Joined on 03/26/08
GLAD I BOUGHT IT
Pros: Great color. Standard wide screen. 3D, particularly 2D-3D. Price...after the $50 cut, I paid what for 3D and a massive screen size? $400?
Cons: Mostly problems associated with all projectors. Video sync is slower than a standard TV, not as bright as a TV. Uses more power, more noise (fan) and high heat producing. Small compared to all the benefits though. I did have problems setting up Crysis 2/3 in 3D. I think it had something to do with my PC wanting to default to the non 3d 720P (there is a standard and one for 3d) in the Nvidia menu, with the refresh rate particularly, and would only show the image on half the screen. Tomb Raider worked great in 3D though.
Overall Review: I spent a lot of time looking at getting either a big (preferrebly 70 inch) TV or projector. As usual walked away with nothing. Can't take the weighing of this over that for too long. That's when I realized inexpensive is really what floats my boat over features. I saw this little gem and new it was what I wanted. Sacrificing full 1080 rez was a small sacrifice for this price and the other features that come with it (2D-3D), especially considering how well high def signals still look in WXGA resolution. For every 10 decisions I make 9 of them are dumb. This one was the good one. I saw the 3D as more of a side benefit. I watch things in the 2D-3D conversion a lot. It's not great 3D, but definitely adds depth to any picture.
Some people like to complain
Pros: For some reason when it comes to games there are some real whiners out there. The game has its control flaws, but after getting used to it, I keep coming back for more. Decent story line, graphics are nice. Some innovation as well.
Cons: 3rd person is hard to control. Still rigid even if you get used to it. !st person, my personal favorite is a bit slow in look speed even with the settings cranked all the way up, but its doable. There are events where death is quick from one wrong move and you'll find yourself getting frustrated due to lack of frequent save points in between.
A Little Disappointed.
Pros: 1080P and comparatively inexpensive.
Cons: Mount holes off center and high fan noise when not using eco mode, which means I may never use it or only when using 3D (if I use it), since 3D kills the brightness (each eye doesn't see the full brightness by themselves). I like 3D, just not straining to see what I'm looking at. Passive is better in the long run.
Overall Review: I've only tried it out for a day so far. Upgraded from the Acer 5370BD (720p version) which I would easily give 4 or even 5 stars. I was hoping things would match up better and it would just be a swap. Luckily my mount plate holes matched, but the mount holes for the 6510 are way off from center making weight distribution severly off balance. the throw ratio is quite different as well. I should have wired the ceiling for a tighter throw ratio, but I wasn't aware of throw ratios as much, so I wired for the older projector (distance) I had. Worked great for the 5370. Not this one. Had to mount it about 3 feet closer and even then I should be at least another 2 feet. This also means there are 3 feet of wires going from the ceiling outlets to the projector. This isn't that big of a deal, since I kind of expected it eventually. Shorter ratios have their own benefits. I'll probably never run it off eco mode because the fans noise really cranks up, and so does the heat. I usually run projectors as bright as they'll go. Didn't run the 5370 in eco. It's fan adjusted itself to temperature. It would sometimes turn on stronger to cool things off then slow back down. I'm ok with that. I may give this back. I'm picky about little things like that.
Mixed Feelings, but satisfied.
Pros: Great picture (with current setting). The colors are vibrant and the blacks and whites stand out quite well.
Cons: Bent aluminum frame - Took monitor out of box and noticed the top plastic frame was seperated. Snapped it back in but then noticed there was a lot of play in the black frame on top. Finally realized the aluminum frame on both top and bottom were bent convex. The top was worse so I put steady force (Yes, Star Wars force) in two places and bent it back, not with the intentions of full straight, that would have been pushing my luck. What I notice now is when moving your head back and forth while monitor is off, your reflection warps a bit when passing over about mid point on top. Cluncky buttons to make adjustments, bad purple rings in 'photo' mode.
Overall Review: To get a picture (good for desktop and gaming) I was satisfied with, I had to mess with the settings for a while, finally settling on the 'text' picture setting, but I didn't exactly set it to that, I had to fiddle with it to change the colors to 'standard'. The next thing I know it's on 'text'. The other modes usually looked like crud either on the desktop or in game, or both. The 'photo' mode looked great until I started seeing purple rings around the sunset from desktop wallpaper, and I noticed it in Dead Space 3 when looking at a light. The strange purple hue would also be all over the ground/area the video game 'light' would be illuminating. I swapped out on the fly with another 22" HP LCD and it looked as it should (not purple) . Overall despite having to bend the frame back and 'settle' with the fact only one picture setting will ever work for me, I am satisfied with how it looks at this point and found it worth keeping, not to mention I lucked out with getting the right power supply. I'm sure 4 out of 5 of these things are fine. People are just not paying enough attention. Probably trying to text while they box these things up.
Great Card
Pros: Installs itself fine. Silent as many have said. Scores a 7.6 on W7.
Cons: It wasn't free
Overall Review: I replaced an ASUS GTS 450 with this. I have a lot of faith in ASUS as the 450 does well in what are usually two opposing features. It runs very cool and very silent. Heat is the silent killer of hardware and noise is the not so silent killer of sanity. Was hoping for a larger improvement in performance with the 650 but I could be bottlenecking at my cpu at this point (A8-5500). Allowed me to go up one more setting specifically with the new Tomb Raider from 'high' to 'Ultra' with a fluid frame rate. The upgrade was also in preparation for a 27" 1080P monitor. We'll see :D
Don't waste your money
Pros: Cheap
Cons: High wattage, low performance
Overall Review: If you don't believe me of the low performance, check it out on cpubenchmark.net. Even with the 4th core unlocked (Phenom b55) the scores are low. Better off with an AMD A8-5500. Worth the little extra money.