GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4650 GV-R465D2-1GI Video Card

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This is a fantastic graphics card for a older laptop thats restricted to AGP graphics. It worked good with quite a few games, the only difficulty is its size for some old machines may possibly be a tight match, and also some games dont look to like it (like Medieval 2 total war) but it may well be my laptop. Tight fit in some older computer systems. Some games dont look to like this graphics card (like Medieval 2 total war) but it may well be my computer since it was meant for windows vista and downgraded to Xp and a low finish ecs motherboard.

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Update from my earlier critique Driver concerns...see other thoughts. So far only integrated CD drivers perform. I said just before I had no difficulty installing onto XP SP3 with the drivers integrated on the CD. I attempted to set up updated 11.three drivers and have experienced quite a few of the same troubles other individuals have talked about. Driver Sweeper is required when points get messed up. Don't know if I will get hotfix to perform, but at least included drivers do function (for my method, at least.)

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Great acquire for the money, and keeps my old AGP machine kicking. Videos are flawless, like some 1080p files. Games (WoW, Fable, UT, DA) play outstanding, not maxxed, but perfect play and image. Glitched out the wahzoo. Seems that some cards will cause phantom CPU cycles that ate up my processor energy ࿒-60% at idle) due to a hardware situation with the HDMI audio. Sucks since I use that to connect to my Tv. Fixed, but no HDMI audio. All round a great card, but the glitch just doesnt do it for me. the 3650 i had tried initially didnt do that, and I'm not going to RMA; just get a longer audio cable I guess. Good for my HTPC - AMD 3800+x2, 2GB RAM, WinXP, ridiculous quantity of HD space.

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Effortlessly installed, Quick improvement in boot speed, game overall performance. Will maintain a AGP MB performing for a great when. Vista and 7 compliant. AGP bottlenecks somewhat, but if you still have an AGP MB, your not running Crysis anyway, who cares.

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New Egg is excellent!!!!!!!!!!! The Whole thing is not as shown! When i would load windows with new card it would crash.Loaded windows in secure mode to set up, any drivers i could uncover on-line, windows auto set up, Set up CD, and A.T.I. internet site drivers all stated cant come across drivers compatible with hardware or operating method! AMD Athlon xp2800 two.8 ghzNforce2 motherboard Agp x8500 Watt Energy provide1 gb ramWindows XP sp3

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Massive pretty box huge fairly device. Obviously considering that I didn't search to the depths of the core of the Earth (H-E-double hockey sticks) for conflicts of particular devices, hp/compaq ain't liken this card. If you use it as a regular VGA device it performs fine, set up the driver to make it the undesirable mamm'a jamm'a it's supposed to be and it won't reboot. Had to commence in secure mode and uninstall the device. I got booted back up and am waiting for Microsoft to send out an update (Vista has some conflicts with it too) and am also waiting to speak with the Gigabyte persons. Hopefuuly I can repost a YAY! for this device later. For the most element I'm just seeking for a moderately costs video card that will improve Vista's graphics capabilities and at least give me a fantastic rating on pc overall performance. I thought this item produced all of those promises... We shall see.

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Card Operates Wonderful. No VGA adapter or the energy cable like on the pictures, Box was not sealed. A lot more then likely, Cables and Adapter taken out at Warehouse to fill other Shoppers Orders for that item. Half the Things I order from Newegg are opened or not sealed.

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Low fan noise. Well built. Higher value compared with PCIe. System would not let me enter my correct date of buy for rebate. Seriously no excuse for not swapping out a motherboard with these days's low costs unless proprietary.

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a quite nice AGP card.... deffinately helped my old comp play W.O.W. Went from 12 Fps to 65 Fps.. fine stuff 1GB렘 KBs... need I say way more. I have a 512뢘 video card that does the identical thing... Was a bit pricey..

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So far, only a minor issue acquiring the driver functioning correctly, had a crash or two, but every thing appears to be running fine now. Crashes left me a little on edge... believed about shipping it back, but my tech buddy got it up and running once more in no time. Haven't had a crash considering the fact that. This is generally the highest quality graphics card I could acquire for my AGP slotted motherboard... I hated possessing to wait for my tech buddy to get it fixed, but when he got it back to me it was, and nonetheless is operating like a charm... if you acquire this ATI card, you might want to count on to operate to tweak it out a bit... otherwise, try to obtain something else or upgrade from AGP to PCI.

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Tremendous increase in gaming, which is what I purchased it for. I can't believe the distinction. The only game I play was operating rather slow, even with all the graphics goodies disabled. Now I have everything maxed out, and it runs like a dream! None so far. I did have a hiccup when I installed it. The pc would run quite gradually, it wouldn't load the drivers from the CD, and then the complete issue would lock up.I reinstalled my old 256 card, then went to ATI's homepage and downloaded the newest drivers. Immediately after installing them I place the new card back in, and every little thing performs like a charm. Practically nothing else certainly, than that I got it more affordable as an "Open Box" deal, and so was a little worried at first. The worries have been groundless.Thanks ATI, and thanks NewEgg!

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Undoubtedly a big upgrade from my earlier video card. This certainly brought my old machine back to life for a small longer. I cannot discover the drivers for Windows 7 32-bit and Windows does not recognize this card. I can\'t run video games to anyplace close to their full prospective and I am very disappointed. I have attempted to hotfix as properly to no avail. Would somebody please be in a position to point me in the appropriate direction?

