VisionTek Radeon 5450 2GB DDR3 (DVI-I, HDMI, VGA) Graphics Card - 900861,Black/Red

The original video card died in my older OptiPlex 980 and I had to get my PC back in business fast. After looking to see: 1) what Amazon had to offer that fit the application, 2) could be delivered fast, and 3) was budget-friendly, this card fit the bill. The card was a direct replacement for the machine's PCI-e x16 slot and I knew going in that since this wasn't for a small form factor (SFF) case, I would need to practice some bracketology by using a SFF bracket kit sold here on Amazon. Once installed, Win10 Pro automatically loaded the correct drivers and the card does provide dual monitor support with separate images on each screen. In my case, I'm running DVI to one monitor and HDMI to the other. Both monitors are Asus VS248 24-in. I'm not sure about gaming, but this card does fine for most desktop applications including some light video editing with Adobe Premiere Rush and handles MS office apps well. With dual monitor support, it also allows me to watch the morning news on Xfinity streaming on one screen while getting a start on the day's Email in Outlook. One last thing: This card does not have a fan, but instead uses a large heatsink for GPU cooling. This cuts down on the noise from the PC, which I like. As with any PC, periodically vacuum the accumulated dust from inside of the PC case to keep the heatsink clean, along with the rest of the internal components. Overall this card is a great value and a huge upgrade in video memory from 256MB to 2 GB!

I put this card into a quad-core AMD machine with 32GB RAM, with an ASUS motherboard running Fedora 30 Linux that only had on-board video. Video performance on this machine was terrible (under both Fedora and Kubuntu), when scrolling websites with a lot of text -- let alone pictures or video -- there was obvious shearing in the image, because (as it true for the most part) on-board video is usually terrible as it usually uses system memory for video. I could open a Konsole window and watch it repaint when moving it to another part of the screen.Then I bought this video card, and this machine is so much more usable. Konsole windows move around quickly, I'm not seeing any shearing at all - even on content intensive websites, and gaming performance is much better as well.If you're running a box that only has the onboard video, this card is an immediate, noticeable upgrade in performance that isn't going to break the bank.Because my onboard video chip set was already an ATI processor, this card just snapped in and worked - no driver upgrade was required. If you are running a lesser operating system like Windows you may need to download and upgrade drivers.Speaking of drivers, no driver CD was included, so if you're running a lesser operating system like Windows you're likely going to have to download drivers.

Works good and installs easily.

I gutted an older Dell computer with an Intel i5 that was given to me. Keeping the i5, I replaced the hard drive, the mother board, added 16G RAM, BluRay DVD player/recorder and went with Windows 7 and everything was great except the video. I have a Samsung 24-inch monitor 1920 x 1080 that needed assistance. I installed the Vision Tek Radeon 5450 2G graphics card, installed an HDMI cable, downloaded updated drivers and WOW ! Now I have 1080p HD picture for my viewing pleasure. BluRay DVD's look great. I have a collection of music and concert BluRay disc that I'll play while working out in the shop. I feed the audio thru a stereo with Polk Audio speakers and sub. The Vision Tek graphics card works for me, No problems or issues at all.

One problem with buying PC parts and other tech gear on Amazon is that many older items are listed among newer ones and the mediocre search engine is no help in sorting them out.I bought this graphics card to improve the performance of my powerful but aging desktop with integrated graphics. Most reviews seemed good, and the price was good, too.Well, I got what I paid for, because this card was a serious downgrade. I'm not a big gamer, but it can't even handle old games like the Sims or Civilization IV without awful lag, even with the graphics quality turned way down. So I popped it back out and let my old reliable integrated graphics chip get back to work. Thankfully, I was able to return the card without any problem, but I had to look for a different graphics card to upgrade my old PC.My mistake was that I didn't look closely enough at the specs and the age of most of the positive reviews. This card was a good choice years ago, and it might still be an improvement if you have an OLD PC with graphics just above the SVGA level. But for most people, it's obsolete and not a worthwhile purchase.Always check the specs!