raywood's Full Review: ATI RADEON 9600 XT, (128 MB) AGP Video Card
I used this card for about a year. Here are some random notes I collected along the way.
Without asking my permission, on installation, they replaced my file assignments from Windows Media Player to the ATI media player. I didn't like its looks and I didn't want to use it. I had to go in and manually change things back so that my media would play in WMP, like before.
Also, on installation, they installed a link to the Catalyst Control Center at the top of the Windows Explorer file menu without asking me. So from then on, I could no longer use my customary fast way of creating a new folder by just hitting Enter a couple of times in a row (that being the default setting); instead, I had to mouse around to avoid the Catalyst Control Center option.
Installation was generally a hassle. They installed software for Windows XP that was not actually compatible with Windows XP. After installing, I got an error message indicating that my ATI Radeon was not detected, even though the device was listed OK in Device Manager.
I found the Help file to be awful. I remember that Treeview Pane was not even mentioned in the index or glossary -- nor even in the company's online knowledgebase! Stretch Desktop was totally unexplained. For these and other things, I had to do a lot of hunting around to get basic explanations of functionality.
It didn't come with a DVI adapter, so I had to buy one separately. Some cards do include that, which saves hassle and expense.
Once I got the thing working, it performed OK, but ultimately my system's inability to handle graphics well (when I was running multiple programs) -- which I think was the job of the video card -- provoked me to upgrade to a different system. Anyway, AGP is past its time now.
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