PNY GeForce 8400 GS PCI 512MB Verto Graphics Card

Comments about PNY GeForce 8400 GS PCI 512MB Verto Graphics Card:

I purchased this card based on the price to upgrade from an older Nvidia 5200. I never noticed that much of an improvement in normal game play as far as FPS or better visual quality. I pretty much had to run my setting at the lower end of the mid-range setting which was not that much of an improvement from my old 5200 card. After only 2 months of using the card the on board fan froze up on me and fried the card. I'm back to the old 5200 card and honestly it runs my games almost as good as the 8400.

I have heard other complain that this card has done the same thing to them as well. I'd suggest anyone looking to do real gaming spend the extra cash of a better card.

Comments about PNY GeForce 8400 GS PCI 512MB Verto Graphics Card:

This card is great for gaming! Fast and in HD quality!

Comments about PNY GeForce 8400 GS PCI 512MB Verto Graphics Card:

It allowed me to run a new monitor that I had purchased at its highest resolution. I had some problem with the on board video adapter, but once I figured out how to shut it down things have worked smoothly.

Comments about PNY GeForce 8400 GS PCI 512MB Verto Graphics Card:

Replaced an older nvidia card that wasn't compatible with EA Games. This new card is fabulous with the LOTR Battle for Middle Earth games we couldn't play before, looks amazing on our widescreen monitor. Games now run smoothly without freezing up. And since our main processor is 512 MB on this PC, we have really sped up ALL of the applications on this computer (including the internet and viewing photos) by "doubling" our effective processor size with this 512 MB video card. The "quick start" booklet was useless, though, didn't match what happens in Win XP at all. I struggled to load the drivers multiple times until I viewed the instruction manual on the disk (using a spare monitor) and saw that I needed to disable the on-board graphics card first. After that, everything went smoothly. I'm very pleased with this card's performance for our business (and casual gaming) applications, and it was an excellent value.

Comments about PNY GeForce 8400 GS PCI 512MB Verto Graphics Card:

This is not a bad card for the casual user. Works well on my new Samsung 220wm monitor. Replaced the nvidia 5200. Don't be kidded, this is a way better card, and for [...]you can't go wrong.

Comments about PNY GeForce 8400 GS PCI 512MB Verto Graphics Card:

I'm an IT professional; I build/repair pc's for a living. I purchased this to test it out for my customers who have only PCI. -This card requires 3 restarts to make run (others run instantly)-It will allow you to play the latest games (with horribly slow conditions)EXAMPLE:Dell Dimension3000 - 2GB RAM-Integrated graphics 96MB shared memory= 10 FPS on World of Warcraft (can not play oblivion)-NVidia FX5500 with 256MB dedicated memory = 20 FPS on WoW (can almost play oblivion - with errors)-Nvidia 8400 (THIS MODEL) - 5FPS on WoW, Can play oblivion - on lowest settings- and it runs horribly choppy to the point where it really is NOT playable.This card is WORSE than the 4 year old - half price FX5500... it is basically on par with the integrated graphics chip on this old PC.[...]