HIS Radeon HD 4350 512 MB (64bit) DDR3 HDMI DL-DVI (HDCP) AGP 8X/4X Video Card Retail (RoHS) H435F512HA

Comment: Ok, so I guess I failed to read Rossman's review, or maybe I did read it and bought this anyway because I hoped my situation was different. Unfortunately it was the exact same. I, on the other hand, found out specifically what the problem was from the HIS tech support. The tech guy said that this is a problem they are aware of and it is very common among the Radeon 4thousand series on motherboards that are 2 years or more older. The reason for this is that the mobo cannot recognize the DDR3 because the manufacturer did not anticipate this.

There is "supposedly" solutions for this in "some" cases. That solution is to find the website for the manufacturer of the mobo(make very sure you have the exact model information (if you don't have you're user manual, then "Lavalys Everest" is a good program for specific information, it has a free trial that is enough to get the info you need)). Once you find the mobo, you need the BIOS type. For mine it was Bell Inspiron 4600i BIOS version A12. You need to see if the manufacturer made a driver update specifically for recognizing newer RAM modules such as DDR3. In my case there was an update but not for this feature. They say that it is not recommended to flash your BIOS unless the updated driver fixes a problem specific to what you are dealing with because flashing can result in an irreparable mobo. So do it at your own risk and FOLLOW THEIR INSTRUCTIONS EXACTLY. For my mobo I found the driver update information at dell/support.com and since I had already purchased it, I flashed my BIOS just in case it "might" fix the problem, but it didn't.

There is also a suggestion I found somewhere to press F2 at boot up to go to the system info part and change the AGP to 128mb to 256mb. I did this as well with no results. In conclusion I would say that if you have a mobo model that is over 2 years old and you don't find the BIOS driver update that is specific to the DDR problem, then I would look at the older GFX card models.

I really wanted HDMI out, but unfortunately I have to settle for S-video. I am getting the "VisionTek Radeon HD 3650 AGP 512MB DDR2 128-bit DirectX 10.1 Video Card" because I really want the 1080p. The HIS tech guy told me this is probably the best model I could get for an older mobo.

Comment: I bought this for my old Dell (about 7 years old at the time of this review) and I could not get it to work. When I put this card into my system, the system would act like it was booting but I wouldn't see anything on the monitor, not event the bios messages. No bios beeps indicating that it couldn't find a video card, but no video signal to the monitor. Looking at the video card requirements did not indicate that there was anything incompatible with my computer.

After doing some research, I found many other people who had this same problem with older Dell computers. I suspect the problem might have something to do with the card being able to receive enough power from the AGP slot to power some of the electronics so that the bios recognizes that a card is there, but it does not have enough power to drive a monitor signal. I would also guess that this isn't specific to Dell computers.

Unfortunately, due to the misleading requirements, I don't recommend even taking your chances with this card unless you're really desperate for a low-profile AGP card.

Comment: I needed an AGP card for my old HP 2.4 Gigahertz desktop that would be used to show flash videos on my HD Toshiba television that has an HDMI connection. I was leery that it would work, but I plugged in the cables and set the tv to HDMI input and on the screen appeared my desktop! I adjusted desktop size and then also installed the audio drivers for this card and I had both HD video and sound! I could not be happier with this product. My old computer is working fine in its new role with this upgrade. Thank you HIS and Amazon for teaming up. And it has a rebate also!
Gene