CHAINTECH Volari V3 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Low Profile Video Card SLV3-128

Pros: Works well once drivers are installed. Newegg fast to process as always.

Cons: UPS little slow. Newegg shipped on the 15th but UPS didn't deliver until 20th

Overall Review: If you have previous NVIDIA drivers, they aren't so easy to get rid of. If you get the Data Invalid error, you will need to regedt and change Permissions to Full Control on the VGA adapter. It is hidden under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-System-CurrentControlSet-ENUM-PCI. Look for the VEN_XXXX string that has DeviceDesc of VGA adapter (usually the first one) that is called out in the error. Right click on Permissions and change to 'Allow' Full Control. Do not do this if you are not comfortable with regedit.

Comments: Runs great on Windows, Linux driver did not work. Watching video on Windows has never been this smooth & pleasing. CPU usage is only 7% on Athlon 2400. Very fast card indeed. DVI out is quite a plus. Shipping w/UPS is cheap, but takes toooo looong (their 3day-select actually arrives after 6 days). I will stick to Fedex next time.

Comments: Terrific 2D performance, decent 3D performance at lower resolutions. Bought it for the DVI capability; works well. Note: Buy your DVI cable at Newegg, too; your local retailer will want 2-3 times the price. Hint: Only glitch was OpenGL screen savers would crash when using the included driver. I donwloaded the latest driver from XGI website, and that problem went away, so now all is well.

Comments: If you want a better graphic card but not a serious gamer, this is it. I got two of this from Newegg and they rock. don't need to mention the price. It's really inexpensive. Highly recommended.

Comments: I purchased 22 of these CHAINTECH SLV3-128 Volari V3 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Cards for use in new systems built with: Foxconn 648FXMR-ES MB, 2.4 GHz 533 FSB P4, CORSAIR ValueSelect DDR 400 RAM, 420 Watt P/S. I have tried every driver I could find, including Beta. The only way I found to keep any of the systems alive for more than 20 minutes was to run with no hardware acceleration. Replacing the video cards with another brand, using another chipset resulted in a perfectly stable systems. My reccomendation: Buy something else!

Pros: Never had an issue with it. Installed with little work.

Cons: Nothing fancy, would not trust it to do anything extensive like gaming.

Overall Review: I have this in a workstation that I now use as a server. Only need to see the command line screen and sometimes the desktop of XP. I do surf the net from time to time with it.

Pros: Very Cheap

Cons: Very Cheap be prepared to write your own driver for this one.

Pros: None. This thing will not work with any decent motherboard. I wouldn't even work with my old AMD 700MHz board. After installing the included software or the supposedly updated software from the company website, my PC screen freezes when I scroll quickly. Stay away from cards using this Volari driver.

Cons: Nothing but cons.

Overall Review: The price was nice, but trust me, there's a reason it's so CHEAP. Don't waste your time or money.