ATI 9700...... All In Wonder?

[SC]

Does anyone know or heard inkling of if or when there will be a 9700 series All In Wonder card?

 

[Wolfsraider]

anands article on the 9700 or 9000 listed a christmas release

 

[Peter]

Since plain 9700, according to ATi, is right on the edge of AGP 2.0 power allowance, I wouldn't hold my breath for an AIW9700. Slightly downclocked 9500 might leave enough power headroom to feed the TV circuitry. We'll see.

regards, Peter

 

[Orbius]

No they've already said the AIW 9700 will be out by the holiday season. They also said that unlike previous versions it won't be a downclocked version and may in fact be a premium higher-clocked version of the card.

 

[SC]

wooohooo can't wait.. guess I'll old off on buying that AIW 8500... or shouldnt I?

 

[tcrosson]

Don't forget the hardware MPEG2 compression!

 

[SickBeast]

IMHO it's always better to buy a seperate TV-tuner/capture card, simply because you may want to upgrade your graphics card down the line. TV-tuners don't generally go obselete. The AIW cards are pretty sexy tho.

 

[SC]

what hardware mpeg2 compression... is the 9700 series AIW gonna have it?

 

[Wolfsraider]

at this point they have stated it,but i wouldn't take that to the bank just yet,as it is or was a purposed feature and as yet no prerelease info has been made officially.=mho ymmv


they are usually right about features but ati has had to make compromises before.this time they seem more goal oriented so i hope the info is correct.what i've heard was mpeg2 higher clock than previous models and a power dvd encoder built in.but until the actual specs are released nothing is confirmed as i understand confirmed to mean

hope this helps
mike