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Sapphire RADEON Hd 3850 512Mb 256-Bit Ddr3 Agp

$107.00 Est. at Amazon

from mvmone, www.shopping.com
review: i purchased this as an upgrade to my old computer which doesn't have pci-e.?
from Jonas Fata1ityX, www.newegg.com
i also have a pci-express system and compared to this it still has a lot of fight in it for a agp card.
from pippen, www.newegg.com
no problems with them.3rd is the fact that the power connector on the card is an 8 pin, meaning the 6 pin pci-e connector most power supplies have nowadays is worthless.
from LawyerLynn, www.newegg.com
the ati "catalyst control panel" you could find with it installed that your agp bus is completely disabled (use gpu-z and see if it reports agp8x@pci) and you'll also find opengl graphics are choppy.
from Jack, www.newegg.com
i plugged a 6 connecter pci into the 8 connecter power plug from my 700w power supply and it works just fine as a few others have reported.

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Positives: Installed Memory: 512 MB, Graphic Processor: ATI RADEON HD3850, Display Interface: DVI-I (dual link) x 2, Card Interface: AGP 8x

2 RECOMMENDED by 15 people for DESKTOPS

EVGA 01G-P3-N945-LR Geforce 9400 GT

$76.00 Est. at Amazon

from lt.dell.com
share this review: review?2?for?geforce 9400 gt 1 gb ddr2 pci-e 2.0 graphics card overall: 5 [ratingof] 5 quality: 4 [ratingof] 5 features: 4 [ratingof] 5
from lt.dell.com
share this review: review?2?for?geforce 9400 gt 1 gb ddr2 pci-e 2.0 graphics card overall: 4 [ratingof] 5 quality: 4 [ratingof] 5 features: 4 [ratingof] 5
from lt.dell.com
there are 3 main types, pci, agp and pci express.
from www.amazon.com
i saw this card for sale here on amazon for the ridiculously low price it is, and, concidering its specifications, i figured i would give it a try since i had an open pci-e port free in my computer.
from www.amazon.com
i needed a single pci card also, so a 200 series wouldn't work.

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Positives: Fast, Installed Memory: 1 GB, Graphic Processor: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT, Display Interface: DVI x 2

3 RECOMMENDED by 15 people for DESKTOPS

EVGA 512-P3-N973-TR Geforce 9800 GT

$141.00 Est. at Amazon

from Braizy, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: this card is a pretty good size in length, it does take up an extra pci slot, just depends on the board.
from topshooter, www.newegg.com
no matter how cool your temps are(58c load)...minus 1 egg other thoughts: if your trying to save a pci slot by getting this card, you might be in for sad news because if you put another pci
from Kevin, www.newegg.com
it runs anything like an absolute dream even in my pci express 1.0 slot.
from www.amazon.com
setup was easy, i just had to plug it in my pci slot and turn on my computer.
from www.amazon.com
granted, i had to buy a 500w power supply that could handle it (it needs a >405w ps with either a pci-e plug, or 2 standard power plugs), but it was easily worth it.

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Positives: Fast, Quiet Operation, Good Affordability, Installed Memory: 512 MB

4 RECOMMENDED by 12 people for DESKTOPS

Pine Technology XFX GeForce 9800 GTX + Video Card

$245.00 Est. at Amazon

from Bruce, www.newegg.com
i am pleased with the performance of this card and am considering buying another.the card itself works great, it covers up an extra pci slot thanks to the rear-exhaust fan cover, but that's to be
from Anjou, www.newegg.com
cpu @ 2.5ghz; 92mm zalman copper cpu fan/heatsink; xfx 9800 gtx+ gpu; 2gb corsair pc6400 ddr2; 160 gb seagate sata-ii hdd; 20x lg sata dvd burner; edimax pci wireless lan card; win xp pro sp3.
from Snotnarok, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: it's huge and takes 2 pci power cords, but for what it puts out it's more than worth it.
from moneyshot, www.newegg.com
i think thats kinda bad to show in the pic if it dont come with it other thoughts: very nice price if i had 3 pci e slots id buy 2 more..
from Havoc, www.newegg.com
and you better have two pci-e power cables on your power supply to feed the beast.

