HUH?! x800GT 256MB $162 "May over o'clock to x850xt"

[EvilCloudStrife]

what the heck is this videocard.. it seems like a deal to me, but i havnt ever even heard of it:::

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch.hmx?&scriteria=aa37270

Description:

The X800 GT series is targeting at Nvidia 6500GT graphics card, to provide better performance with more reasonable price. It is a perfect complement to Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition with Dual DVI-I and S-Video output and full-featured multimedia support for analog and digital displays, including HDTV. The X800GT also features an efficient single slot design and ATI's break through image enhancement technology, including 3Dc, SmartShader HD, SmoothVision HD and HyperZ HD, to offer HIgh-Definition gaming power with unparalleled value.

Features:


X800 GT Technology Specifications

8 parallel pixel pipelines
6 parallel vertex processing engines
160 million transistors on 0.13 micron fabrication process
256-bit quad-channel GDDR3 memory interface
PCI Express x16 lane native support
MCE support
SMARTSHADER T HD

Support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware
DirectX 9.0 Vertex Shaders
Vertex programs up to 65,280 instructions with flow control
Single cycle trigonometric operations (SIN & COS)
Direct X 9.0 Extended Pixel Shaders
Up to 1,536 instructions and 16 textures per rendering pass
32 temporary and constant registers
Facing register for two-sided lighting
128-bit, 64-bit & 32-bit per pixel floating point color formats
Multiple Render Target (MRT) support
Complete feature set also supported in OpenGLR via extensions
SMOOTHVISION T HD

2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes
Sparse multi-sample algorithm with gamma correction, programmable sample patterns, and centroid sampling
Lossless Color Compression (up to 6:1)at all resolutions, including widescreen
HDTV resolutions

Temporal Anti-Aliasing
2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes
Up to 128-tap texture filtering
Adaptive algorithm with bilinear (performance) and trilinear (quality) options
3Dc T

High quality 4:1 Normal Map Compression
Works with any two-channel data format
HYPER Z T HD

3-level Hierarchical Z-Buffer with Early Z Test
Lossless Z-Buffer Compression (up to 48:1)
Fast Z-Buffer Clear
Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering
Optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions
VIDEOSHADER T HD

Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time
FULLSTREAM video de-blocking technology for Real, DivX, and WMV9 formats
VIDEOSOAP noise removal filtering for captured video
MPEG1/2/4 decode and encode acceleration
DXVA Support
Hardware Motion Compensation, iDCT, DCT and color space conversion
All-format DTV/HDTV decoding
Adaptive Per-Pixel De-Interlacing and Frame Rate Conversion (temporal filtering)
DISPLAY FEATURES

Dual integrated display controllers
Dual integrated 10 bit per channel 400 MHz DACs
Integrated 165 MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI 1.0 / HDMI compliant and HDCP ready)
Integrated TV Output support up to 1024x768 resolution
Windows Logo Program compliant
YPrPb component output for direct driver of HDTV displays
CATALYST Software Suite
Compatible with ATI's THEATER video decode and capture devices for VIVO configurations

Technical Information:


Memory & Bus Width: 256MB DDR3 256 bit
Core Speed: 475MHz
Memory Speed: 490MHz x2
Output: Dual DVI / HDTV
Interface: PCIEX16
Pixel Pipelines: 8
Direct X Support: 9.0
TV Connector: S-Video

-------------------------------------------------------------------------is this a good deal?

 

[Illuminus]

Screwed

That website/page is all messed up, probably typed by some enslaved bangladeshian boy. X800GT vs. the ubiquitous (yeah, right) 6500GT - - CLASH OF THE TITANS!!!!!

Makes no sense you may say, but it does as a matter of fact!

http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD0xNDU2

http://www.ati.com/products/radeonx800/radeonx800gt/index.html

So I guess the only messed up thing there is teh 6500 GT, now where is that at?

OH BTW: I really like to over o'clock. In one day, I can usually over o'clock about 8/9hrs by going to sleep... the time just goes by!

 

[EvilCloudStrife]

dude.. mwave is one of the highest grossing computer parts sites on the net.. i think this is for real and not a mistake

 

[diggingforgold]

May over o'clock to x850xt

Hehehe

 

[Luie]

or unlock the 8 pipelines since it is a R480 cored?
if we can unlock them, this is one sweet sweet card at a very cheap price.

 

[Gessfk]

http://www.vr-zone.com/index.cgi?i=2579&s=1

might want to take a look at that.. it sounds really nice for the price. All these damn price reductions and new cards and what not started popping up right after I spent 270 on an 800xl. Dang it.