GIGABYTE GV-N610D3-1GI GeForce GT 610 1GB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Video Card

Pros: Does everything it's supposed to but drive the HDMI output.

Cons: No functional HDMI output, which for a product selected just for the HDMI output is a bit of a problem. HDMI recognizes the second display but will not actually source it, no matter the resolution chosen. HDMI from a Dell laptop to that same display worked 100% from power-on. XFX tech support is clueless but at least they're really slow.

Other Thoughts: Back it goes. Note that New Egg's system is set up on this product and the foolish shooter game download XFX gives you free with it to charge you $20 for that useless "gift" when you return the card. Not quite cool, Egg.

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Pros: Easy install. Took 5 minutes only.
Brought Windows index from 3.1 to 4.5
Best bang for buck for improving Video performance.

Cons: None

Pros: So far I like this video card very much. It installed with ease and my graphics are greatly improved. Thank You Newegg. You guys are Great and Fast as usual.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Typical Newegg. Arrived in very quick time. Packaged with care and of course, the video card and power supply I ordered work great. Thank You Newegg

Pros: Pretty Small Footprint, Seems Quiet Enough, Didn't Crash My 250Watt System, Upped My "Windows Experience" to a 4.9

Cons: None Yet

Other Thoughts: Not a gamer, but got tired of having the lowest graphic scores when performing an on-line system check-up and having a lower "Windows Experience" score. I didn't want to add a larger power supply at this time so I went with a 300 Watt recommended card and have had no issues. My PC is now back in the top 23% of the tested systems in the world and my Win/Exp jumped to a 4.9 (Graphics) and 6.4 (Gaming Graphics). I stopped building PC’s a few years back (when it seemed cheaper just to purchase an entire system) and with the exception of a a 2TB slave drive, I haven’t really tweeked the “store purchased”system I purchased 12/2009.

Current System:
Windows 7
AMD Athlon II X2 215
3GB Memory
Lite-On 250Watt
NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

Pros: This thing's working great! I was concerned it wouldn't be enough, or that it wouldn't perform the way I wanted it to, but so far it's running fine! PLaying Elder Scrolls Morrowind on its highest graphics settings is a snap, and it looks clean as a whistle. For more "high-level" gamers, though, I'd suggest getting a newer card. This is for mid-level gaming. Great for the cost, though.

Cons: It has yet to make me breakfast in bed.

Other Thoughts: A nice, inexpensive card. Good for starters.

Pros: Very nice card, using in an emachines el1352g slim pc, able to use all the ports HDMI/dvi/vga with the low pfofile brackets. Stays cool as it mounts right by case air vent, able to clock memory to 750mhz with easy tune from gigabyte from stock 667mhz.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Running this in emachines el1352g with stock 220w liteon power supply with 8gb 1333 ddr3 team elite memory, 500gb sata hdd, sata dvd burner, and athlon II x4 630 2.8ghz quad core cpu. I keep stock cpu cooler with smart fan turned off keeps everything nice and cool, system at 35c idle and cpu at 26c idle, and video card at 35c-40c idle, nothing has been over 57c under full load yet. Im lookin at another cpu fan that runs less rpms but moves same air just to ease the noise a bit but the stock cooler isnt too loud at 3600rpm, I like to hear it lets me know its keeping stuff cool, of course my little pc sits on my desk right in front of me under small shelf on desk so I hear it more if it were on lower shelf probably wouldnt hear it much at all. Also, game play is pretty good on this little card Im running it on a 40" hdtv with hdmi at 1920x1080 works well.