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ATI Technologies Inc. Radeon DDR AGP 32MB ENG/NA

ATI Technologies Inc. Radeon DDR AGP 32MB ENG/NA

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: definitely maintains its promises
Review: I just bought the 64MB model and must say this one delivers the punch-I was also able to buy it for a steal (less than $200) thanks to NVIDIA III being launched Definitely a major improvement from my ATI RAGE PRO, games that wouldn't run before now go smoothly Installation is quick but you may have to resize your video output (no sweat) PS I run a PIII 500 Happy giblets!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The older the radeon gets, the better it displays !!!
Review: I really mean it what I say, "The older the radeon gets, the better it displays !!!". Let us start from the begining. When ATI released the Radeon, it was a excellent piece of hardware comparable to the best in the industry, BUT with very bad software support. The software support was so bad that it moved the product value from Excellent to Average-. The hardware was forced to perform several notches below its capabilities.

Over the last year, ATI's drivers have matured like wine. Now finally with the latest drivers, the Hardware is being used to the max and gives out excellent results. Performance in games under both Win98/ME and Win2K is excellent. The Radeon has always had excellent 2D to back it up and gives beautifull colour saturation. The same photograps on the Radeon look so very beautifull when I compare it to my original Gerforce.

On the negative side, the drawback is apparent. While the drivers have taken their own sweet time to mature, the product has gone down in the frame comparisons when rated with the Geforce 3 and Geforce 2 Ultras. But then I firmly believe that the Video in/out capability and excellent 2D anyday overweighs a few less frames in any game.

Parting shot: People talk of the Radeon giving lesser frames per second in Quake 3. Tell me, how many of you can differentiate between 75 frames/sec and 85 frames/sec ? If you think you cannot, and if you think 2D is important too as is video in/out, just go out and buy the Radeon. But do decide if you want the 32MB DDR or the 64MD DDR based on your needs and usage.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: All you need to upgrade a Dell Dimension XPS-T500
Review: I upgraded a Dell 500 MHz PIII stock Rage Pro to this Radeon and the difference is like night and day. Was going to also upgrade the CPU so I could play Ghost Recon, but heck, no need after dropping in a Radeon 32MB DDR. I went from not being able to run the game to getting a fast framerate at 800x600 32 bit color. Save 50% by shopping for an OEM version. Be sure to skip the Radeon VE, Radeon 7000 and 7200 as they are handicapped by either 64 bit data path or half-speed memory.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Low price Radeon delivers the punch needed.
Review: If you are looking for that card that will give your games that punch needed to run at desired framerate, look no further. The ATI Radeon is at the top of its class. This is an excellent buy for the price and framerate deliverance. Though it is no GeForce 2 GTS 64MB, it gets your games off and running quickly. If you are looking for a game to show off your new card, get Nocturne. I highly recommend this card for everyone and anyone looking to upgrade their PC.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: definitely maintains its promises
Review: The ATI Radeon may not be the fastest video card on the market compared to the GeForce3 but this video card, which is a generation behind has superior image quality be it 2D or 3D. Colors are vibrant on the card and it displays the sharpest text. The beta drivers have problems but the public 7075 drivers make the card run beautifully. Image quality is much better than the GeForce3 and the card is fast enough to play the most demanding game to date at even 1024X768 @ 32-bit. Keep in mind though, the Radeon was optimized for 32-bit and shouldn't be run in 16-bit.

An added bonus, the Radeons have an integrated hardware DVD decoder. It only takes 20% CPU utilization.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Image Quality to Date!
Review: The ATI Radeon may not be the fastest video card on the market compared to the GeForce3 but this video card, which is a generation behind has superior image quality be it 2D or 3D. Colors are vibrant on the card and it displays the sharpest text. The beta drivers have problems but the public 7075 drivers make the card run beautifully. Image quality is much better than the GeForce3 and the card is fast enough to play the most demanding game to date at even 1024X768 @ 32-bit. Keep in mind though, the Radeon was optimized for 32-bit and shouldn't be run in 16-bit.

An added bonus, the Radeons have an integrated hardware DVD decoder. It only takes 20% CPU utilization.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: THIS THING STINKS
Review: Well personally, my old VooDoo 16 AGP BYTES WAS BETTER! MY OLD VOODOO was better! my pet dog can draw better than this piece of junk. DON'T WASTE YOUR CAH. RADEON STINKS IT IS FLIMSY


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