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Jim S.

Jim S.

Joined on 05/26/08

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Works Great

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4850 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100258-1GL
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4850 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100258-1GL

Pros: Delivery was fast and the product was packed to prevent damage, as are all Newegg products I have purchased, and I bought several. The most bang for the buck. I bought it for it's memory and its GDDR3. I run a dual boot machine with Linux Mepis on the other drive and I bought this Sapphire product because it has Linux drivers available at the AMD site. I don't play a lot of games so it might be a little overkill for a web surfer but does really well with videos. No complaints.

Cons: None so far. I just wish I had the money to purchase the 4870 X2. But then, don't we all?

Overall Review: None.

HOT

Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Dellivery was fast as always with Newegg. The product was well packed to prevent damage. Extremely fast & quiet. Have had no problems out of the box. Install, plug in & play. I installed Vista Home Premium, 32 bit, I plan to upgrade to 64 bit, and it loads in just 63 seconds. That is the whole reason I bought this drive and why I didn't bother to get a larger one, even though I would have if I had the money. I felt the 75Gb is just to small for Vista. The good thing is, comparatively speaking, that's as fast as loading Linux Mepis on my 600Mh Dell laptop (an old Latitude D800) and that is a much smaller program that is designed to run from a CD or flashdrive.

Cons: SIZE!!!! This is the reason for the four eggs rather than five. If I had the money I would have bought the 300GB drive just to have the extra room. My little 150 is already 1/3 full and all I've loaded is Vista and a few other small programs like Handbrake and a service program for my Sprint phone, etc.

Overall Review: If size is a problem this is not the drive for you. If speed is what you're looking for this is it. I have a second drive, an 80Gb barracuda, for more storage. If I download and convert a lot of movies for use on my Instinct I will definitely be looking for a WD 2Tb drive.