PNY - Verto NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB GDDR2 PCI Graphics Card
Model: VCG84512SPPB
SKU: 8968067
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Customers are impressed with the easy installation and PCI capabilities of the product. They appreciate the good graphics on the screen and find the installation process to be a breeze. However, some customers have concerns about the graphics and frame rate, indicating that it may not be suitable for high-graphics games or demanding applications.
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Being stuck with only a PCI slot on my computer i was always starved of decent performance on a card. Now i can play most games and I can even play crysis on low settings fine. Thats pretty good for a 4 1/2 year old system with only PCI. I had to reinstall the drivers on the card because i jumped the gun and didn't read the instructions carefully lol. Also make sure you turn your onboard graphics to PCI instead in your motherboard bios or you get a black screen. If PCI is your only option don't hesitate buying the awesome card. BTW it works flawlessly on my 42 inch LCD tv in dual monitor.
Posted by SmackMan
I got a second hand computer to run RealFlight G5.5 and Phoenix 3.0 Flight training simulators during the winter. I did not want to spend alot of money and to my suprise this video card works great without having to reduce the graphics quality in the sims. Installation was hassle free and took about 10 minutes including installing the drivers. I did have to reduce the video apeture in the system BIOS to the minimum 128mb for best performance. Running Intel Dual Core 2.6ghz with 2gb system ram. If you only have a PCI slot for video, this card is a great value.
Posted by ILUVRC
I accidentally fried my old Radeon 9250 256mb graphics card and needed to buy a cheap alternative. I never did like ATI's interface on my computer and always had problems. After shopping around within my budget I went to Best Buy. There, the friendly computer experts helped me to go online and order this card because they do not have any PCI cards in stock on their shelves. Ordering online at BestBuy was a snap. The product was ordered on December 21st and arrived on December 23rd, just as promised. I opened the box and read the instructions, which I highly recommend doing. Before installing the card, you must make sure that you go into your BIOS program and change the graphics card setting to PCI. Installation was very easy. My only difficulty was the fact that my PCI slots are just about exactly far enough away from the openings in back of the computer with no room to spare, so it was a tight fit. Once it was in I simply turned on the computer, popped in the provided Installation Disk, clicked on "install drivers" and voila, it was done. After restarting the computer the graphics came up beautifully with 1080p (1920x1080) native resolution. I immediately tested it by watching a download of "Avatar" and the video quality was extroardinary with no choppy images or lag time in playing the video at all like there were previously. I also tested streaming video from Hulu and I no longer have to use the lowest video setting to watch shows. I did not disable my onboard graphics until after this one was already up and running, and did not notice a difference after doing so, so I do not know if it is necessary. I tried playing a few easy games and it ran them beautifully. However, this card is not for high end gaming. It would not run a game I downloaded called Heroes of Iron 3, but I later discovered that game required a Ge Force 8800 and 2 gb of ram. I will test it on other games later and possibly update this review. In conclusion, the entire buying experience of purchasing this Graphics Card through Best Buy was about as good as it could possibly be. The card works perfectly for my usage, which is watching streaming video and light game play. You could also easily run 2 monitors with this card. If you only have PCI slots in your older computer (Mine is a 7 year old Gateway) I would recommend this card in a snap. It is a vast improvement over the Radeon 9250 I previously used. Less than 30 minutes from opening the box to everything working perfectly.
Posted by Queensporsche