.0-9XXX performance, it's
| no surprise to us that there isn't much of a performance increase
| seeing as the Linux display driver has been on par with the Windows
| ForceWare performance for some time. We did spot some minor
| performance changes but nothing of real significance. With AMD
| seemingly working on rapidly improving the quality of the fglrx
| display driver, and the Nouveau driver starting to take shape,
| this will without a doubt be the toughest year yet for NVIDIA
| Corporation.
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