ATI Technologies Radeon 7000 Graphics Card 64MB

Average customer rating:

O.K. card for the everyday user, gamers beware...

ATI needs to be more considerate

Can't play the great games on this one...

I've had absolutely no problems with this card...

So far ,Excellent, 1 problem

ATI Technologies Radeon 7000 Graphics Card 64MB

Manufacturer: ATI Technologies
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

AGP | Graphics Cards | Computer Add-Ons | Computers & Add-Ons | Categories | Electronics
ASIN: B0000630TC

Product Description

ATI RADEON 7000 delivers enhanced 3D and 2D graphics performance for today's demanding applications. Powered by the RADEON 7000 graphics processor, RADEON 7000 features HYPER Z technology to increase effective memory bandwidth and Pixel Tapestry for fast image rendering. Plus RADEON 7000 has industry-leading, built-in DVD playback capability.

Customer Reviews:

O.K. card for the everyday user, gamers beware..........2003-04-18

I bought this card thinking that I would be able to run most of my games seamlessly without any choppiness in the highest graphics settings, boy was I wrong. Most, if not all of my games(MOA, C&C Generals, Raven Shield) are unbearable in the highest detail settings. Raven Shield is unplayable due to the graphic distortion and the choppiness, even thought ATI is the featured manufacturer. If you want a good card I suggest getting something with at least 128 MB DDR and a speedy processor. The 7000 is too slow and has too little memory to support the system hogs. The reason I give the 7000 3 stars out of 5 is that there was a substantial performance difference between my integrated Pro Savage 32MB SDRAM and the installation of the 7000, and it is a stable card with few problems. (AMD 1600+, 640 PC2100 DDR RAM).

ATI needs to be more considerate.......2003-01-21

I purchased the Radeon 7000 and found that it was not supported by Madden 2003, so I went to replace it with one that was and found out that the ATI software was everywhere on my hard drive. ATI makes it impossible to remove the programs. I ended up having to format the whole hard drive!! I would not recommend this product to anyone.

Can't play the great games on this one..........2003-01-19

This is a good card - if you can not afford the higher priced ones. 64MB DDR, Great - but there are multiple problems with the Gamma. Most of my games need to be touched up a bit by going into the settings and putting the brightness up.

I tried to play WarCraft III, Everquest, Age of Mythology and NeverWinter Nights - had problems with all of these games.

If you are looking for a good card - to get by on - this is for you.
If you are a heavy gamer - DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.

Your best bet is to stick with any of the GeForce cards - I just purchased the Xtasy 64MB DDR GeForce 4 card - what a difference....
Hope this helps...

I've had absolutely no problems with this card..........2003-01-19

This card runs great on my HP pavilon 8776c. I recently pruchased the widescreen 17" Sony hi-res entertainment display, and the ATI Radeon 7000 (64mb) has had no problems making this moniter look beautiful.

So far ,Excellent, 1 problem.......2002-12-17

love it, except for not being able to play OQUIRRH Hunting Adventures Combo Pack. Video locks up in game.version 1.9XP appreciate all help.Plays perfect on another computer. Thanks.

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Radeon 7000 64MB PCI

Manufacturer: ATI Technologies
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Product Description

ATI Radeon 7000 64 MB DDR PCI Video Card (100430284CCS)

Average customer rating:

Radeon 7000 VE AGP
Pavilion Issue
The jobs, not done until a good driver is written, ATI!
HP Pavilion 7940 + This card = up the creek
Great for the price

ATI Radeon 7000 64 MB DDR PCI Video Card (100430284CCS)

Manufacturer: ATI Technologies
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Product Features:

128 MB DDR memory
Complete DirectX 9.0 support
Hand held remote to control your PC applications, stereo TV tuner with 125 channels
PCI compatible card
Compatible with Windows 98, 98 SE, 2000, Me, XP

ASIN: B000065U8S

Product Description

Customer Reviews:

Radeon 7000 VE AGP.......2004-02-01

The issue surrounding ATI and its drivers seems to be getting worse, I used the 7000 running 98SE and get occasional 'twitches' and lockups, annoying but in general not too much of an issue. I recently 'upgraded' to XP and the problems really took off. The system won't run for more than a few minutes before it locks (monitor drops to standby, but system appears to still be running) sometimes its resets itself and other times just stops....... Windows XP has a useful feature that identifies system problems for you, and every time it is due to the ATI driver. I have downloaded and installed every available driver I can find, to no avail. I updated the motherboard drivers even flashed my bios, still no joy.
It seems that the card itself is OK but the drivers are rubbish. If you get it to work then you are lucky, the vast majority seem to have problems. Unfortunately most people don't realise what is causing the trouble.

I say simply this, until ATI improve their drivers, the radeon series of graphics cards is an area to avoid. I base this statement on the fact that I replaced the card with a similar spec version from Nvidia (geforce mmx400 64mb) and it runs perfectly with no more lockups !!!

I am not alone in this opinion of ATI ... go see bulletin boards all over the internet !!!

Pavilion Issue.......2004-01-04

The problem is not HP's fault. I have a Pavilion XG833 and the real problem, as a few of you have stated, is the onboard graphics. The onboard graphics are by Intel. I have an intel i80 chipset, which on intel's website it says you cannot update the graphics AT ALL... NO CARDS EITHER. However, if you have an i80e chipset you may disable the graphics driver and install the Radeon 7000. So basically, if you have an i80 chipset you're screwed.

