nice, cheap, handles games alright if the CPU is beefy. no extreme graphics
I upgraded from am 8600 GT. It was a budget upgrade. And this card performed a little bit better games wise. The Windows Rating scores it lower for some reason, but really i can see an improvement in my games. Does not play intense games like skyrim and Need for Speed Shift 2 or even Grid, very well, but they are playable. This is a good card for those who don't need the extreme gaming graphics and just something to keep them going. My i5 3.4 Gz system with 8 GB DDR3 ram, can play microsoft Flight Sim X. Live for Speed and the Force unleashed alright with this. Although Force unleashed is pushing it. Might be the game.
one more thing, the SLI is NOT a notch on the card, I contacted the manufacturer and they said it uses the motherboard to SLI, no need for a cable, because it has nowhere to plug on in. So if you get two of these cards, and put them on the same MOBO, you should be able to SLI them like that. kind of sucks i hear, but what do you expect for budget gaming? I have not tried this since I plan to save up and buy something a little better later on.
I gave it 4 stars because it did exactly what I wanted to, even dual monitor display. Is small, quiet and has HDMI in case i need that in the future, though i haven't tested that yet. Removed one star becuase it does not support "real" SLI card to card. Relies on the motherboard.
Oct 04, 2011
Great Netbook.
Nice screen, comfortable keyboard, snappy Atom Processor. The keyboard was a little loose at first, but as i took it apart i noticed it was double-sided taped down, so i taped it some more and now it is good. The 250GB Hard drive was killing my battery life so i added an SSD, now it's very snappy. This netbook can barely handle 3d games so only good for light gaming if any gaming. Wifi and internet, writing, youtube, all doable with this thing. Runs great with Linux Mint 11 Out of the box. In the end, this netbook does all i needed and more than I expected it to. Get it cheap cause it's worth having.
The pickup covers only fully covered one of my pickups. I don't know who to blame (let's go with me.) but after some drilling so that it would fit the other two look nice enough. The plastic wammy bar tip broke while trying to push it in(maybe my fault). The pot knobs look a little cheesy but they're alright cause you can see it in the picture from the get-go. The 5 way tip is a + not a - like most 5 way switches so I just filled it with a small plastic shim and it stayed on pretty good.