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(More customer reviews)I bought this for a stock HP desktop that I bought refurbished that has on-board (built in) graphics, which was the main negative about it that I wanted to change. It also has a quad core CPU and 8GB of RAM...cheap RAM, but 8GB nonetheless. The power supply is only 350 watts. Keep in mind that overall it is a pretty wimpy system, particularly compared to a gaming system I recently built myself, but I mainly bought it for my kids to use for homework and to play some of their games off of.
It had one open PCI-E slot, into which I dropped this card. The card requires no power hook-up, but instead draws its power from the motherboard. My computer recognized it right away (Vista 64-bit Home Edition) and switched over automatically from its on-board graphics to this card. (I had to restart it once for it to find it) If this does not happen for your particular machine, the instructions tell you how to re-configure the BIOS to rectify the situation.
Right now I only have it hooked up to the VGA port due to the lack of a cable. It also has a DVI port, which I will soon use, and an HDMI port. It comes with software for drivers (it installs two if you so desire, one for graphics and one for 3-D gaming) and also a VGA to DVI converter. It also comes with low-profile mounting brackets if required. The instructions are very straight-forward if you need them, plus they supply the web address for a support website and a number to call 24/7 should you need assistance (I've tried neither).
Now that the card has been installed on my refurbished desktop, all activities on my screen are noticeably faster. So, for the money and for what I needed, I'm very pleased. This is one of the few relatively low-cost cards I found that had 1GB of memory and also had an HDMI port to boot. At present my monitor only has a DVI and a VGA port for hookup, but I like having the HDMI option in case I upgrade the monitor later. In summary, I've found this card to be a good value for what you get and I recommend it.
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