ASUS En8400gs Silent/htp/512m Pci-e, (512 MB) PCI Express Video Card Reviews

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Pros: One of the few PCI Express cards you can get that doesn't require a major system overhaul. Cons: Lacks a fan, so it might get hot in a cramped space if no airflow is provided. from Newegg.com Shut down time increased fourfold (I fixed that in the registry), some apps had problems loading and displaying. Clean install was the easiest solution. Other Thoughts: Asus finally organized their drivers so choosing the correct one is no longer ambiguous (for xp anyway). Installing the one available on their website works well and caused no problems ( I'm not using the latest but the previous one). from Newegg.com Nvidia has come a long way. Cons: Does not function with Vista 64 bit. Tried drivers that came on disc, drivers from nvidia, drivers from asus, and unsanctioned drivers, all with the same result. It would function between 2 seconds and 2 minutes, and then flash black, monitors would kick off, then sometimes after 30 seconds or so, secondary monitor would kick on and BSOD. from Newegg.com Fanless design seems to work well. Very much worth the money. Cons: Product was shipped with CD-ROM based video drivers which were terribly out of date, and caused my PC to default to 800 x 600 pixel mode at 4 bit color. This problem proved somewhat difficult to remedy, and getting the updated driver through the ASUS website cost extra. from Newegg.com Pros: Can run 1080p video content no sweat. good cheap directx 10 card and can run some games. from Newegg.com Pros: I recently bought a BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX, but configuring xorg.conf to support dual monitors with the AMD driver was impossible. It was easier to drop this board into the system, and configure xorg.conf using the 'twinview' optons supported by the nvidia driver. Here is an xorg.conf file that supports dual 24" lcd monitors using this card:Section "ServerFlags" AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not workEndSectionSection "Module" Disable "dri" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "glx" # 3D layerEndSectionSection "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"EndSectionSection "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"EndSection Cons: # xorg.conf continuedSection "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Plug'n Play" ModelName "AL2423W" HorizSync 31-81 VertRefresh 56-75 # Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 74.0 kHz hsync, ratio 16/10, 94 dpi) ModeLine "1920x1200" 154 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 +hsync +vsync EndSectionSection "Monitor" Identifier "monitor2" VendorName "Plug'n Play" ModelName "Soyo" HorizSync 31-81 VertRefresh 56-75 # Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 74.0 kHz hsync, ratio 16/10, 94 dpi) ModeLine "1920x1200" 154 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 +hsync +vsync EndSection Other Thoughts: # xorg.conf continuedSection "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia" BoardName "GeForce 8400" Driver "nvidia" Option "DPMS" Option "DynamicTwinView" "true" Option "TwinView" "true" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf" Option "metaModes" "monitor1: 1920x1200, monitor2: 1920x1200" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "monitor, montior2"EndSectionSection "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1"EndSectionSection "Screen" Identifier "screen2" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor2"EndSectionSection "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" 0 0 Screen "screen2" LeftOf "screen1"EndSection from Newegg.com Pros: Cheap, quiet Cons: Failed within two weeks Other Thoughts: I owned my first card for less than two weeks and than it went out on me. Whenever I would load any application that used 3D graphics or video, the computer would completely crash. I had to do an RMA replacement to get a new one. from Newegg.com Pros: Price, no fan silence, had such high hopes. Cons: Didn't work! Other Thoughts: I received my EN8400GS from NewEgg today. I was a happy camper, all looked good with DVD’s, wmv and avi files but when I played a mpg file it was a disaster. from Newegg.com Pros: Very inexpensive. Silent. Plays internet video at full screen without a single hiccup. I use this for my HTPC with Windows 7 Beta. from Newegg.com Cons: Runs warm, but this is expected. Large heat sink keeps graphics processor within temperature spec. Other Thoughts: Very nice video card, and a great price. from Newegg.com

Released	1 year ago
Installed Memory	512 MB
Graphic Processor	NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS
Display Interface	VGA - 15 pin D-Sub x 1 DVI x 1 DVI-I (dual link) x 1
Input Type	S-Video Composite Video
Analog Video Standards	S-Video Composite
Card Interface	PCI Express
Form Factor	Plug-in card
GPU Clock Speed	567 MHz
Installed Memory / Technology	512 MB (DDR2 SDRAM)
MPN	90-C1CKD0-J0UAY00Z
Max. Screen Resolution	2048 x 1536
Memory Data Width	64-bit
Memory Tech	DDR2 SDRAM
Output Interface	HDTV Out
UPC	4719543035108

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