ATI Radeon 7500 Video Card

64MB, AGP 4X, 2D/3D w/DVI - MPN: 100432001

Description: RADEON? 7500 is a powerful and versatile graphic solution. 64MB of powerful DDR memory along with the RADEON? 7500 GPU provides high performance acceleration of today?s demanding 3D graphic applications. Industry leading DVD playback, support for dual independent displays, a... read more

RADEON? 7500 is a powerful and versatile graphic solution. 64MB of powerful DDR memory along with the RADEON? 7500 GPU provides high performance acceleration of today?s demanding 3D graphic applications. Industry leading DVD playback, support for dual independent displays, and support for digital flat panel (DVI-I) monitors meet the needs of a wide range of home and business graphic users. minimize

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zephyrddz1

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Aug 2003

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

Strengths:

-Earliest (and cheapest) usage of Hydravision and all the new smoothing graphics that ATI came out with. -Again it is worth its value and does beat out or is quite on par with Nvidia Geforce2's.

Weaknesses:

Because it is a budget line card it won't run the newest games at good settings, but it is worth every penny for its value. Otherwise look for Radeon 9000 or higher.

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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wylds from TX

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

Strengths:

Installs easy

Weaknesses:

Drivers and Control panel

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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usadan from CA

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

Strengths:

Affordable with decent quality

Weaknesses:

Documentation

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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Godo review. Interesting, mine did come with a DVI-analog adapte...

jcX4ever from CA

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

Strengths:

Nice, faster fps than my previos Vcard. Cheap price too. Good for 2d/3d games. Easy installation.

Weaknesses:

After using powerdvd xp it changes my refresh rate to 65hz. Drivers--Drivers

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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sinstar12 from CA

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

Strengths:

awesome rendering, excellent on games, good mpeg player

Weaknesses:

support

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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dlauber from IL

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

Strengths:

Supports pan and scan virtual desktop Clean display; rock-solid drivers in Windows XP

Weaknesses:

Weak printed documentation; tech support doesn't fully understand this card's capabilities

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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Dark_Halmut

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Apr 2002

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

Strengths:

Amazingly fast for a budget card. Fast for a regular card. Great overclockability.

Weaknesses:

none so far

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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fiatlux

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User has 30 Days of experience with this product

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

Strengths:

Powerfull midrange graphics, superp dual display !!!

Weaknesses:

Drivers, Drivers, Drivers, Drivers !!!

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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Redrunner300...

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

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Good Pictures/No Problem at Installation/No Problems under Win XP :-)

Weaknesses:

Performence is a little strange at Games on my System! Searching for Weeks at the Problem! :-(

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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greggst from CA

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

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N/A

Weaknesses:

software

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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leafhopper from IL

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

Strengths:

Good overall performance, tested it in demanding applications and it works just fine, up to the specified standards.

Weaknesses:

Installation was not a treat: I was almost sure of returning it after three hours of despair of facing black and blue screens. Then I changed the graphics aperture size to 32MB, and all worked.

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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kkodak from OH

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

Strengths:

Fast price

Weaknesses:

Crashes in xp

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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