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ATI Radeon X1600 Pro 512 MB PCI Express Video Card

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It was needed for the upgrade for Vista. It works as advertised and the price was right.

As an Architect and tech fan (i use complex programs like 3D studio, Autocad 2009, Impression 2009, Photoshop and Power DVD for Blu Ray paly back) i was very disappointed with ATI, first i purchase one of this, secondly i purchase another one and put in the CROSSFIRE in a capable motherboard (ASUS of curse) and the power never surpass my expectation, the programs about i talked never surpassed the performance i needed. In Linux (ubuntu) the 3d Hardware acceleration is Not Capable and this is a very disappointed from AMD-ATI. After a time i Purchase an NVIDIA Quadro FX1700 and is another story... with Nvidia all SHINE and WHISTLE in your computer...

Nothing special about this video card. My old nvidia 6150 did okay, the only thing was that i couldnt turn up the graphics/antilaising/animorph up. I only saw some improvments. I play alot of Counterstrike source, and with this card, it looked better but ran somewhat laggy even when settings were set low, and even at 800x600, still lagged a bit. I have a 2.5mghtz dual core, with 2gigs of ram, so my system shouldnt have any problems running this thing. Im going to return it and spend the extra 80 bucks for a decent card. Dont waste your time and money with this junk. You'll just spend more money if your trying to get a decent gaming experience on the long run.