Anybody using an ATI x700?

[flyswatta]

I might be swinging a trade for an ATI x700 pro 256 and was wondering if anybody has any experience with this card? I'm wanting to use it mainly for general PC use and for watching ATSC HD.

Any thoughts or comments would be helpful!

[flyswatta]

Well I went ahead and made the trade for the card. I thought I'd post my results for reference.

With my old card - ATI 9500 PRO 128MB, I was playing back 1080i w/ PureVideo drivers, and was running around 80-90% CPU (AMD 2100+ w/ 1 GB RAM)
With the new card, ATI x700 in the same system, also using PureVideo drivers, I'm running about 50% CPU for 1080i.

That gives me a little bit of overhead, plus I can now play Doom 3 without it being on the lowest video setting!!!