ATI Radeon 7000 64 MB DDR PCI Video Card (100430284CCS)

by ATI

Product Details

Product Manual [523kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000065U8S
• Item model number: 100430284CCS
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 3, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Previously know as Radeon VE, Radeon 7000 delivers enhanced 3-D and 2-D graphics performance for today's demanding applications. Powered by the RADEON 7000 graphics processor and up to 64 MB DDR memory; RADEON 7000 features Hyper Z technology to increase effective memory bandwidth and Pixel Tapestry for fast image rendering. Plus Radeon 7000 has industry leading, built-in DVD playback capability.

At-a-glance

• Powered by the Radeon 7000 (a.k.a Radeon VE) graphics processor
• HydraVision Multiple Monitor Management Software gives you flexible multi-display support to enable many combinations of VGA, DVI and TV
• ATI Hyper Z technology reduces memory bandwidth consumption resulting in improved 3-D performance
• Incredible 3-D graphics performance with ATI Pixel Tapestry 3-D rendering engine
• Supports DirectX 7.0, DirectX 8.0 and OpenGL
• DVD playback with integrated motion compensation and iDCT
• Supports 3-D resolutions (32-bit color) up to 2048 x 1536
• AGP 2.0 Compliant BUS -- AGP 2X (3.3V), AGP 4X (1.5V), or AGP2X/4X based systems, PCI 2.2 compliant -- PCI-33 and PCI-66, or Universal PCI based systems
• Designed and manufactured by ATI
• Featuring Catalyst -- ATI's industry-leading software suite with frequently scheduled free updates providing additional features and performance over the product's lifetime

Product Description

Experience the excitement of 64 MB of 3-D and 2-D graphics power. The 64 MB Radeon graphics board from ATI features the fastest 32-bit color 3-D graphics available, advanced effective memory bandwidth technology, and a robust Pixel Tapestry, which makes 3-D surfaces look more realistic and detailed than ever before. The DVD video playback capability integrates industry-leading digital video features for unprecedented video quality and digital TV decoding capability.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars high-end performance with a modest investment, June 7, 2002

By 

Carlos Santiago (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ATI Radeon 7000 64 MB DDR PCI Video Card (100430284CCS) (Personal Computers)

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The card brings its own software including a DVD player, plus audio and video applications for all versions of Windows including 2000 and XP. While the bundled software is not top-notch, it sure brings an immediate way to test your hardware.

Performance-wise, this card passed all tests with flying colors. I tested it successfully with Lucas Arts'StarWars Star Fighter, Microsoft's Dungeon Siege, and some emulation applications that required 3d accelerators.

MPEG playback improved notably using Windows Media player. Also, overall Windows navigation is now much smoother and with fewer delays, especially when using my clogged Start Menu. DVD playback works beautifully and with ATI's integrated decoder I am in no need to have my old Creative decoder card.

In my case, due to technical issues, I had to perform some degree of tweaking and updating. The included user guide is a plain generic installation manual that is not specific to your card model, so if you happen to have a problem, you will not find the answer there; the manual assumes that everything goes fine and dandy from the get go. On the other hand, their web site was very helpful, and I was able to download the latest software and resolve all my issues.

Overall, I'm very impressed with this video card. It has given my two-year "old" PC a nice "face-lift" and maybe an additional couple of years of 3d gaming.
I recommend it to anyone who owns an older motherboard without an AGP slot. It gives a low-end system a high-end performance increase without investing big bucks.

Good purchase.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good card, April 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: ATI Radeon 7000 64 MB DDR PCI Video Card (100430284CCS) (Personal Computers)

I got this card for christmas last year and im very happy with it. I play Half-Life and mods for it and they all run very good. This card is cheap and well worth it. If you want to upgrade a older 16mb card i would get this.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exellent Upgrade for non-AGP/ integrated AGP users, November 27, 2002

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"rcmonster" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ATI Radeon 7000 64 MB DDR PCI Video Card (100430284CCS) (Personal Computers)

...There is only one place that you can get really caught in with XP and integrated graphics: the manual for the video card states that before you physically install the card, uninstall the old drivers. After you put in the Radeon 7000, you will then install the drivers. Well, XP will automatically install the old drivers for the integrated card, and you can do s**t about that, so when you are done with installing the new drivers, it will ask if you want to restart the computer now or later. Do LATER. Then re-uninstall the old drivers and DISABLE the old card. Now restart and you're set.