Every now and then both Nvidia and ATI release cards which are not necessarily at the forefront of performance, but offer something to those of us who don’t want to spend $200 or even $150 on a component which we will replace in a year. In the cut throat world of graphics cards, these little guys are often forgotten or chalked up as also-rans in the grand scheme of things. Even many of us reviewers seem to forget that there is a burgeoning market out there for cards which perform adequately while not costing a month’s worth of lunch money. Granted, readers love seeing the dizzying performance numbers the current high-end offerings achieve but there is a lot more going on behind the glitz and glitter. That is what we will be focusing on in this review: the little guys who make up the bread and butter of the ATI balance sheet. While the card reviewed here today won’t wow any of you with blistering performance numbers, it may just open your eyes to what else this diverse market has to offer.
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Review: Hardware Canucks
Sep 11, 2008, 08:21 AM
