Powercolor ATI Radeon X1650 PRO 256MB AGP Graphics Card

by PowerColor

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.6 x 1.4 inches ; 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001GYSI1M
• Item model number: 1A1-G000004736
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2007

Product Description

The PowerColor X1650 PRO is designed to deliver outstanding entertainment and 3D graphics through its unique ultra-threaded core architecture and Avivo video and display technology. The PowerColor X1650 PRO is ready to deliver the ultimate gaming performance.With Avivo technology the PowerColor X1650 PRO connects to home entertainment devices and allows you to view your digital media and play games with vibrant colors, sharp images, true-to-life image reproduction, and the smoothest video playback ever offered.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great for an older computer, March 18, 2010

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Frank T. Steele (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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My old Vi card died and I have an old computer with an AGP slot, no PCI Express. I wanted a card that was fast enough to play city of heroes (not too demanding, but needs some power).

this card handles City of Heroes and Assassin's Creed just fine.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great card for the money., October 1, 2009

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Jose Manuel Gomez - See all my reviews
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I bought this card a while ago for my p4 rig which doesn't have an IGP, and I gotta tell you, I was worth it, indeed.

Even though you can't run modern games on it, you can do pretty decent vintage gaming on it. If you missed games like COD2, quake 4, prey, FEAR, Oblivion and so on you can do it fairly decently with this card.

I mean, I tried COD2 on it and it ran without a single problem with a steady frame rate all the way through. something I have to admit didn't expect at all. Videos also look great in this card and it's easy as pie. AMD also has Linux drivers ready, which means that if playing a little bit old games isn't your thing you can still use this card to get great effects to your compiz and so on.

All in all, if you have a p4 or older athlon computer you want to breath some life into, don't hesitate to buy this card. To me it was worth every penny.

3.0 out of 5 stars Card works well in Windows XP-7, not so well in Linux, August 26, 2009

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D. A. Mawson (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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My primary reason for purchasing this card was to extend the life of a seven year old Dell Dimension PC. In Windows (particularly Windows 7), it seems to have admirably done so. My PC is now significantly faster than it was with an old Nvidia FX5200 card.

Unfortunately, I use this PC primarily to play around with Linux, and ATI's support of Linux drivers is poor. This card shows no improvement over the Nvidia card it replaces. I'm going to continue to research how to improve performance, but for the moment I can only give the card three stars based on its Linux performance.