BIOSTAR GeForce 7300GT 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card V7302GT21

Pros: Great price for a solid card. Works well in SLI. Replaced my X800GTO with one of these, then I upgraded and added another in SLI. Putting 2 of these in boosted my 3Dmark05 score from 3445 to 6444, almost double (keep in mind I am only running a 2.8G P4 w/ 533 FSB so it is still low). Can overclock easily - especially if you use coolbits (google it).

Cons: Don't like the passive heatsink if I overclock, although it's supposed to be able to run very hot. I couldn't find an aftermarket cooler that was made for the 7300 so I just attached a small fan to the heatsink - no problem now.

Overall Review: If you are looking for a capable card (that can OC alright) for a budget system, consider this. It ain't gonna compete with the big dogs, but when you put two in SLI it can hold it's own against the 7600 and you can't beat the price.

Pros: Very Cheap and I mean Cheap

Cons: Not a powerful card not really Vista ready either. Driver disk that was sent to me was an install for only Windows XP 64bit but tried it on Vista none of the softerwear could be installed. I had to download drivers off of Nvidia and nTune with limited functions.

Overall Review: This card is not what you want if your looking for a bugget gamer card. I beanch marked it with 3Dmark06 at all defaults Im using a Biostar NF4U AM2G board with a AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Orleans 2.2GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor and A-DATA 1GB (2 x 512MB)DDR2 800(PC2 6400)Dual Channel Kit also 2 Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JSRTL 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb I only got a 1693 then I tried to play F.E.A.R. When nothing was going on it ran great but as soon as something would happen I got a big frame rate lose and lots of stutter. Window Vista gave me a rating of 4.5 for gaming graphics and only Micro knows why. So I unistalled Vista and Installed XP64bit then ran 3Dmark again and got a 2083 then I tried F.E.A.R. again and it ran much better on XP64bit still not great though. Stay away from this card if your a gamer other wise if not its a good bugget card for casual use.