Pros: Price is right!

Cons: Sometimes you learn the hard way. Should have read more of the reviews; some of the earlier ones mention this issue. The card uses DVI-D (digital) instead of DVI-I (digital and analog). As a practical matter, this means that if your DVI cable has 5 pins on the left side of it, it will not fit this video card. The wikipedia entry on DVI explains the five types of DVI connectors (digital, analog, both, single and dual link). Such complexity.

Pros: See other thoughts; good card for good price in general.

Cons: See other thoughts.

Overall Review: I decided to upgrade from a radeon x300 to this x1600 (AMD 3000+) in the hope that Flight Simulator X would play better at the higher graphics settings; however, there was no appreciable difference in gamplay after installing the card and upgrading to the latest drivers. I asked ATI support if there was no difference in terms of gameplay for the x300 and the x1600 in FSX and they wrote back: "Performance in Flight Simulator is CPU bound rather than the graphics processor.You will certainly see an improvement in games other than Flight Sims." They didn't give this much effort, but I don't have any basis to disagree with them, unless my card is defective. I did find, in some flight simulator forums, that FS series is notoriously CPU bound, and upgrading your processor is generally a must for every new title.