Crucial Radeon 9600 Pro Videocard Review

By Ian Bell Updated January 4, 2004

Quote from the review at PC Stats:

“I bet this holiday season quite a few of you out there are going to be getting new videocards. After all only videocards (aside from maybe a new processor) can dramatically increase your gaming enjoyment. While Crucial is not a name you’d think of when purchasing a videocard, they’ve been selling their own branded cards for the last year or so. After some initial teething problems, Crucial now sells some of the best high end ATi videocards on the market. Team that up with Crucial’s excellent level of customer service and it’s not hard to see why their cards are gaining so much popularity! Now Crucial are offering some options for the budget/mainstream market as well.”

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