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Theresa M.

Theresa M.

Joined on 01/30/03

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Most Favorable Review

Great Card works on vista with ATI Generic Drivers

ASUS Radeon X1650XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card EAX1650XT/2DHT/256M/A
ASUS Radeon X1650XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card EAX1650XT/2DHT/256M/A

Pros: Great fast card that works on vista and is speedy with the aero interface. Gets fairly high marks in the new windows experience ratings.

Cons: asus doesnt have any beta vista drivers... but if you go to ATI's website you can get beta drivers that work great.

Overall Review: newegg is great!

12/13/2006
Most Critical Review

Good while it lasted

Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT25664AA80A
Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT25664AA80A

Pros: Good performance initially.

Cons: Died 9 months after purchase. My computer started periodically BSODing. It progressivley got worse until my system would BSOD after only 3-5 min. Ran some diagnostics and found the RAM to be at fault. Be cautious purchasing this memory.

Overall Review: I contacted crucial to get a replacement which they are sending (though I have to pay the shipping to send the bad stick back to them) with no hesitation from them. However they are sending a replacement that is the same "build" so based on the other reviews here and on other sites it looks like I have 6-9 months before it will be dead. Crucial also told me that my "build" is the fixed one, that they were having a high failure rate with the first build and since revised it with a lower voltage. Mine had the lower volatage and failed....

Horrible Card Do not buy

BIOSTAR GeForce 6800XT 512MB GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X Video Card V6802XA52
BIOSTAR GeForce 6800XT 512MB GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X Video Card V6802XA52

Pros: Worked for 3 months

Cons: As you will see over and over again on this message board, at least 2 capacitors will blow, for me it was C1214 & C1216. In doing this it took 2 power supplies with it. Luckily the computer was under warranty and the power supplies could be replaced for free, even though Dell shouldnt be responsible for poor design of Biostar. Do yourself a favor and dont purchase this card.

Overall Review: I believed that most of these bad reviews were from people that pushed the card to the limits making it fail. This was put in a machine just to get dual monitors and was used for editing documents and menial tasks. No 3D no advanced graphics. The other people having good luck with the card will see it die soon enough.