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Review on Asus GT 710 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card with HDMI, VGA, and DVI - GT710-SL-2GD5-CSM by Alan Pfeiffer

Revainrating 1 out of 5

WILL NOT WORK AT ALL with older BIOS based systems

The name is EXTREMELY dishonest and misleading. CSM clearly stands for something completely different than ASUS. I figured it meant compatibility with older systems that don't use UEFI as boot firmware. Obviously not. Connected but there is no video from the card. I installed all drivers from CD, website etc on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. Nothing yet. The heatsinks got hot so I knew they were drawing power and I have a 300w PSU (the minimum for the card listed on the box). It says absolutely nothing about the UEFI requirement. Now I'm stuck and buying another card for this PC. I guess I was lucky that my other desktop was compatible with this card, so it's not a waste. But it didn't work on the system it was intended for, which left me very frustrated and frustrated. This is the first and last ASUS product I will buy due to misleading advertising. Everything else is as advertised and the quality is excellent. But when the card doesn't show any video output at all, it's a bit annoying.

Pros
  • Rugged design
Cons
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