As mentioned, the Radeon X800 GTO features twelve pixel pipelines - But this is where things get interesting. While Sapphire's Radeon X800 GTO does indeed run with just twelve pipelines enabled by default, the moniker is there for a reason, and signifies a departure from other X800 GTO parts on the market in a number of facets - One of those facets being the ability, via a video card BIOS flash, to enable all sixteen pixel pipelines on the R480 core powering these boards without issue. Combine this with the ability to overclock the board, and you find yourself with a vast amount of performance potential at a low price