ATI Radeon 9250 256 MB

Pros: Great for a PCI card, Playable game framerates, everyday tasks done well.

Cons: Can not Max out game settings, skips on video sometimes, ATi fileplayer a slight annoyance.

Review: For being a plain PCI card, this card does the job quite well. PCI cards are not meant for gaming at all, and finding a good card for a PCI slot can be hard if you want to do some intense gaming. The 256mb ATi 9250 does everyday tasks well, though does ...

Pros: Easy to install, the best PCI you can get for PCI-limited folk.

Cons: Not exactly an AGP-substitute, still lags and is DirectX 8.

The Bottom Line: I would only recommend this to PCI-limited folk who don't want to go through the trouble of upgrading their motherboard. Otherwise, stick to AGP or PCI-e cards if compatible with.

Review: Feeling sad that I heard that PCI video cards are the worst for gaming, and that my low-end computer was strictly limited to PCI's, I went and got it anyway (since it looked like the best PCI you can get in the market, and it is as of 2005!) I had to ...

Pros: Price Quality (for PCI) Streaming video/DVD playback Composite/S-video out

Cons: No Battlefield 2 driver yet No DVI DirectX 8.1

The Bottom Line: If you only have PCI slots BUY THIS CARD! You will be happy. If you have AGP or PCIe spend the extra bucks to ensure you can handle future software

Review: I am writing this review because when I spent a week researching what PCI slot video cards were capable of, there weren't any reviews that flat out said "Hey, buy this card, it will work for you" so here it is. I am running a pentium 4- 3ghz with 1gb of ...

Pros: ATI + BF2 = Great excuse to buy another game.

Cons: ATI - BF2 = About 200 bucks flushed down the toilet.

Review: If you paid big bucks for your graphics card and dream combat sim, BattleField 2, and you bought an ATI - 9250, then you just waisted your money and the BF2 people feel real sorry about that, but they aint gonna fix nuthen... (English language fo-pa - ...