ATI RADEON X300 SE

Advantages: fast vga card
Disadvantages: ???

...* Powered by ATI Radeon X300 SE VPU - 325MHz * 128MB-64bit DDR memory - TBAMHz * Four parallel pixel pipelines * Two vertex shader pipelines * SMARTSHADERTM 2.0 * SMOOTHVISIONTM 2.1 * HYPER ZTM III CHIPSET FEATURES * V370 SE 0.11um process * Dual integrated display controllers * Dual integrated 10 bit per channel 400 MHz DACs * Integrated 165MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI 1.0 / HDMI compliant and HDCP ready) * Integrated TV Output support ...
...Express® x16 lane native support * DirectX® 9 supported * HyperMemoryTM: HyperMemoryTM is the cumulative total of local and system memory used by the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) intended for use in the processing and creation of 3D and other images. The amount of HyperMemoryTM is determined by the amount of local memory and available system memory. HIS PRODUCTS ADVANTAGE * HIS delivers Faster, Cooler, Quieter plus the best quality product! ... Read review

Advantages: Good 3D rendering, easily overclocked, economic pricing.
Disadvantages: Hypermemory uses system RAM, Lags on intensive processing.

...As for online gaming, the ATI Radeon x300 SE can hold its own. It might not measure up to the more expensive cards, but it definately gets the job done. This card only lags when I play online games in big maps or rooms with lots of people playing. Since I have recently overclocked it, I have had no lag at all as a result of the graphics card. This is definately a good choice for any gamer on a budget. ... Read review

Advantages cheap, reasonable performance
Disadvantages outdated by almost all modern cards

...A very cheap card compared to many others, but delivers reasonable performance in many games, although it will struggle with anything released recently (the last year/2006). Drivers are updated regularly by ATI, although few of those updates will be relevant to this card, the catalyst control center used by ATI for its drivers can be difficult to use at first, and causes some issues with other software, but these can be worked around, and most wont be an issue in the kind of system (low end) this card is suitable for. All in all, a cheap card which delivers good performance for low quality gaming and other reasonably graphically demanding tasks (e.g.: still image photo editing). May also be suitable for a cheap short term replacement to a faulty card in more advanced systems, but at a significant penalty to high quality gaming... Read review

Advantages Great value
Disadvantages none come to mind

...Hewlett Packard's latest offering is a budget PC that's geared towards budding digital photographers. Until recently, a budget PC may not have been able to run the software needed to edit digital pictures at a decent enough speed, but with the 3GHz Intel Pentium 4 contained processor in this Pavilion, that shouldn't be any problem. This is helpfully complemented by 512Mb of memory and a generous 160Gb hard disk. The memory only takes up one of the four slots on the motherboard, so you can easily add some more at a later date. The Pavilion comes with a 128Mb ATI Radeon X300SE graphics card. This might struggle with some of the latest 3D games at high detail levels, but it's very capable of dealing with anything else. I've used it with a few games and it handled them all brilliantly so until some new games requiring superior... Read review