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| Review Date: March 9, 2010 |
| Reviewer: D. Smith, Washington, IL. |
| I purchased this video card for a Dell GX270 pentium 4 computer. It required an an AGP related card. I replaced a card that had a very noisy fan. This card is quiet since it has a heatsink and does not have a fan to cool its processor chip. This card also came with an option to use in a low profile chasis. Did not need this option but great if you need it. Many cards do not offer this as standard issue. I use this card for photo/video editing and not for video games. I do not know how well it would perform playing modern video games. I followed directions supplied with the card and it installed without any problems. The picture quality is fantastic and I am very happy with this purchase. |
 no fit |
| Review Date: March 3, 2010 |
| Reviewer: T. R. McLean, |
| Had to return the item because it would not fit. Thanks for the no hastle return program. |
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| Review Date: February 4, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Randy, ILLinois |
Not much to say - a very cheap but good video card for an old motherboard that uses an AGP slot card.
It just works perfect, just don't think it will run high end games at max settings. For everyday use it works great. |
PNY GeForce 256 MB Installs and runs well.
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| Review Date: January 24, 2010 |
| Reviewer: R. Krull, |
| The PNY GeForce 256 graphics card installs well and runs well. I have found no compatibility problems with my other hardware. The printed quick installation instructions work reasonably well, but they could have mentioned that even more comprehensive installation instructions can be found on the accompanying CD. |
Perfect if you want to upgrade old computer to use LCD widescreen
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| Review Date: January 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: S. Sreerama, Sunnyvale, CA |
| My old CRT monitor (for Dell Dimension 4600C) started flickering too much and I wanted to replace the monitor. I realized later that the computer does not support widescreen resolutions and I did not want to replace perfectly working computer. I ordered this and upgrade went perfect. The low profile bracket was included and I did not shell out another $10 towards it. The upgrade was smooth and was over in 20 minutes. I had no intention to use graphics and just wanted to buy widescreen LCD monitor. |
Able to play Civilization IV
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| Review Date: December 28, 2009 |
| Reviewer: T. Jones, Seattle, WA USA |
| I put this in an Optiplex GX260 with a 2.4 GHz P4 processor and 512 MB of RAM and it plays Civilization 4 reasonably well. I suspect that if I upgraded the RAM, it'd play about as well as a modern computer, as long as you didn't try to do anything else at the same time. |
Brings old PCs back to life!
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| Review Date: December 8, 2009 |
| Reviewer: S. Lionel, NH USA |
I had an old (2004) Dell Optiplex GX270 that I used occasionally, running XP. I installed Windows 7, but the old GeForce 4 card was not up to Windows Aero. This new PNY card was just the (inexpensive) ticket to bring the graphics performance a bit closer to the present and Windows 7 had a driver for it. This card is probably more than I needed, but hey, the price was right!
It's nice that it has both DVI and VGA outputs (I used DVI) and it includes a dongle for compoent video output, not that I intend to use them. A DVI to VGA adapter is also included. I can see the appeal of the low-profile brackets to HTPC builders as well. For me, the use of a passive heatsink was a very strong plus as I like my systems silent.
No frills in the box - the CD has just drivers - but I just throw out the games usually included anyway! |
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| Review Date: December 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Aviteks, |
| My old GeForce MX 200 64MB Graphics Card would freeze video play during both streaming and normal movie files. With this new 256MB card, I haven't had a problem yet. Installation was easy and it kept my old Compaq 5410US from going to the scrap yard. Highly recommended for computers with the older AGP 4X slot. |
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| Review Date: November 28, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Len, Adair, OR USA |
| I needed a half height AGP8x card for a SFF computer that I am using with my TV to watch TV shows and 'flix movies over the 'net. This card with a DVI to HDMI cable works perfectly. It installed easily, worked straight away and displays the full 1080p. I had to adjust the Windoze display DPI setting to get fonts large enough to read from 8 feet away. However, after that I was enjoying streaming TV and movies using an old computer with this card, the aforementioned cable and an audio mini-jack to RCA splitter cable. Streaming 1080p for $40, I am pleased. :) |
Good upgrade for older motherboard with AGP
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| Review Date: November 25, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Tom, |
| I wanted to upgrade my older computer to Windows 7. My system has an ECS P4M800Pro-M board with AGP slot, 2 gig.of 4200 ram, and a 3 gig Pentium 4 CPU. Windows 7 installed fine, but the graphics card was inadequate to run Windows 7 and enjoy all the graphics. This video card, while not a gaming card, will allow an older system with an AGP slot to upgrade to Windows 7 and enjoy its bells and whistles for non- gaming type use. Very pleased with the results. |
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