Recent content by atom t

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    6600GT or X800GT?

    The ATI site clearance is refurbished X800 Pro which have 12 pipes whlle the Canada computer pricing is for X800GT which have only 8 pipes.
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    6600GT or X800GT?

    It is $229 for Canadians before shipping.
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    9600Pro to a x800XL?

    The 6800gt is by far superior to the x800pro. We're talking up to 50% faster in all games i've seen benchmarked with a few D3D exceptions. Doom 3 is 20-30fps, 20+ faster in pacific fighters, etc. link to THG benchmarks. Which jungle did you just swung out of? You gave us a link that show...
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    Tv-Tuner Card

    Just stick in a tuner card to any of the PCI slots. If you do not want to open case out, u get a external USB2 tuner. I prefer PCI based because it is more responsive. If you want to use TIVO like features, get one with a hardware encoder so that CPU utilization is lower. ATI Theater 550 Pro...
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    9600Pro to a x800XL?

    This is a great deal X800 Pro for $179. It is approx the same performance as X800XL. Probably a bit faster in older games but a bit slower in newer games that makes heavy use of pixel shaders. 12 pipelines but higher clock speed (475MHz) http://shop.ati.com/searchresults.asp?dept_id=39