ATI Radeon X1950 Pro HD PCI Express 256MB Video Card

List Price: $249.00 Discount Price: $249.00

Features:

• 256 MB GDDR3 256-bit graphics card with dual DVI and Vivo, 575 MHz Core Clock speed, and 1.38 GHz memory speed
• Support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 and OpenGL, and Shader Model 3.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware
• Dual digital display connections capable of powering a combination of digital flat panel or analog displays simultaneously, with independent resolutions and refresh rates
• Comes with everything you need for installation and setup, as well as Composite and S-Video cables, HDTV out cable, and two DVI-to-VGA adapters
• Requires Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 FX CPU's running 2.4 GHz or higher, Microsoft Windows XP, XP 64, or Media Center Edition 2005, and a PCI Express X16 compliant slot

Customer Reviews:

Card Too Long  [Posted on 2007-06-27]
I have a HP Pavilion a730n (3 years old) and bought this card to replace an older ATI card. During installation into the PCI Express slot on the motherboard I discovered that the 26 pin power supply connector was in the way. I removed the connector to find out after seating the board it prevented me from plugging the power supply cable back in. The card was now useless and I had to return it.



Before you buy this card make sure you measure how much room you have behind your PCI Express slot, you need at least 11" clearance...ATI shame on you for not considering older systems before making this long long card.

Fast - yes : plug n play compatible - no [Posted on 2007-07-17]
This card is much faster than my old 6800GS. However, for the first time ever, in the many PCs I have built, I have programs that run but with NO video. I have programs that only run after I deleted all software "updates" that I downloaded from their site. I even had to make adjustments to MS media player, to get it to play properly. Customer service consisted of the usual "technician" reading from a script, who told me I needed to upgrade to MS media player v10. I can't recommend this card, unless you want a fast card that MIGHT run all of your programs, if you're lucky. PS. it does get a bit hot.

Great Card! [Posted on 2007-09-04]
If you don't have a DX10 card, this is one of the best choices in the market. Because the other cardss with support DX10 they're really bad with DX9, and de DX10 it's soooo far.

Compatibility issues galore [Posted on 2007-09-27]
Forget about playing popular high end games, such as World of Warcraft. You have to scale back the drivers because only certain versions work. Then when the game releases a new patch, you have to go figure out which driver might work, if any. ATI is known to have this problem with many online games. Go get an Nvidia and save a lot of headache.

ATI Radeon X1950 Card [Posted on 2007-10-06]
This is an excellent mid-range card for the price. I was limping in on games with an older 128mb ATI card and the differences are immense. If you don't need a top of the line card, are on a budget, and still want to nicely upgrade your gaming experience, this is the card you want!

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