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Positives: Installed Memory: 512 MB, Graphic Processor: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX, Display Interface: DVI x 2, Input Type: S-Video

5 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for DESKTOPS

Pine Technology XFX GeForce GTS 250 DDR3 PCIE 738/2.2Ghz

$180.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
fantastic card for the price of it.likewise, the fact that it only requires a single 6 pin pci connector, versus the two needed to run its 9800gtx predecessor and gtx 260 successor, is great.
from bhepdogg, www.newegg.com
check the positioning of slots coming straight out from your pci-e slot before ordering this card.
from Chemie, www.newegg.com
i also ran a web applet to calc wattage but make sure you check the 12v rail as this is what is important cons: big card but not problems other than losing a pcie and pci slot.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
my games are much, much faster compared to my old geforce 9400gt 1gb on pci - yes pci :) cons: apparently i ordered it on the one day it didn't come with a free game.
from no_one, www.newegg.com
what they do not tell you is that it will be very difficult to get to the release latch on the pci-e connector if you need to remove it later.

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Positives: Nice Affordability, Quiet Operation, Easy To Install, Installed Memory: 512 MB

EVGA 01G-P3-1155-TR GeForce GTS 250 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported V...

$215.00 Est. at Amazon

from 911leo, www.newegg.com
resolved though...auto fan speed is set to 35...i turned it up to 80 and everything has been fine.replaced an evga nvidia 8800gts 320mb pci-e card and didn't notice that much of a difference in
from New Kid On The Block, www.newegg.com
it takes pretty much 3 pci slots (the 3r slot is really close to the video card).
from breadoflife13, www.newegg.com
even on a pci-e x16 (no 2.0 yet) board, and no overclocking, i can run crysis on 'high' settings and 4x aa with no visible slowdown, even in the dense stuff.in short, it's really a solid card.
from www.amazon.com
you should note, this is a large video card, and due to it's width will additionally cover the next adjacent pci slot.
from Will, www.newegg.com
strange con i know, but if you have a toolless pci clip it may require some bending to hold all your components and this in, not a big deal though.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Fast, Nice Affordability, Installed Memory: 1 GB

1 GB Sapphire RADEON HD4870 Toxic DDR5 2DVI

$195.00 Est. at Amazon

from luck101, www.newegg.com
it uses around 2.2 pci slots.
from Rabid_Pancake, www.newegg.com
so if you were planning on using this card for a crossfire setup and planning on being able to use that pci slot between the two pci-e slots you might want to look elsewhere for a card.
from Diskvader, www.newegg.com
not only is it taking the pci-x1 slot below it but the pci slot also.
from Sphinx, www.newegg.com
the card i wish i could find on newegg: sapphire atomic hd 4870 x2 2g gddr5 pci-e cons: none.
from Max, www.newegg.com
came with a molex to 6pin pci-e power connectors, crossfire bridge, simple but short manual and rca and componet cables.

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Positives: Good Affordability, Fast, Quiet Operation, Installed Memory: 1 GB

Sapphire PCIe 2.0 HD3870

$91.00 Est. at Amazon

from mercurygm, www.newegg.com
which had a 6pin pci-e connector and it worked.
from specwarrior, www.newegg.com
upgraded from a (radeon msi rx2600xt) at 256mb at 850mhz core and 2,300mhz memory with 128bit and only (pci-ex16) not the (2.0) which blows that card out of the water and still that was an excellent
from Ed, www.newegg.com
most powerful card i could find that only takes up 1 pci slot.
from Sean G., www.newegg.com
i have mine running in a pci x16 1.0 slot, so i can only imagine the bandwidth to be much better in a 2.0 slot.
from FattestAZN, www.newegg.com
they've included a 4-pin molex connector to 6-pin pci-e adapter.

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Positives: Great Affordability, Fast, Quiet Operation, Installed Memory: 512 MB

EVGA 512-P3-N873-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+

$285.00 Est. at Amazon

from neodorian, www.newegg.com
thank the fsm that my mobo had two pci-e x1 slots because my tuner would no longer fit in the one below this card and i had to move it up to the top one.
from Justin, www.newegg.com
takes up 2 pci slots so it can blow out hot air and keep itself cool (kind of a con i guess, but good for not melting your video card).
from JD, www.newegg.com
loooooonnnnng if you have a hdd chasis directly behind your pci-e slot, then you'd better find another place to place them, because it's...
from Wes, www.newegg.com
it is about a foot long, takes up two pci slots, and needs 2 power inputs that each have 2 molex inputs (4 molex inputs total!).
from cloudyrains, www.newegg.com
i have had problems with it not working in my 0 pci-e slot and only working in the 1 pci-e slot, but i think thats my mobo.

