Internal Desktop Components Reviews

Band : PNY
Model : VCGGT2201XEB
Product Features :
- Full Microsoft DirectX 10 1 support
- NVIDIA CUDA technology support
- HDMI Output
- Low Profile
- Microsoft Windows 7 support

PNY GeForce GT 220 1024 MB PCI Express 2 0 DVI with HDMI and VGA Graphics Card VCGGT2201XEB
>> It lasted for about 2 weeks
I bought this card for myself after helping my brother upgrade his pc with the same model of card My brother mostly plays WoW and after the installation process which is very simple the improvements were very impressive for the low cost of the card He was very pleased with his purchase

I on the other hand am not pleased at all After I installed the card I tested it with Left 4 Dead and it worked pretty well just a few stutters here and there but no big deal I noticed too that those stutters would happen with Peggle too so I though that had to be a bug in the drivers I searched for the latest drivers and installed the 196 75 version from the nvidia website During the installation my screen went black with a tiny green square in the middle and I had to turn off my PC Turns out that nvidia released faulty drivers as the newest official release

Nvidia posted a warning a few days later telling people about the faulty drivers and that they should install the previous version 196 21 I installed that version and problem solved or so I thought even the small stutters I had noticed were gone

The card worked nicely for a couple of weeks after that but all of a sudden I started getting some very serious errors At first the screen would lose video signal forcing me to turn it off manually Then I started getting freezes and blue screens I couldn t even start windows vista 32 bit I decided to install the oldest drivers I could find and that seemed to work at least it let me start windows After that I started getting nvdllmkm errors which after some research turns out are common but no one knows exactly how to fix them After some more freezes lost video signal blue screens and having to reset my PC several times just to start windows I decided it was not worth it and installed my old graphics card back I haven t had any trouble since then

After several lost afternoons I wouldn t recommend this card at all Maybe they ll get it together and release better drivers but at the moment even windows update takes the faulty drivers as a default
>> cheap way to gain performance
windows 7 ultimate x64
4gb ddr2 800mhz
msi mobo/ amd x2 athlon 3ghz
windows experience before 2 1 now 5 1
Installing is very simple just drop it in and tighten the screw On windows 7 it automatically downloaded the driver from windows update and didn t use the cd at all

Before I was using the onboard graphics and GTA4 could not run at all it was all choppy

Now The game runs smoothly and I can even use some of the higher settings

The cool thing is that this card can also accelerate CUDA enabled programs such as coreAVC and SETI home among others which I have not used as of yet
>> Easy Upgrade Great Price
My girlfriend s Video Card blew up so I got this card as a quick fix

The old card was a 256MB so this is a great upgrade and a great price Upon doing a little research I found that a few months ago this card used to sell for 130

The installation was super easy It always help to have a larger PC case

I haven t noticed a huge boost in performance but she doesn t play many games However it seems to handle day to day use just fine

The fan is a little loud but it s a rather quiet PC It s not unbearable or anything If you watch a movie or listen to music it s not going to bother you

I would recommend this card for anyone who needs a fast mostly inexpensive video card upgrade

I ve purchased from in the past and they re always great

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