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I picked up the D40 instead of the D40x cause the only difference is 6.1mp on the d40 vs. 10 on the d40x. 6mp is enough unless your gonna print some huge posters or something with your images, Also, since the d40x has more megapixels crammed into the same sensor as the d40, it gives it more possibilities of getting noise in your image. And about the XTi, well, a lot of people say its better, but what kept me away was the price.
There are a few other differences - the main one is the pixels as you said but the D40x also has a ISO 0f 100 option - which produces less noise than the D40 -and in fact the D80 with its older sensor.
The only drawback is the fully mechanical shutter which means that the flash will only sync to a certain shutter speed - although I'm not sure what thatmeans in practice - I would assume that the shutter is too fast so you get incomplete light coverage under some conditions when shooting with the flash.