RESTORED / SSD DUAL BOOT Windows 98 & XP Vintage Retro Gaming PC Radeon 9700
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Manufacturer description
Legendary ATi Radeon 9700 GPU. One of the best of it's era. In perfect condition with it's original fan. -ATi Radeon 9700 TX 128MB AGP GPU. All hardware outside of the SSD drive dates from the early 2000's.
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SpecPicks scored RESTORED / SSD DUAL BOOT Windows 98 & XP Vintage Retro Gaming PC… using a rating × review-volume × price-fit model applied to published specs and reviews across the retro graphics cards category. ATI's retro graphics cards lineup sits within the broader category mid-tier; price and specs are the deciding factors over brand loyalty here. Judge it on the specification table and the price rather than on sentiment: check the figures that decide your use case, then put it side-by-side with two or three close alternatives in the Compare tool before clicking through.
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Full Specifications
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