The jobs, not done until a good driver is written, ATI!.......2003-09-09

When I compared video cards while looking for a replacement, the ATI Radeon 7000 certainly seemed to be a good value - lots of bang for the buck ... When the card functions properly, it's great. But I kept running into problems where a high-pitched squeal would emit from the card and my system would lock up and I would have to re-boot. I determined through elimination that it was the video card that was acting up (at first I wondered if my processor was the culprit - gulp!).

Once I narrowed the problem down to the card, I thought at first the card itself was defective, but when I updated the driver, it appeared to work OK. Such is life with Windows I run XP Professional SP1 and keep the OS updated regularly - and I run with a 19' NEC MultiSync 95 monitor). So I thought my problems were over. Wrong!

A few weeks later, the symptoms re-appeared. I could run in safe mode with Windows default video driver, which I was thankful for. So I did a lot of research into the issue. ATI had not updated the driver on their web site, but the driver distributed with Windows XP had been updated. In fact, I determined that Windows Update had "automagically" updated my driver. Curses! So I rolled back to the old driver. Once again, things appeared to be OK.

The problem re-surfaced again and again, and each time I spent many hours surfing the net to find a good driver. I kept encountering more and more complaints on the message boards about the quality of ATI drivers. It seems that they are hardware guys who want to move iron and view software drivers as a necessary evil, so they only put in the effort they absolute. Trust me when I say I tweaked the settings, disabling acceleration and what-not, trying to keep Windows that the driver happy to no avail. My time is worth money, and I finally decided the 25-40 hours I spent far exceeded the value to be gained.

So I removed the ATI driver. Windows kept trying to re-installing it, and the symptoms would re-appear. It got so I couldn't even log in to Windows. I finally let Windows have its way, then booted up in safe mode and disabled the device in the Hardware Manager. Since then I've run with the Windows default driver at 1280x1024. No acceleration, no high refresh rates, but at lest the machine doesn't crash. I write software for a living, so I'm happy if I can crunch hard on the CPU. Good thing I'm not a gamer.

So buy the Radeon 7000 if you are (1) buying on the cheap and (2) not concerned with running with all of the acceleration and high refresh rates supported. If you can afford a little more, I recommend you shop around and do your homework to find another card that end-users who do the things you will want to do have expressed satisfaction with.

-- Lawrence J. Sylvain has 17 years of experience in developing n-tier solutions for small and large organizations. Part of his time and talents are devoted to developing new and innovative ways to use multimedia, music and networking technologies to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. A printer-friendly resume is available at the above web page.

HP Pavilion 7940 + This card = up the creek.......2003-08-15

O.K. Here is the deal: if you go to the ATI website and do some digging you will find a nasty little lump of coal that reads as follows:

"Systems with onboard VGA controllers may hang during boot of RADEON 7000 graphics adapter is installed...A number of systems are currently known to exhibit this issue, including:

hp Pavilion xe783, HP Pavilion 7940, eMachines TI 140, eMachines TI 150...

Now if you do not believe that then go to virtually any tech support group like yahoo or hp or anywhere, and type radeon 7000. Boom there are the huddled masses crying to be free.

If you have one of the above machines DO NOT BUY THIS CARD unless you just want to practice selling things on ebay or half.com or Amazon or anywhere else you can off-load this albatross. The fault lies with HP and their crazy machines I am sure but don't expect any help from them or ATI. You are [toasted] if you have one of those machines and this card and friends, there is no escape. If you really want this card and have one of those machines listed, its more fun to take out[money amount]from your wallet and set it on fire, at least that way you can enjoy the pyrotechnics, which is more color display than you will get with this thing on one of the above machines. Here endeth the sermon, you have been warned!!

Great for the price.......2003-01-12

I have a Dell 2300 and installed it myself. If you have a built in on-board video card (intel graphics card) you have to disable it and uninstall the driver to get it to work.

People who did not like the Radeon 7000, did not know how to install it. Here is the down and dirty for the novice computer users.
BEFORE you do this next step, install the software that come with the Radeon 7000. Then you are ready to uninstall the old graphics card & driver.
Click Start:
Click Contol panel, then System Properties, then click on hardware. You will see "driver signing" and "device manager". Uninstall the intel driver & disable the Install graphics chip in these places. Then reboot your computer and plug your monitor into your new card.

The Graphics are great...

Product Description

The HP Compaq nc6400 Notebook PC delivers the optimal combination of connectivity, enhanced security, and performance in a widescreen form factor to keep you more secure, productive, and connected in and out of the office.

HP Compaq Business Notebook nc6400 - Core 2 Duo T7200 / 2 GHz - RAM 1 GB - HDD 80 GB - CD-RW / DVD - Gigabit Ethernet - WLAN : 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR - TPM - fingerprint reader, SmartCard reader - Win XP Pro - 14.1" Widescreen TFT 1280 x 800 ( WXGA )

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HP Compaq Business Notebook nc6400 - Core 2 Duo T7200 / 2 GHz - RAM 1 GB - HDD 80 GB - CD-RW / DVD - Gigabit Ethernet - WLAN : 802.11a/b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR - TPM - fingerprint reader, SmartCard reader - Win XP Pro - 14.1" Widescreen TFT 1280 x 800 ( WXGA )

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
ProductGroup: Personal Computer

Notebooks | Computers & Add-Ons | Categories | Electronics

HP part number: RM106AWABC
Original HP equipment.

ASIN: B000MYTFUU

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