X600SE on Woot for $20!

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

If you need a BS video card to fill that void PCI-Express slot in your PC, then this is a deal worthy of looking at.

Check it out. Thought it'd be worthy to see if someone wanted one. If you don't know what Woot is, they sell a random, different item every day and just for that day at a price significantly lower than a new price.

Is this in the right place BTW?

Woot : One Day, One Deal (SM)

[Yellowhello]

Is that like a DX7 card or something? Prolly not much better than onboard, right?

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by yellowhello

Is that like a DX7 card or something? Prolly not much better than onboard, right?

Incorrect. The X600 is from the mid-range lineup of ATI's first generation PCI-Express cards (with the X300 at the low-end and the X800 at the high-end) and and features DX9 capability with PixelShader model 2.0b. This is definitely not a gamer card, but would probably at least ply some old games like original Command and Conquer titles and such. I would consider this a definite step up from most any onboard video, but not by much.

[robodude666]

Oh man! I can't wait to run games 1680 x 1050 full AA AF on this bad boy!

Hmm, well its better than the x300 in my mom's dell.

[simple_inhibition]

would free up the ram thats being used by onboard graphics for a folding machine rather nicely. $20 makes it one heck of a deal imo

[Computer-Ed]

It is a nice bump over onbaord video and offers a chance for some real 3D at low rez. I would not put this forward as a great gaming card but for $20 in a machine using onbaord video this is a good buy.

[gvblake22]

Agreed, at $20, this is actually a great deal.

[Panda Man]

HAI GUYZ! Ok anyways, its a decent deal, would be good for turning an older PC into a media center or something, and you'll be able to play more than the original C&C on it :P

Just as a sidenote, brown - I have 2 woot monkeys, the woot monkey shirt and a motion detecting pig from woot :D

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by Panda Man

...you'll be able to play more than the original C&C on it :P

Welcome back Panda Man!
Yeah, I guess you would be able to play more than just original C&Q games, but I wouldn't expect too much out of it. Looks like Half Life 2 and Doom 3 are barely playable at 800x600 on the PRO version (which undoubtedly has higher clock speeds than the SE version for sale on Woot). I can't seem to find any specific information regarding the actual clock speeds of the X600SE, but I would say it is somewhere between onboard video and a plain vanilla GeForce 6600.

[qazwsx]

the x800 I own isnt really a bad card, its good build quality and a free copy of cs: zero mission ;)