Advantages: Great image quality, price, shader 3.0, DirectX 9.0c, H264 support
Disadvantages: Not very fast, there are cheaper X1600's out there

...such unit is the Crucial Radeon X1600 Pro AGP 512Mb. Based on ATI's technology, this card has an interesting mix of features making it a compelling choice for anyone looking to upgrade an elderly graphics card. The PC I wanted to upgrade had what is now a rather dated card in the form of a Radeon 7500. Apart from being slow, it doesn't support many of the features any self-respecting modern graphics card should have. I chose the Crucial X1600 Pro to give the PC a mid-life kicker to help it make the most of newer games and technologies. Features The X1600 is certainly well featured. The obvious selling point is its support of the latest standards in the form of DirectX 9.0c and Shader Model 3.0. It also offers HDR (High Dynamic Range) combined with full screen anti-aliasing. Connection wise it sports a dual-link DVI-I connector as well... Read review

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Advantages: Ergonomic feel, lens quality, superb battery life
Disadvantages: Slow with best 6MP setting, poor low light focus.

...Grief ! There are so many things you can play with here : white balance, ISO ranges from 160 up to 1600, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, full manual control, movie mode, rapid fire shooting .... the list is VERY long and comprehensive. So far, I dont think I've found a single function that I needed to adjust to be missing from the menu ! Some of my favourite settings may be worth a brief mention though : * Hi speed shooting - set resolution at 1MP, and you can select continuous hi speed shooting, up to 40 shots in one long burst with a time interval as little as 0.6 seconds. Great at the F1 racetrack, or for wildlife shooting. * Last or first five continuous - set to most modes or resolutions, and you can shoot the first five or last five frames at 0.2 seconds separation. That's five frames per seond ! * Movie Mode... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Affordable
Disadvantages: None.

...Wow, What a lovely card! And thank god for that. I had to find a graphics card for my downstairs PC as I bought a 7600GS that didn't work…. Boohoo. I won't review that card as I know it works on most computers just my one didn't so I don't think it's fair I review it. This card however- well installed it and bingo! Games work. The problem with the 7600 was that 3D applications wouldn't work. So I went back to my norm and stuck with ATi- I've never gone wrong with them. The X1650Pro is the step up form the X1600 and it has 512MB of RAM. I'm not too sure of the differences between the two but I'm sure this one is faster and has its 512mb of RAM. This enables your games to run smoother and faster. The clock speed is fast and I won't bore you with the details of that but its fast. The cooling on this chip is done by a fan... Read review

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