There are plenty of people without the need of video games. And well, it's a hard argument that anyone needs video games. But then, even if you were kidnapped into gold farming slavery or somesuch, your captors would probably be mindful of your framerate needs. No, there are actually many people who don't want the trappings, and cost of gaming hardware. Integrated graphics aren't always an option and for only a little extra cash, can be un-tethered. Which is exactly what an entry level video card is supposed to do. They're not intended to play video games, and their 3D processing capacity is misleading. Good enough doesn't mean gaming as it's about low power and decent features. - TheTechLounge

ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 256MB Graphics Card Review

This little red card looks a little doofy. It's missing a chunk, and what's left is shielded by an angry looking little black fan, accompanied by a little black heatsink. There are no power connectors, but there are CrossFire goldfingers, which is ridiculous, when you get down to it as this isn't gaming hardware. Theoretically, the PCI Express bus should provide enough bandwidth, and the CrossFire fingers don't fit the card thematically. And they're not needed for great big old multi monitor setups, so multiple cards would do the trick. Included with this sample is one CrossFire bridge and an HDMI adapter.

For about $60 you can free up a couple hundred megs of system memory, get awesome video acceleration, and take all that energy efficiency to the bank. This is the perfect little entry level discrete video card that doesn't compromise on video acceleration or use any of your system resources. But there's no chance that you'll ever play 3D games with it. We wouldn't recommend this particular model because of the fan. There are many versions that make no noise and have no failure prone moving parts. Combined with the fact that AMD has released some nice Linux drivers, this card promises to please a lot of people.