We've never had the chance to look at a graphics card from Point of View before, but now is as good a time as any to start. When word came through that the first card the company would ever be sending to me would be the GeForce 9500 GT, we felt kind of sorry for them. Clearly they didn't read our original review of the GeForce 9500 GT from Leadtek. We made our thoughts pretty clear on the card, offering half the performance of the GeForce 9600 GSO but not half the price. This absolutely killed any form of value for money the product offered. Apart from being cheap, there wasn't really much else the card could offer, even if you were extremely tight when it came to the money side of things. - TweakTown

Point of View GeForce 9500 GT Edition Board Review

The front of the box is mainly taken up with a picture of a gremlin like creature. The top left corner has the Point of View logo while the right has some other logos including some from NVIDIA along with the HDMI one. Across the bottom we see mention that this card is part of the GeForce 9 series line-up and we also have a sticker which lists the model and some of the main specs like PCI Express 2.0 and 512MB of GDDR3 memory. Turning the box over, we have a bit of information on the main features of the card. We again have the Point of View logo, some pictures showing what the card is capable of and their website.

Moving on to the card, we see we have an active cooler that sits straight on top of the card. The design isn't something we haven't seen before and the smaller size has us a bit wary about the sound it's going to make. Being in the lower end area, we of course don't need a power connector to get the card up and running. If you feel like buying two for some reason, you can make use of the SLI connector located at the top of the card. It wasn't looking good for Point of View when the sample arrived, but the bottom line is pulling the card out of the box and seeing that HDMI port brought a whole new perspective to the card.

The native HDMI port really gives us the ability to use the card in a home theatre PC. And the fact that it runs cooler than the Leadtek option while also being 10dB's quieter makes it an excellent choice for people. Performance really isn't there, it's a little bit faster than the Leadtek option for the most part, but nothing to get excited about. The inclusion of the HDMI port also makes it a little easier to accept the cost of the card when compared to the GeForce 9600 GSO. Sure it's not a speed demon, but it was never going to be. Point of View have sure it offers a bit more value for money, making it stand out from the competition.

There isn't a whole lot more you could ask for when you look for a graphics card under the $100 mark. While we would still personally recommend spending the extra money on a GeForce 9600 GSO or GT so that you could really do a bit of serious gaming, the bottom line is if you're looking for something that's cheap and is just going to put a good picture on your TV, then the Point of View GeForce 9500 GT is a hard card to pass up.