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Positives: Fast, Quiet Operation, Great Affordability, Installed Memory: 512 MB

Sapphire HD4870

$164.00 Est. at Amazon

from John, www.newegg.com
my only real con is that it covers up the only regular pci slot on my motherboard, so i can't install my graphics card.
from Neal R., www.newegg.com
it covers my other video card slot (not that i'd ever need sli with this kind of card), requires two pci-e power connectors, and made it difficult for me to place the sata cables (with a gigabyte
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it takes 2 layers worth of pci slots in addition to being as long and wide as possible and still fit in an atx case.
from winningfreak, www.newegg.com
make sure you have a lot of room ( about 2 slots not counter the pci-e slot ) and behind it because this thing need room.
from www.amazon.com
it takes 2 6-pin pci-e connectors, is the width of 2 slots on your motherboard and has a length that threatens to consume every last bit of space you have in your case.

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Positives: Nice Affordability, Nice Performance, Quiet Operation, Installed Memory: 1 GB

SAPPHIRE 100265HDMI RADEON HD 4830

$95.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
i have enough extra pci sliots that i didnt care if one got coverd upi am not an overclocker so the sound of the fan isnt loud at all, i guess thats what other people are talking about.pcie 2.0heat
from Nico, www.newegg.com
i get an average of 28 fps in crysis with all settings on very high and no aa on at 1280x1024 resolution.it came with a 4 pin molex to 6 pin pci-e adapter that i was initially going to buy
from THX1138, www.newegg.com
i had to use plyers to bend the case and the card pci mount just to fit a vga plug but if youre using hdmi or dvi you probably wont run into that problem.
from hotdago, www.newegg.com
(@sirshaggy) the card is 8.5" long inside the case and the pci express power hangs out the back so you should have at least 9" inside your case to make this work without having awkward connections.
from Matt, www.newegg.com
if your mobo is more than a few years old, odds are you don't have pci-e 2.0.

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Positives: Quiet Operation, Nice Affordability, Great Performance, Installed Memory: 512 MB

Sapphire 11132-17-20R

$153.00 Est. at Amazon

from harddrive747, www.newegg.com
it makes one of my pcix1 slots totally useless and the pci slot cannot take a full size card as it will cover the fan.
from RB73, www.newegg.com
it's obscuring a pci port.
from JC, www.newegg.com
if your pci-e slots are close, it will take up 2 slots because of the fan.
from ILLSeaBass, www.newegg.com
i have an asus m3a78-cm and can't use my pci slots due to the size of this card.
from Skylar, www.newegg.com
and i don't even have pci-e 2.0, so i'm running at half bandwidth.

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Positives: Great Affordability, Quiet Operation, Fast, Installed Memory: 1 GB

EVGA 512-P3-1150-TR GeForce GTS 250

$181.00 Est. at Amazon

from Tyler, www.newegg.com
this card runs cooler, it's shorter, quieter, and only consumes one pci-e connector.
from Joe, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: an excellent video card, and it supports pci-x16 2.0.
from Orgodemirk, www.newegg.com
also, it blocks a pci-e 1x port on my computer.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
my first pci-e card and its great!!!
from www.amazon.com
note: this is the same card as the 9800gtx+ but is only 9inches in length(as opposed to 11inches) and only requires 1 -6pin pci power connector.

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Positives: Nice Affordability, Easy To Install, Fast, Installed Memory: 512 MB

EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

$276.00 Est. at Amazon

from JesseJames86, www.newegg.com
also it takes up 2 pci slots, but what high-end card doesn't these days?
from first order, www.newegg.com
installed the card on lower pci slot because of the possibility of touching mother board cable and sata connections..
from N/A, www.newegg.com
and it only fits on the outer pci slot..
from Foxrunner, www.newegg.com
they located the pci-e power connectors on the top of the card to help us fit the card in our cases.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
covered one of my pci slots so i can't use the internet card and soundcard at the same time...guess i have to get a usb internet card other thoughts: really one of the best purchases i've made

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Positives: Excellent Affordability, Great Performance, Quiet Operation, Installed Memory: 896 MB

1 GB Asus RADEON HD4870 DDR5 2DVI/HDCP

$253.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i purchased this pci fan bracket made by titan, it is the best cooling product you can buy for a gaming computer, hands down.
from Rasp, www.newegg.com
i had to move it 2 pci slots down because it would be blowing right up against my wireless card.drivers downloaded off ati site.
from Rob, www.newegg.com
this forces the fan to be run at a much higher speed to keep the card cool...or allow the card to run hot.the exposed heatsink permits the case fans to draw air in through the pci slot vent across
from Rich, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: running q9650 oc'd to 3.6 on dfi lanparty ut x48-t3r w 2gb kingston hyperx 1600 and aegia pci-e physx card
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the cooler on this thing is massive which is nice, but it does take up a lot of space and will most likely cover your other pci slots.

