I'm more than happy with my 5550 as a gaming card. Things don't look the best, no, and they aren't as smooth as higher end cards, but a gamer doesn't need games to be pretty. I played through the first half of SC2's campaign on an AGP Nvidia 6200 and a Sempron 2800+ with 1GB DDR. Painful at times, but it was Starcraft, so I was fine with low frame rates and waiting 5+ minutes just to be able to get playing. I have no money (entry level job with a family - darn you health insurance), so I was going to be happy with integrated graphics for my upgrade. Thrilled really. But when I saw a 5550 for $30 on black Friday, I just couldn't resist. I love my little card. My monitor can only do up to 1280x1024, so I get great frame rates on mostly high settings for SC2. Please don't say no gamers would get these cards. I mean, when there's only a difference of 5 or 10 dollars for getting a much better card, sure, a gamer should jump. But I've seen a ton of great deals on these lower end cards.