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Anyone out there who is looking for a card that performs even decently well, don't buy THIS one, please! It BITES! You can't get diddly for frame rates in any games that don't support Direct3D, and it's OpenGL support is apparently non-existent. I can't help but feel bad saying this because these fine people here at Amazon are trying to sell it, but I feel like I have to warn you. I bought this card for $69 OEM, and it's scarcely worth half that. Most 8MB video cards perform better than this one. If you are looking for a dirt-cheap video card, you can do a lot better than the Stealth. Possibly a Voodoo2 1000.(The V2 1000 with 12MB of graphics memory performs better than the Stealth with 32MB! ) But if you can afford it, buy a Voodoo3 3000. BUT PLEASE, don't buy a Stealth. You'll never forgive yourself if you do.

(Edit - 17 Oct 2008)
It's been almost 9 years since I bought this doggone card. I'm 26 years old now (I wrote the original review when I was 18... can you tell?) and I still kick myself in the arse whenever I read this review. I still can't believe I bought this dern thing. There were people left and right telling me not to. Ah, but I was a kid and didn't have much money. I eventually replaced it with a Voodoo3 that I had to save for months to buy.
This card still stinks... 9 years later. If you find one for 5 bucks on eBay... DON'T BUY IT! Go get a latte at Starbucks!

I purchased this card, mainly for price and lack of research. I plugged it in. It does do well for video, for high resolution display, but it cannot deal with 2D games. It butcherizes them...I mean bad. In fact, one game would't play untill I went back to the old 4mb Vcard. The games it did poorly with were Axis and Allies,and Army Men 2. My son won't let me put it back. Anyone want this card cheap? When you upgrade card it shouldn't fail on older software.

If you care about video performance, keep on looking. This card is not gonna be the best for today's advanced games. Go with a Voodoo3 or a TNT2, those will keep you "up-to-date" for a while.

back a long time ago when I had this card I would get odd colored clouds and everything in Asherons call...obviously an old outdated card now..get a geforce 4 TI, or if your looking for a good card at about the same price, a Geforce 2 GTS

WHEN I FIRST WAS TOLD TO GO TO DIAMONDMM.COM AND LOOK AT THEIR CARDS, I WAS EXCITED TO SEE AN AFFORDABLE 32MB CARD. I PURCHASED IT AND POPPED IT IN AND WAS HAPPY TO SEE HOW WELL MY UNREAL TORNY, DS9, KLINGON ACADEMY LOOKED. IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR MY HALF LIFE THOUGH, BUT IT HAD ALREADY LOOKED FINE. ANYWAY, MY BIGGEST GRIPE, AND WHY I AM LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT CARD NOW IS I CAN'T RUN CERTAIN OPENGL SUPPORTED GAMES. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH GLSETUP DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THE STEALTH CARD. SO MY ST: ELITE FORCE WAS DOOMED.