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Ability to play HD video was not among my requirements. This product is obsolete. I got it to support a larger screen through DVI input on a lightly used (web & typing stuff) older machine that only has PCI slots available. I quickly found out it should have been. However, this card offers no HW acceleration for HD video and the machine itself is too slow.Doing a little more research, there are PCI (not -E) cards out there that offer more performance and even HD video acceleration for $50 or so.Other than that, the performance is satisfactory for web and typing stuff.
I got this to "upgrade" a Pentium 4 Dell desktop my wife has to go with a new monitor (HP w2207. Since We got this computer in 2003, I didn't want to spend very much. Excellent monitor). The DVI connection works nice as well as being able to handle two monitors. Under $40 was the price and the next level up was a 256k for twice that. Works fine for daily use although this machine isn't for gaming.
Got two of these cards mainly to run four vga monitors (to on each card) with an hp dc5700 business machine. Installed itself with proper drivers, totally silent, fast on all my programs running core 2 duo 6700 with 4 gig on board. Video over internet smooth at 300k playback on dsl Bellsouth connection. My old cards only went up to 75htz and 85htz refresh rates. Note: I'm told multiple pci cards/multiple monitors (over two) are a function of motherboard compatibility, so check with your computer mfg. This card allows the monitors to perform at 120htz, 32 bit color which for me means less eyestrain. Works perfectly as setup through windows xp pro. Nice to have a product work out of the box.
Comes with vga converter included for the second video output from dvi to vga. I prefer the old vga crt monitors over lcd for less eyestrain. My 300 watt power supply doesn't seem to be a problem as cards are rated at 250 watt requirement accorder to visiontek customer service, who answer right away and are very helpful - Not that you need them - No need to disable motherboard video - Perfect. before getting two or more of these cards.
This is PCI not PCI-e so be careful. This is one great piece of hardware. Its cheap, it works perfectly, plug and play, no drivers needed, and it fits into the PCI slot with no problems. I have installed this video card on over 10 Dell Optiplex 320's for my office. It is my video card of choice.
I purchased this video card for my work computer (HP DC5700). I am using it for over a month now without any problem. The installation was flawless, I didn't even need the installation disk. I had no problem configuring the dual monitor system. And the price. You can't beat it.
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