GIGABYTE GV-R465D2-1GI Radeon HD 4650 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 8X HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail

Reviewed By: on 2/7/2010

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Nice thought. Nice price.

Cons: Completely incompatible with Win 7 and Nforce 3 boards. I didn't realize this when I ordered it. I wish they would indicate this a little clearer. For example I have a Radeon X1650 AGP that works completely fine with Win 7.

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Give your old AGP system a new lease on life.

Reviewed By: AbovetheBest on 2/5/2010

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: The fan is not noisy at all. The Shadermodel 3.0 is very nice. I am able to run EVE online with full settings and no lag and Company of Heroes with settings on ULTRA with no issues. Alot of games i tried to play before with no avail are now able to run on medium settings. This card will extend your towers gaming life span.

Cons: It was an easy card to install, if not bulky. My main issue was that Windows XP Firewall was preventing the driver I installed from the disc to talk to the card itself and making the whole thing not work. Took me many hours and lots of forum seaching to figure that one out. Also the card comes with its own Audio drivers which it will force down your throat with a large spoon. If you uninstall the audio driver ATI will just reinstall it next time you start your computer. The ATI Audio driver gave me no sound so i had to disable it in the System Hardware config menu and reselect my other audio driver as my primary...fixed the issue.

Other Thoughts: The reason i am giving the card 3 eggs and not four is due to the technical software issues with installing the card...the card itself is great....the audio and video drivers for it can be a pain.

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Unable to install Win7 64-bit

Reviewed By: Jose on 2/4/2010

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: 1GB Memory, Good Speed

Cons: Unable to install on Win7 64-bit PC. Tried Gigabyte installation CD, but no Windows 7 driver and Vista 64-bit would not install. Downloaded Gigabyte Win7 driver, PC bluescreens after install and reboot. Tried ATI Win7 driver with PC again bluescreening after install and reboot,.

Other Thoughts: Pretty unhappy at the moment.

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