enthusiast.hardocp.com — VisionTek?s PCI based RADEON X1300 256 MB graphics card is a unique product that fills a unique niche. Does this PCI graphics card stack up to the PCI-Express competition? What potentials does it hold beyond 3D gaming? The perfect affordable physics acceleration card?
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shredswithpiksSep 26, 2006
@remotecontemptthe dell GX620s definitely have a x16 slot... I'm just assuming those are what we're talking about.
alex_wSep 26, 2006
Would an x1300 preform that much better than the onboard? My system has an x1300 onboard, and it is poor.. It also has two PCI-Express slots, I bought it because I couldn't afford the board, chip, ram and two x1800s at the same time.
theragu40Sep 26, 2006
Did you read the article?
richbradshawSep 26, 2006
This card is good for people with no AGP or PCI-e slot when Vista is avaliable - it's hard to find a PCI card that has Vista Glass support.
cysseroSep 26, 2006
@remotecontemptYou are correct. It is not that they don't have PCI-E slots, it is that they only have PCI-E 1x slots. As you stated, there are not many cards which support 1x, but some x1300's have been popping up to help out. For example - <a class="user" href="http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32749">http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32749</a>>>The chip is clocked to 450MHz core with 500MHz memory and it competes with Matrox's G550 milenium card. The card targets Dell, HP and IBM machines that don't have real PCIe 16X slots and the older chipsets such as Intel i910GL, i915PL/GL/GV, i945GZ come with PCIe x1 but without PCIe x16.
tomhutchinsonSep 26, 2006
I also have the BFG 6200 PCI card, and it seems to do much better than the X1300 PCI card that they are talking about. I can play HL2 at 1024x768 with all settings on high (no AA or filtering) at a decent framerate.I would definitely suggest the 6200 over the X1300 for anyone without an AGP or PCI-e slot.
dancepartySep 26, 2006
you suck with your questions marks. advertising assh**e.
Closed AccountSep 26, 2006
Er, fastest for the minimum requirements for modern graphics."I don't remember any PCI bus that went up to 16X UNTIL YOU GET TO PCI-E"