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Positives: Quiet Operation, Fast, Great Performance, Installed Memory: 1 GB

ASUS 90-C1CLGF-L0UAY00Z

$241.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i purchased this pci fan bracket made by titan, it is the best cooling product you can buy for a gaming computer, hands down.
from Rasp, www.newegg.com
i had to move it 2 pci slots down because it would be blowing right up against my wireless card.drivers downloaded off ati site.
from Rob, www.newegg.com
this forces the fan to be run at a much higher speed to keep the card cool...or allow the card to run hot.the exposed heatsink permits the case fans to draw air in through the pci slot vent across
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the cooler on this thing is massive which is nice, but it does take up a lot of space and will most likely cover your other pci slots.
from Viporus, www.newegg.com
my mobo has 2 pci slots but i'm not sure i'd use them now as one is covered by the card and the other is right in front of the vid card fan.

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Positives: Quiet Operation, Fast, Great Performance, Installed Memory: 512 MB

Pine Technology GX260NADFF 896 MB PCI Express

$323.00 Est. at Amazon

from Kyle, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: running with: phenomii 920 2.8ghz, 4gb 1066mz, jetway 790gx (bad!), xclio coolbox advanceif anyone know how i can get my mother board (jetway jma3-79gdg-lf) to run the pci-e port at
from vcr, www.newegg.com
takes 2 pci-e 6 pin power connectors, make sure your power supply has the wattage and cabling for this card.
from agent38ddd, www.newegg.com
this card was in the number one pci-e slot on my 790 -- and runs 15+ degrees hotter than the other two cards in my tri-sli setup.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: to the guy who asked whether it works in that board, it would work if your board has a vacant pci-e x16 or pci-e x16 2.0 slot.
from Craka, www.newegg.com
if the pci-e connectors were not on top it would not fit.

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Positives: Great Affordability, Fast, Quiet Operation, Installed Memory: 896 MB

Sapphire RADEON HD 3650

$68.00 Est. at Amazon

from dorsaiian, www.newegg.com
i recommend it to anyone who needs a pci ex card who doesn't have an arm and a leg to spend on a graphics upgrade, but is tired of limping along on onboard graphics.
from www.amazon.com
the card still blocks one of my pci slots.
from www.amazon.com
the sapphire radeon hd3650 512mb ddr2 dual dvi / tvo pci-express graphics card gives excellent value for the money.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
nice that it doesn't need a pci power supply.
from Justin, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: get a motherboard with 2 pci express slots and you can run dual cards which i also plan to do.

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Positives: Great Affordability, Good Performance, Excellent Software Controls, Installed Memory: 512 MB

MSI N260GTX-T2D896 OC Geforce GTX 260 896MB GDDR3

$546.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
my msi k9a2 has 2 pci-e ports, one is too close to the case to mount-the other has a heat pipe in the way...in the end i ended up bending the heat pipe to make it fit, it works nicely and have not
from Jerome_Horwitz, www.newegg.com
it's nearly a full length pci(e) card and is long enough to cause some issues in some cases.
from www.amazon.com
make sure you get a motherboard that allows you to install this card and still be able to use the pci slots adjacent to it.
from 51, www.newegg.com
check to see if the pci-e slot stabilizer/clip has enough clearance to release the card before throwing it in.
from Larrylove, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: make sure when you plug in your pci-e power connectors to the card that you put each plug into the card on different rails .

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Positives: Excellent Affordability, Easy To Install, Fast, Installed Memory: 896 MB

HIS H489F1GP RADEON HD 4890

$210.00 Est. at Amazon

from gunnar, www.newegg.com
it covers one of my sata ports, so i had to get a pci card for more sata connections.
from mhespenh, www.newegg.com
have said it handles it just fine- but don't be surprised to see it idle in the 60's (centigrade), even at stock speeds.not a con, but be aware: it is big and it does require 2 pci power connectors.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: pci express 2.0 x16, 1gig gddr5, crossfire cons: runs pretty hot other thoughts: his has changed the packaging and newegg has not updated their description.
from mhespenh, www.newegg.com
i mean hot, this thing runs hot- but as other have said it handles it just fine- but don't be surprised to see it idle in the 60's (centigrade), even at stock speeds.not a con, but be aware: it is
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: needs 2 pci-e plugs to work.

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Positives: Good Performance, Quiet Operation, Fast, Graphic Processor: ATI RADEON

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