I have a Dell 2005fpw. When I got it one month ago, it had no dead pixels and acceptable, minimal backlight leakage. It just developed two dead pixels (stuck on red on a black screen) The dead pixels are far apart, and very small so they are barely noticeable, and then only when it is a dark...
The card is just an XT, but I can clock it to PE specs with no problem. I haven't tried to go any faster. Here are the specs and benchmarks for my Dimension 8200:
Original Components:
Intel Pentium 4 2.53 Ghz
512 MB RDRAM
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128 MB
40 GB Maxtor Hard Drive...
Here's the box for my new Gigabyte X800 XT next to my Dell 2005 FPW:
Here's the card next to the box:
Here's the card, front and back:
Here's the new card below my old 9700 Pro:
Here's the card installed:
Here's the old Dell that it's installed in:
NO...
5128
Not bad for a 2 1/2 year old Dell Dimension 8200!
I did do a couple of upgrades:
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_upghw&message.id=40784
I received my 2005fpw last week and I love it! The colors jump off of the screen and it is very bright and vivid. I can't find a single bad pixel and there is very minimal backilght leakage. It is MUCH nicer than my old Viewsonic A90f+. :D