Pros: -Everything you are looking for in this GPU model range are its pros. It supports 3 monitors out of the box, includes HDMI, VGA and even an HDMI adapter to meet all of ones needs. -The instrument draws so little power that the PCIE bus can supply its minuscule needs. -A no fan cooling system using a passive heat-sink eliminates all noise, dust concerns and fear of fan failure. Why more low powered GPU's are not gifted with some type of passive cooling system is anyone's guess. -The item is packed in the box and held tightly preventing any damage to it that could foreseeably occur under a normal circumstance. -Can be recommendable for a 2D multi-monitor setup if you can live with the cons below.

Cons: Let's make one point clear at the get go. If you are thinking along the lines of the Radeon HD 6450 series being used for middle to high-end gaming, you are sadly mistaking. YOU need to be doing some research to solve those answers yourself. Now, lets talk about what really kills this cards potential - drivers. Please understand, this is no way 'bashing', it is highlighting potential pitfalls so that interested parties can be informed accurately. It is probable that AMD does have driver issues with this series of card, which may cause conditions of monitor flicker, temporary video loss on a single monitor and BSOD's referencing the 0x00000116 code. Well, lets here it for the author who got a bad card. Actually, if the reader will take the time and scour the internet for other examples they will find that AMD may be having a problem with this particular model of GPU after Catalyst version 12.1.

Overall Review: In my case, I had numerous instances of all the conditions above, all survivable for me except the BSOD. Totally uninstalling the Catalyst 12.4 driver suite and rolling back to 12.1 solved my BSOD problems and made the card acceptable for my use. The other problems listed above still do exist with 3 monitors, but are acceptable for the time being. The system has been stable with no BSOD for 3 weeks now. However, the system is not put in sleep mode, but turned off when not in use. Take away what you wish from this, but since I am not afforded the room to type my troubleshooting methods, cited references, et cetera, you must take the incentive to do the research yourself. So, the bottom line here is are you going to take a chance on driver improvement in the future, or are you going to take the plunge and the medicine that comes along with it.

Pros: It can be made usable with 3rd party firmware.

Cons: Okay here is where it gets interesting. This device in my case (and some others that I have read about) are only able to correctly operate when the setup CD is used. I can understand using the disc for individuals who are unfamiliar with the hardware. I however am not and the 1st time I forwent this process and configured it via the web browser. The device work well for about 24hrs. After that period the device became unresponsive. Finally after repeated attempts w/o the CD I gave in and used it. {The Interesting Part} During installation of the Linksys Easylink Advisor software I received repeated attempts by this software to access 'linksysfixdotcom'. OKay, this website states that its purpose is ' a first-time setup application that automates the setup of your Linksys router'. So I guess my CD cannot take care of this? I would believe this if it wasn't for the following. 1) linksysfixdotcom is NOT registered to Linksys nor CISCO it is registered to Microsoft. *See below

Overall Review: 2) The software also attempts to contact 63.123.33.74. 63.123.33.74 is registered to MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business. I might be able to understand this if they where my ISP..... This is highly suspicious behavior for software when it is being configured for network security, IMHO. It will be interesting to see what study of packet data will conclude when I allow this operation, know what I mean! Linksys/Cisco, anything?