ATI Radeon 7500 Video Card

I installed the ATI Radeon 7500 into an XP machine ...

Posted Jan 19, 2003 - I installed the ATI Radeon 7500 into an XP machine--no problems. It replaces an NVidia GeForce2 integrated graphics. It blows away the integrated graphics. I use a 1024x768 LCD monitor and the windows startup screens don't have the fizzles, the text is very sharp at a wider viewing angle. Its better all around. As discussed by another reviewer, I wanted to do the virtual desktop/Pan and Scan in XP for my 1024x768 monitor. In XP Settings I could not select more than 1024x768 due to the DCC (monitor set) max resolution. My trick was to download a monitor driver for a bigger but similar monitor that has 1600x1200 resolution. Then followed the other reviewers instructions--disabling DCC, setting the ATI monitor settings to 1024x768, then expanding the XP resulution to 1600x1200. It works perfectly. Thanks to the dlauber, from IL for the hint. I'm very happy with the card and the DVD/File Viewers that come with the product look pretty fine too. I haven't gotten into the other utilities yet. I wish it came with a DVI-CRT adaptor to make it easier to set up a second analogue monitor. The documentation isn't the best but it was adequate to get me through the install without much trouble. It discusses updating BIOS and uninstalling old drivers first and my system with its integrated graphics didn't seem to match up with their instructions just right. I figured it out anyway and all went smoothly enough. For under $60, this card is amazing.

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I had great frames per second with the Radeon 7500 ...

Posted Apr 17, 2002 - I had great frames per second with the Radeon 7500. After I upgraded to the latest drivers the fps got even better. It has great overclockability and I am yet to see any graphics problems such as texture flicker or anything.

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If youre looking for a good video card for your ga ...

Posted Jan 5, 2003 - If youre looking for a good video card for your games and you dnt have that much money.. Try this radeon 7500 and you wont regret. And dnt worry for poor driver performance coz you can update it anyway.

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i installed this in a brand new system, after i tr ...

Posted Dec 2, 2002 - i installed this in a brand new system, after i tried the radeon 7000 first. not a vast difference, but worth the possibilities for the $15 price difference. i tried warcraft, masterCam and autoCad on it and it soars. no glitching or pauses. only issue i had was when i played a video from warcraft, a pink stripped appeared on the side of the screen box. no one know what it is.

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My quest is over! I've delayed updating the Window ...

Posted Jul 28, 2002 - My quest is over! I've delayed updating the Windows XP because I needed a video card that could give me the true virtual desktop (where the desktop is about 4 times larger than your monitor -- also called pan and scan) that greatly enhances productivity (you can open a desktop publishing document or word processing document full size and never resort to using scroll bars -- move your cursor and the screen moves). NVDIA-bsaed cards were hit or miss. But the Radeon 7500 & 8500 worked like a charm, even though ATI tech support said they did not support a virtual desktop in Windows XP, but did in Windows 98. Tech Support was wrong. These cards easily give you a virtual desktop in Windows XP, but do not in Windows 98SE. In fact, with two monitors you can have your virtual desktop on monitor #1 and extend your screen to monitor #2 (but no virtual desktop on #2) -- something tech support says is impossible to do. To get the virtual desktop on a single monitor, simply go into Desktop Properties, Settings, Advanced (for monitor #1), and select the Display tab. Uncheck use DDC whatever... and set the resoluation at 800 x 600. Work your way back to Settings and set the resolution of monitor #1 to, say, 1600 x 1200 -- click Okay and boom, you've got a virtual desktop. This is an undocumented feature, but it works and works well. This card works very nicely in Windows XP. In Windows 98SE, it works well on one monitor, but extending to a second monitor was a disaster.

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Agp-aperture 64 mb, WinXPpro and no problems whats ...

Posted Apr 5, 2002 - Agp-aperture 64 mb, WinXPpro and no problems whatsoever .. Apart from the buggy drivers that is ! If ur on a budget this card can make ur day !! C´mon ATI get them drivers working ..

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As far as performance goes this card is absolutely ...

Posted Aug 7, 2003 - As far as performance goes this card is absolutely worth its value. I actually tested this by myself with a 3D test (Vulpine 3D Mark) It scored nicely (Roughly 30 fps at medium settings with 640x580 res). If you're on a budget then this is definitely the card for you. Compatability with my HP computer (600mhz pentium iii) was no problem. Once I downloaded the latest drivers from the ATI website everything worked nicely. My Sapphire OEM version actually came with a heat sink instead of a fan which is actually preferable for me since i don't like the noise, but thats just a precautionary statement in case you are picky about fans or heatsinks. I was able to get mine for 50 bucks! definitely worth it.

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This is a very good card, and probably one of the ...

Posted Mar 22, 2002 - This is a very good card, and probably one of the very best for the money. One would like to see more support from ATI for OEM products and less troublesome installation.

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well i got it out the box & installed booted up & ...

Posted Mar 6, 2002 - well i got it out the box & installed booted up & guess what CRASH. so i worked & worked to get it installed finally did only yo have more Crashes. Xp has that report error thing well after I reported over 100 on the same thing I think some one might get the point EPOX 8kha 1 gig ddr ram sound blaster audigy Platinum ati readeon 7500 64mb ram i 120 gig hhd.80 gig hhd dvd rom ploxtor 40x12x40 450 watt power supply

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But at all the Card is good for Standard Systems!! ...

Posted Apr 4, 2002 - But at all the Card is good for Standard Systems!! I've got Problems at Games! When I play Games based on the Q3 Engine I don't get more than 90 FPS !! (All Drives installed and Bios is fine!) If Anyone out there has the same Problem Mail to me: Redrunner3000@aol.com Thanks an much FUN with the Radeon 7500 !! ;-)

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ATI's software is the biggest pile of crap I have ...

Posted Apr 1, 2002 - ATI's software is the biggest pile of crap I have ever seen! NOTHING works as it should. The programs [TV and DVD] freeze up constantly. ATI's product support stinks. It simply does not work under Windows XP!!!

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Bought the power color and good prices and fast de ...

Posted Jun 14, 2003 - Bought the power color and good prices and fast delivery from NewEgg! Just built a new machine and included this card. Went to Power Color web page and they tell very little about drivers up date. Plus they don't show the version of control panel they have. Went to ATI and looks some better but still confused on which driver and which control panel to download. Anyone have any suggestions it would be appreciated. E- mail at wylds@swbell.net

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