Before I pull the trigger, anybody have any complaints about connect3d?

[Stoneburner]

They have the c3d x1800xl for $319.00 at tigerdirect.... and this is significantly cheaper than everybody else. ANybody know why?

 

[Spamdini]

no

 

[M0RPH]

Link

That's a nice deal, I would jump on it.

 

[Jon855]

Pull the trigger already and get on to it and mail it to me 🙂

 

[Stoneburner]

https://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=321338

here's an ati card for 361 with free shipping and 30 dollar rebate. I get hit with tax though but it might be useful for somebody else.

 

[RampantAndroid]

No offense...but........

You can buy a 7800GT which is easily superior to the XL for around 285 on tiger direct...

 

[Stoneburner]

i could but like i've said in other threads they are pretty similar in performance while the x1800xl's avivo could be very useful later on.

 

[RampantAndroid]

my 7800GT has component out, S-VIDEO out, composite in, S Video in.....pretty much everything for VIVO.

Pics

 

[Stoneburner]

i'm takling about encoding acceleration not VIVO. But the 7800gt is still in consideration i'm just waiting for confirmation of the enabling drivers on teh x1800's.

 

[Janooo]

If encoding is going to work nicely then it will swing some customers to ATI. That's for sure.

 

[KeepItRed]

Seems like a good but to me...Normal X1800XL go for $500+/- CAD.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Stoneburner
i'm takling about encoding acceleration not VIVO. But the 7800gt is still in consideration i'm just waiting for confirmation of the enabling drivers on teh x1800's.

Maybe if you state exactly what kind of encoding, it can be researched and we can then have an educated guess if this card is exactly what you're looking for or not.

 

[Stoneburner]

Well i primarily plan to use h.264 and xvid. I"m guessing since divx is covered xvid will be too.

http://www.chip.de/artikel/c1_artikel_17670022.html

Our Avivo XCode beta supports 11 video codecs/profiles: MPEG 1/2, VCD, S-VCD, DVD, MPEG 4 (DivX Compatible), WMV9, Portable Media Center, H.264 (AVI), MPEG-4 (Sony PSP Compatible Video) and H.264 (MP4 Apple iPod Compatible Video). So Avivo XCode is suitable for PSP and iPod Video fans as well as owners of modern cellphones - they support the H.264/3GPcodec, too.

 

[RampantAndroid]

I didn't think the videocard had any bearings on video encoing with xvid/divx? h.264 is supported in the 7800GT...and as far as decoding goes, nVidia has been shown to be MUCH better for that.

 

[esse]

Originally posted by: RampantAndroid
No offense...but........

You can buy a 7800GT which is easily superior to the XL for around 285 on tiger direct...

Color me stupid, do you have the direct link?

I could find any Evga 7800GT on Tiger (out of stock)

 

[RampantAndroid]

It was a 3d fuzion....I was never able to find it on the website...someone posted a link to it on these forums a bit ago...I'll try to find it again.

 

[stnicralisk]

Well according to Anandtech you seem better off getting the ATi card for once!