PNY nVidia GeForce 8400 GS 512 MB PCI Video Graphics Card VCG84512SPEB – Retail
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- Increased performance over standard “integrated graphics” allows users to play the latest games with more detail and speed
- Supporting Microsoft DirectX 10, 512MB of on-board memory, NVIDIA’s Unified Architecture, ultra-high resolution displays up to 2560×1600
- Supports the PCI Bus standard as well as offers dual-monitor support via 1 DVI and 1 VGA outputs
- Microsoft Vista Ready with 512MB on-board memory
- Toll-Free Techsupport and 3 year warranty
Upgrade your PC with the almost universal Verto 8400GS PCI for amazing performance with support for the PCI bus.
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PNY nVidia GeForce 8400 GS 512 MB PCI Video Graphics Card VCG84512SPEB – Retail
List Price: $ 74.99
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PCI video card, not PCI Express,
I had researched this video card on other websites looking for a PCI video card. I have an older intel motherboard and wanted to stay with Nvidia products. Other websites showed this to be a PCI card. One of the pictures on Amazon’s site shows a box saying PCI Express. This picture is not for this video card as this card is PCI, not PCI Express. I had contacted PNY after ordering this to confirm, they don’t make the GeForce 8400GS in a PCI Express card. The other picture of the video card itself doesn’t depict this video card either but the written info. about the video card is correct.
The video card itself is easy to install, works without any problems. If you have an older motherboard that doesn’t support PCI Express this is the video card for you.
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|Excellent product for Blu-Ray support on older PC’s,
This card is excellent for hardware acceleration using many supported media players (i.e. VLC, or Media Player Classic – Homecinema, XBMC Live.)
If you don’t want to buy a new computer for your high definition media viewing this card is for you. It allows you to play blu-ray @ full 1080p with very low CPU consumption. I have a pentium 4 2.4 ghz processor and when I play 1080p movies either using Media Player Classic – Home Cinema or XBMC Live, my cpu usage doesn’t go over 10-12%. This is awesome because I didn’t have to go out and spend 500+ on a new computer to allow me to watch the latest HD movies.
Since this card is standard PCI, most computers should come equipped with at least one on board. I want to test it out on an older pc with a lower processor to see how this card handles 1080p.
Overall an excellent card and it does what I bought it to do…..Play 1080p movies with little to no cpu consumption because of the hardware acceleration. I don’t plan to game on this card and I wouldn’t even try because I wouldn’t consider this to be a gaming card.
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|PCI NOT PCIe,
This is not a PCIe card like the pictures of the card and box show. I wanted PCI, I looked at Nvidia’s website and found that this card came in both PCI and PCIe format depending on who made it.
Ignore the Pictures and the product discription this is PCI.
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