Just in case this makes anyone consider a Radeon HD PCI card, a PCI Radeon HD card is in fact running a PCIe card in a PCI slot. Those cards just have a PCI-to-PCIe bridge chip on-board. I used to think that a mid to high-end Radeon HD card plugged into a PCI-to-PCIe bridge was pointless, but tests performed by others show that they do, in fact, make a noticeable improvement over the low-end Radeon HD PCI cards.
Regardless, I also encourage people to get a machine with an actual PCIe slot, if they can.
Hans
I have a Sam 440 system with a Radeon 9250. I beta tested the RadeonHD driver with a PCI Radeon 4350 card. I purchased the final RadeonHD driver from Aeon. Would there be any advantage to upgrading my 9250 with the stock 4.x drivers to the HD4350 PCI (not PCI-E with an adapter) and using the RadeonHD driver that I have? I haven't tried it out yet.
