- PROS: Price, Easy Install, HDCP 1.4a, and Blu-Ray 3D.CONS: Power (49Watts vs. the Geforce GT 520 29Watts), and no Dual DVI via DMS-59 connectorWHAT I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BEFORE BUYING: Geforce GT 520 saves 40% Power (released 2011APR04)GAMING: Nope; You want to game hard; spend the money... either: ~170 Graphic Card, XBox, or Playstation.RECOMMEND: Yes, however power supply mindful over a slight performance edge2011MAY07, this card has been installed within TARA a Dell OptiPlex 745 SFF: MS Windows 7 64-bit SP1, Intel Core2 CPU 2.13GHz, and 4Gb RAM. My Windows Experience Index: Graphics and Gaming graphics are both 6.7. TARA's fan noise has been the same pre and post installation. I recently cleaned…
- This video card has been excellent in our HTPC. It's in a small form factor Dell system with not much of a processor or RAM to back it up and it's holding its own with no artifacts or video issues at all. HDMI out goes right to my TV and all has been excellent with the video since i put it in a few months back. Great card for teh price and I wouldn't give it anything under 5 stars.
- DirectX 11
- CUDA Technology
- PhysX Technology
- PCI-Express 2.0 Support
- Native HDMI
