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| Quality | 9.2/10   |
|---|---|
| Value for Money | 8.9/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 8.7/10 |
| Overall Rating | 7.6/10 |
By xavier. on 28th May 2002
| Quality | 8/10 |
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| Value for money | 3/10 |
| Overall value | 4/10 |
 xavier.'s recommendation | |
when it works it is a true ge force beater without a doubt.
support.
Well i had seen the ATI raddys in action before and knew, when i updated my computer, it would be the first thing to get straight away out the box. i found a professional no frills card that did what exactly it said on the box all was happy.
Then bang! My monitor went like somthing out of a sci fi movie. Straight away i thought a virus had done damage. I restarted and it came back on. Garbled panic struck and i turned the machine off completely. Then, on turning back on, perfect pic again. To cut a long story short it was the raddy which worked fine in safe mode and without driver. Just didn't seem to like drivers (any driver) which is not a good thing
on trying to sort this out i found i had to call Canada who persisted to put me on hold n run up my phone bill, only to say i need to trouble shoot first. But to do that i needed the drivers and the circle continues now.
So the moral of the story is: when it works, it's the best thing since sliced bread, when it goes wrong, throw it away n get a new one it will be cheaper and less hastle.
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Sniping Gamer. on 3rd Mar 2003