AIW X600 Pro (PCI-X) Why So Relatively Cheap

[mcl]

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The AIW X600 Pro I got only cost me 217. It has 256 meg RAM. That seems
cheap. What did they cut back on to keep the price down? I know there is no
remote with it. I will be trying to use my old one (see my other post).

 

[augustus]

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"mcl" <no_spam_levinemc_no_spam_@_no_spam_charter.net_no_spam> wrote in
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> The AIW X600 Pro I got only cost me 217. It has 256 meg RAM. That seems
> cheap. What did they cut back on to keep the price down? I know there is
> no remote with it. I will be trying to use my old one (see my other post).

This is basically just a 9600 Pro in PCI express formfactor. Identical
bandwidth, clock speeds, memory speeds. They didn't cut back on anything.
Same performance and basically same card as 9600 Pro

 

[mcl]

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Checked. The 9600 Pro goes for ~180 to ~205. The X600 Pro was 217 and has
twice the RAM (256). So I guess it's a good buy.

"Augustus" <augustus@wrtt.net> wrote in message
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> "mcl" <no_spam_levinemc_no_spam_@_no_spam_charter.net_no_spam> wrote in
> message newsNpMd.10093$ad2.8741@fe07.lga...
>> The AIW X600 Pro I got only cost me 217. It has 256 meg RAM. That seems
>> cheap. What did they cut back on to keep the price down? I know there is
>> no remote with it. I will be trying to use my old one (see my other
>> post).
>
> This is basically just a 9600 Pro in PCI express formfactor. Identical
> bandwidth, clock speeds, memory speeds. They didn't cut back on anything.
> Same performance and basically same card as 9600 Pro
>