Joined on 06/15/05
awesome
Pros: I am one of those poor souls who got a Dell Dimension 2400, which does NOT have an AGP slot. I bought this card not really sure what to expect...and it rocks. It plays Battlefield 1942 at medium-high settings with zero lag. Dungeon Seige 2 runs great at 30.1 fps. And all the "older" games scream...I can run Unreal Tournament with all the graphics options maxed-out, and there's no lag at all. Great card, great buy.
Cons: If you're unfortunate-enough to have a system with onboard video (like me), you'll need to disable it before installing the card. Easier said than done. It took me forever to find a walkthrough (on how to do it) on Dell support. With the Dell Dimension 2350 (other popular model), it's a straight BIOS "disable" (after flashing it). With the 2400, you need to first disable it in Windows, then disable it in BIOS, flash memory within BIOS, and then worry about installing the hardware. Tricky, but not impossible.
CHEAP
Pros: When it worked, it worked well. Install was easy.
Cons: Experienced spats of uselessness here-and-there, and then it finally just stopped working all together. Didn't even last a full week.
Overall Review: At least I only paid 4 bucks to get it with a combo.
Great power/$ ratio
Pros: Definitely impressed with what is delivered for $69.99. Runs L4D2 on full settings flawlessly. Software install was easy. Drivers were updated and the card was quickly functional in both Windows 7 and Ubuntu.
Cons: I was amazed at how big this card is. I had to re-route my DVD audio and one of my fan cables, but that's not really the card's fault.
good card, while it lasted
Pros: Runs quiet, plays most games on high settings.
Cons: Died after about 4.5 years of use.
Overall Review: Bought this card in June 2007 and it burned-out in January of this year; total longevity at 4.5 years. While I definitely feel that I got my money's-worth, I'm disappointed in the fact that I've had several video cards which lasted much longer than that.
Looks Great! Sheds Blood...
Pros: As the title says, it looks great. With two 120mm fans, there is also plenty of airflow. LOTS of room in there. Overall, I'm happy with the purchase.
Cons: Has SHARP edges...I lost a fair amount of blood due to this case. I own another Raidmax product (Smilodon), and I was disappointed at how big of a step-down this one was from that. The tool-less drive mounts are tricky to open, and take more force than you might think. They're also on both sides, requiring the removal of BOTH side-panels to mount a CD/DVD-ROM drive. There is only one PSU rail. Not a huge deal, but if someone were to unscrew your PSU from the back, it would fall down into the case. The side-view panel doesn't fold-down, it comes-off with thumbscrews. Not a big deal, just inconvenient.
Overall Review: It's a good product for a stable hardware setup that (hopefully) you don't need to spend a lot of time under the hood on. I would have rated this 4 eggs, but I'm deducting one additional for sustained blood-loss on multiple injuries (cuts on fingers...one was REALLY deep).
Awesome
Pros: Ditto what the last guy said...I've owned 2gb of this for 14 months, never had a memory-related issue in either Windows or Linux.
Cons: None
Overall Review: AMD 6400 X2, BioStar TForce 6100 MoBo, 2gb RAM, MSI GeForce 7900GS, 150gb HD, dual-boot with WinXP Pro and Fedora 8.