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Have older program (dimension 8300 w/ xp, 305w psu). Saving up for new gaming rig and waiting to see newer chipsets so I replaced old Geforce 7600gs AGP with this card. Play a lot of iracing and now my settings are very high though nevertheless maintaining fps about 70-100range. (used to be as low as doable with 50fps) Drivers :( I read a million posts from many sites just before getting the card and the hotfix was not functioning for me. Spent most of the night on it, even with older versions of hotfix. If you have XP and are obtaining concerns with hotfix, just use drivers on cd for it to function, I could try to install hotfix again later if i'm bored, but it works so :)

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Performs as describe. Fantastic upgrade for old Pcs. It take up two slot space. But not really a con for me! A need to obtain!

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Really didnt want to spend alot of money to build a new method, but seriously like to play globe at war, and call of duty 4. With this card they both play amazing, and man was it basic to set up, plug n play, definitely no challenges, the driver on the disk works just fine. So satisfied I can keep my old method a even though longer, this old p4 three.2 still can do the job, the 2 gigs of kingston memory helps non

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Wonderful AGP card for the price tag. Can play WOW on Ultra settings, haven't tried considerably else, boosted my Windows Practical experience Index from a 1.9 to a five.twoǛ.three In both graphics test. Fan on car or truck is quiet, and it keeps almost everything good and cool. I was running windows Vista Home Premium, it had a challenge with the driver on the disc that came with the card. After reformating a number of occasions, which I can do given that I hold all my data backed up, I reverted to a copy of XP and updated to SP3. No troubles with that, and Gigabytes tech help FINNALY responded to the e-mail that I sent and they directed me to a RC9 version of the driver from their internet site, which I have ince reinstalled Vista HP and have had no troubles due to the fact.You will require up up your PS if you have less than a 400 watt. Even even though the box and website say that there is no HDMI help with Vista, I have been able to get it to work 4 out of the 5 installs of Vista that I have applied it on, and it functions.

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HDMI Audio functions on win7. Not what I thought, but will perform for now I've not applied vista, but what I have read it sucks. Oh and the particulars are incorrect. mine came with a molex connection, not a six pin (PCI-e connection), Which makes it better for thoughts that don't have a six pin Connection on there energy provide.

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It appears to be a extremely good card. I did not get the drivers to install appropriately on my program. I have a XP sp3 process, and I got the AGP version of this card. The installation failed out proper. I called tech assistance and at initial they had been useful. They had me download a hotfix for my AGP slot. They altered the chipset on the card for AGP and they're acquiring trouble adapting the drivers. It failed again with a blue screen about Drivers not becoming of equal worth. We did a restore and attempted a handful of far more times. Every failed. Then they transfered me to some level two tech guy who was Quite rude, and fairly useless. The only factor he told me was my computer system was broken (my comp worked b4 the card). I'm not a major fan of AMD appropriate now.

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1GB DDR3 and AGP 8X breathed life back into my five year old machine and made it Win7 ready. TONS of settings to tinker with and screw up! Image, Listing Specifics, and MFGR internet site all show an integrated DVI - D Sub adapter. It was NOT included. Newegg promptly rectified because they are great.Image, Listing Facts, and MFGR internet site all show a six-pin energy connector. Mine had a normal 4-pin Molex energy connector. Not a large deal, but it did call for me to plug an added cord into my Modular PSU and further clutter up my case.Took about 5 minutes of adjusting Clock Settings to eliminate all traces of monitor flicker from my second monitor. Once more, not a major deal and effortless to resolve, but not rather plug-n-play. Less technically skilled users my get a small frustrated with the method.Mail In Rebates SUCK! just knock it off the price up front please. All in all, I'm pleased for ์ right after Mail In Rebate (shudder). My machine is now totally ready for a Win7 Upgrade.

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Operates for some. Son tried to install on ECS MB. Attempted for hours to set up drivers; finally got it to operate. But it disabled his sound card and the onboard sound would not function. Recognized challenge! He tried all the advised fixes. He should have performed a lot more investigation. Expense frustration and RE-Stocking FEE!

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Installed with no troubles on an Abit KT7A. Only enhanced my 3D Mark 2001 score by about 2,000 points more than the Nvidia Ti4200 it replaced though. Got 12,500 on 3D Mark 03. This is with an Applebred Duron @ 2,267 ྱx133) and 1,563 megabytes of PC133 at CAS 2. This is about as old of a motherboard as this card could possibly perform on. Price for the performance is high, but I'm certain it would be a great addition if you are going to install Win7 on an older method. An Nvidia 6200 is the bare minimal to run Aero, this would be much far better. Computers age quickly.

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seemed like promising revamp of my old MB tried it on various distinct motherboards, got undesirable boots every time. Tried all the troubleshooting I could. Ended up giving to my cousin to pull apart since I was previous RMA

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Sticking with AGP implies fewer options and this seems to an desirable way to maintain it alive for a although longer. Appear where they put the HDMI port. Its so close to the inside where the card is attached to the motherboard, its useless. I can't get any HDMI cable in that tiny space.Plus my card could be defective. Installing the drivers caused my machine to repeatedly lock up. Seems to be fantastic numbers and possibility. I'll RMA and try yet another (same card).NewEgg is the very best.

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Cost? Somebody was asleep at the wheel with the HDMI port placement.

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Placed into older program running Windows 7 pro 32 bit. Runs fine. Intended to run a LCD Flat panel display in a retail environment. Tested on VGA - runs beautifully. Nicer HDMI cables have "Fat" plugs for gripping. Unfortunately the placement of the HDMI port places it close to the screw secured edge of the card on the case and the cables I have will not fit. If anyone has run into this and know especially what cables have worked - I'd appreciate hearing it. I'm seeking at the Nippon Labs cables right here at NewEgg plus wall mounts to run this stuff - but am not going to obtain unless I can test out a cable. Thanks