Description
Experience gaming and home theatre at new levels of immersive cinematic quality graphics with the unprecedented combination of power and performance featured in Radeon 9550 graphic cards. Maximize your long-term entertainment value with its Quad-pipe architecture and advanced visual quality that will upgrade your expectations and push the most compelling next-generation games to their limit.
Quick Glance
Video Chipset: Radeon 9550
Slot Type: AGP 8x
Interface Type: VGA Yes, S-Video Yes
Installed Memory: 256
Graphics Chipset
Video Chipset: Radeon 9550
Memory
Installed Video Memory: 256 MB
Memory Technology: DDR SDRAM
Connectivity and Additional Features
Interface Connection: VGA Yes, S-Video Yes
Compatibility
Slot/Port Type: AGP 8x
System Requirements: Intel Pentium 4/III/II/Celeron, AMD-K6/Duron/Athlon/Athlon XP AGP 4X (1.5V), 8X (0.8v) or Universal AGP 3.0 bus configuration (4X/8X) 128MB of system memory Installation software requires CD-ROM drive DVD playback requires DVD drive OS Supported: Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows 2000
System Type: PC
Warranty
Warranty Information: 3 Year Limited
More Info
URL: Manufacturer Link
Additional Specifications
Frequency Band: 128-bit full floating point precision enables billions of color variations to render the same lighting and effects as Hollywood studios Optimized to run the most demanding 2D and 3D next-generation games and applications without putting extra strain on the CPU HYDRAVISION provides the efficient solution for controlling monitor real estate with dual monitor support
Bus Width: 128 bit
RAMDAC Speed: 400 MHz
Analog Signal: Yes
Digital Signal: Yes
Chipset Line: Radeon
Chipset Series: 9
Number of S-Video Output: 1
Number of VGA Output: 1
Strengths: Quiet, no fan needed, cheap, 256 MB!
Weakness: None that I've found!
I bought this card at the same time I upgraded my motherboard. I am running a 3.06 Pentium 4 HT CPU with 1024 MB of RAM. I must say, for the price, I am VERY impressed with this card. It runs smoothly on ANY game I've tested it on. Here is a list of games that ran flawlessly: -Doom 3: 1024x768; high detail -Half Life 2: 1024x768; everything maxed -Splinter Cell 3: 1024x768; everything maxed...
Strengths: quiet, cheap, no fan needed, well worth the money
Weakness: gets heated fast
A nice card - well worth the price. Works quietly and is clockable. Gets heated fast - but that has not been a big issue so far. Overall a high memory product which is not very expensive.
Strengths: Good quality, good price.
Weakness: Damn that's hot. :\
I must say that for the price ($130 at the time) this card has been through 2 systems. Once running behind an AMD32 3200, and now an AMD64 3200. For solo games it is WELL worth it. Online however, I have been having trouble getting my FPS high. My goal is always to try and stay around a 50FPS minimum. The fan on it is... very weak. The ram chips get so hot I could fry a teeny tiny egg on each...
Strengths: ATI 9550 8x AGP DVI, superior image quality
Weakness: none
I recently upgraded my NVidia Geforce FX 5200, and I simply love it. This ATi graphic card delivers smooth graphics and excellent quality makes me happy with its reasonable price of 129.99. This card is good enough for mid and entry level gamers.
Strengths: DVI port, No fan, runs very quietly, 256M memory, high performance/price ratio
Weakness: not yet.
I am very happy with this card. I don't play fancy 3D games, but I did not get problem with my 3D C&C and car racing. Some of the OEM versions have fan installed, but this ATI card does not have fan. It runs very quietly.
Strengths: 256MB? NONE FOR ME JUST GOOD FOR EVERYONE ELSE
Weakness: Can't keep up with new games and some old....Keeps crashing games to the desktop....Many Error reports to send to Microsoft...EA Games Support told me this card is having trouble runnig Battlefield 2!
I hate to be the only negative feedback here but have any of the other users tried to play B2, Rainbow Six, desert combat or even Medal of Honor? I wonder. I keep having the games crash to the desktop. Most of the companies have said it is the graphics card and nothing else. Even with the most recent drivers it does this. I have a P4 2.6, 1024RAM, 60G HD (Half used), Sound Blaster, 56x CD ROM so...
Strengths: easy to install, it supports dual monitors, works fine
Weakness: price, doesn't have a GPU fan
It's a low cost down-cut version of the 9600. You can overclock it. There are modded drivers out there but some people prefer to use ATI's original drivers. This video card can handle most of the new games without overclocking but the settings have to be on low. Drivers needed to be updated to run new games.
Strengths: It really improved my pc's performance.
Weakness: Color is all washed out at the default settings...It's hard to find an adjustment that is easy on my eyes.
Hate to write this review after reading all of the positive comments here, but this card is worse than my onboard video, in terms of color and eye strain! I tried a few demo games and things looked pretty good, but as for web surfing & such, I find no joy at all. Thought it was a bad card, so I returned it to a different store to exchange it for another one, but still no change in the eye strain,...
Strengths: great graphic detail, even better price. for the money, this is the best card you can get, hands down. Not ready to say goodbye to the affordable AGP cards ? This is the one to get !
Weakness: NONE, this card is damn near perfect
i haven't had problems with this card as of yet, and take my word for it, this card takes heavy, daily abuse. still no problems with overheating either, looking forward to overclocking it see if can go even further
The ATI Radeon 9550 is a legacy video card by ATI. It has 256MB of built-in DDR memory and is HDCP certified. It offers DVI, VGA, and S-Video outputs, but lacks the HDMI out commonly found on newer computers. The Radeon 9550 uses the now virtually extinct AGPx4/x8 interface, rather than the more common PCI-E interface now often used by non-integrated graphics cards. It supports all features of...
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ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics Card
Strengths: Great video, Great for any gamer
Weakness: NONE yet
For the money this is a great product and plays back dvd's with great quality. I myself do nto game much but the games i have palyed aftering installing the card are GREAT. I would say this is one of my best investments I have made.