PNY GeForce GT 220 1024 MB PCI-Express 2.0 DVI with HDMI and VGA Graphics Card VCGGT2201XEB
- NVIDIA Unified Architecture
- NVIDIA CUDA Technology
- DirectCompute Support
- NVIDIA PhysX Technology
- Microsoft Windows 7 Support
Product Description
Graphics processing has become an essential ingredient to the modern PC. Bring your PC into the modern world with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 Graphics Card solution, impressive graphics at an incredible price…. More >>
PNY GeForce GT 220 1024 MB PCI-Express 2.0 DVI with HDMI and VGA Graphics Card VCGGT2201XEB
UPDATE: The very last update from NVIDIA was successful in getting the 3D function to work. So my previous review can be ignored. Though the PNY company doesn’t give you any support for the card, Nvidia does. Also, in Windows 7, an update will come up for the Nvidia HighDefinition driver. If you install it, it will take away the 3D Stereoscopic software function of the card.
PREVIOUS: PNY GeForce 200 GT 220 – Graphics adapter – GF GT 220 – PCI Express 2.0 x16 – 1 GB DDR2 – DVI, HDMI ( HDCP )he card is ok for pc work, but Nvidia and PNY cannot get the 3D portion of the stereoscopic settings to work. My previous Nvidia GT8500 works perfectly in the 3D settings.
Rating: 5 / 5
Installed on XP machine and video and audio worked fine through HDMI cable. Unfortunately I couldn’t use it on the HP computer I bought it for because the HDMI port is too close to the top edge of the card…a very poor design flaw for what could have been a great GT 220 budget card. I’m also using the thinnest HDMI cable connector out there but still no way to plug cable in. I had another HP which I installed this card in but I had to indent case to get the cable into the port. Probably deserves more stars if not using HDMI, nice that audio worked through HDMI right after installing drivers and no SPDIF cables required…
Rating: 2 / 5
I am running Windows 7 64-bit with my 46″ HDTV, and this card works great at speeding up the performance of my computer at very high resolutions. Windows runs faster than before, and frees up processor usage for the many tasks I run simultaneously. This card probably isn’t the best for gamers, but for someone on a budget that is upgrading from onboard graphics, this is a great alternative!
Rating: 4 / 5
Honestly I’m a little disappointed with this card. I expected this card will give a big improvement compare to my old Asus 8500 GT 512MB, but it is not. For example, when I play Red Alert 3 Uprising, my graphic quality is low with my old Asus 8500 GT 512MB. Installed this card, If I set to high, the game will be slow. The difference between this card and 8500 GT is from low to medium. However, for different game, is give different result. For example, Dirt 2, I can setup the graphic quality to the topest and still play smoothly and not slow at all. My suggestion, if you have money, but 9800 GT and you will see a big difference. If you are kind of tight with the money, go 9500 GT, it will be the same as this card with $10 cheaper. It is just my opinion.
Rating: 4 / 5
I bought this for a stock HP desktop that I bought refurbished that has on-board (built in) graphics, which was the main negative about it that I wanted to change. It also has a quad core CPU and 8GB of RAM…cheap RAM, but 8GB nonetheless. The power supply is only 350 watts. Keep in mind that overall it is a pretty wimpy system, particularly compared to a gaming system I recently built myself, but I mainly bought it for my kids to use for homework and to play some of their games off of.
It had one open PCI-E slot, into which I dropped this card. The card requires no power hook-up, but instead draws its power from the motherboard. My computer recognized it right away (Vista 64-bit Home Edition) and switched over automatically from its on-board graphics to this card. (I had to restart it once for it to find it) If this does not happen for your particular machine, the instructions tell you how to re-configure the BIOS to rectify the situation.
Right now I only have it hooked up to the VGA port due to the lack of a cable. It also has a DVI port, which I will soon use, and an HDMI port. It comes with software for drivers (it installs two if you so desire, one for graphics and one for 3-D gaming) and also a VGA to DVI converter. It also comes with low-profile mounting brackets if required. The instructions are very straight-forward if you need them, plus they supply the web address for a support website and a number to call 24/7 should you need assistance (I’ve tried neither).
Now that the card has been installed on my refurbished desktop, all activities on my screen are noticeably faster. So, for the money and for what I needed, I’m very pleased. This is one of the few relatively low-cost cards I found that had 1GB of memory and also had an HDMI port to boot. At present my monitor only has a DVI and a VGA port for hookup, but I like having the HDMI option in case I upgrade the monitor later. In summary, I’ve found this card to be a good value for what you get and I recommend it.
Rating: 5 / 5