My 3 years old PC (AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ with 4GB DDR2 RAM) and with an NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE with 128MB of DDR SDRAM should now be upgraded last time. After an intensive study on the Internet, especially on this site, I ended up in probably quite coveted Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4650 with 1GB GDDR2. Back and forth, read here, read there again, compared value again, Price observed, and then slammed shut. Now I must confess that I am not a gamer. So complicated and in terms of hardware demanding games are not available on my hard drive. In contrast, however, CAD and 3D software. Actually, if it were in a different league my corner ... But I do not have the money for a current professional card as Parhelia & Co. So back to the consumer sector. Of course I have a few graphics-Bench Tools instaliert. I wanted to know it already ... So when the price of the mentioned G-Card temporarily went significantly down, I had to strike! The card was delivered quickly in your original boxed great. In fact, without the chic "hood" as in the photo, but no matter. Ruckzuck installed, immediately recognized under Windows 7, perfect. I still have the tools installed with the ATI "Catalyst Control Center" in aktu Elster version and new drivers (Dez.2009), everything was great. Man, the box runs! I am very pleased! The graphics benchmark showed a framerate of well over 30 at 1280x768, and checked with all the features, as well as not to hear the fan. When hardcore collapse Bench the fan comes in a little ride, but still harmless, and once completed Bench, the GPU also soothes back very quickly, and therefore the fan. So that's really a very different story than my old graphics card above. Since worlds are between! In 3D CAD area this improvement is really succeeded. I can rotate objects with elaborate lighting and shading playing virtuel. Since constructing fun again. So I'm thoroughly satisfied with this purchase. And I caught a hammer price! PS: As I said, I'm not a gamer. So I can not judge how this card get along with current games. Finally, it is an older GPU and the elderly GDDR2 memory. So who is the hardcore gamers should look again .. One more thing: The default setting of my LCD monitor: 1680x1050. Super picture, now everything look nice and smooth and liquid, also the DVB-T.
