Connect 3D Radeon 9550 256mb

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Posted on 12 / 04 / 2007

Cool lighting effects, DX9 shaders produce realistic shadows, the performance of the image quality.
Will be defunct within a year.

An impressive cost effective mainstream 3D card which will impress all except the most hard-core of gaming fans.

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User - sidious

Posted on 03 / 05 / 2007

Slotted into my case with ease, stable, fast, combines good performance and economy.
Will not satisfy those who desire the latest and greatest in detailed graphics.

In the past I've had difficulty with some cards, they needed superhuman effort to slot in my motherboard - watching the motherboard bend and shake did not fill me with confidence. Therefore it was a joy to install this card from Connect 3D, it's dimensions are not as large as some of my previous cards and then made it much earlier to get my somewhat large hands into the computer case along with the card to get good leverage. I paid quite alot more for it than it retails for today, but cannot whine really - I've received months and months of fun filled gaming with no stability issues or minimum requirement failures for the latest game titles. A good card which will please all but the most demanding of gamers.

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User - Chris Fletcher

Posted on 19 / 06 / 2007

Great value for money.
I am not sure it supports DirectX 10, memory capacity is low for todays standards.

Next generation performance which creates incredibly realistic lighting shadows and effects. I would rate ATI's dx9 shader as superior to NVIDIA's shader processors and their quantum effect technology. I actually bought this graphics card for my PC at work, it's replacing my old crap shack fx5200. Like most PC gamers I simply love First Person Shooters. This card has no issues handling all my favoruites like BF2, Far Cry, Half Life 2 and CSS. It can even handle a few of them at max settings. Installation of the hardware and driver was child's play as well.

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