the 'texture quality' thing some people have mentioned is actually a bit of a cheat by SIS. They a thing called 'texturbo' which is by default set to 3 that makes all textures poor quality in return for a performance gain. you can turn it off by hacking the registry and textures look just as good as in all other cards. i can only presume its an nvidia like job trying to improve their review scores. i have only seen one review that caught on to this fact and i have reproduced the facts myself coz i bought a xabre 400, and yes it is a very solid video card. id much rather have one than a gf4 mx, and price wise it only competes with the gf4 mx and radeon 9000. i havent tried a rad 9000 so i cant compare.
yes the drivers do suck for options. but actually the card IS fully dx 8.1 compliant