ATI 9700 Pro as Primary and All in Wonder VE as Secondary??

[Speedyturtle]

Just wondering if it is possible to use the new ATI All in Wonder VE PCI card with my Radeon 9700 Pro. I'd be using the AIW VE as a secondary card mostly for its TV Tuning and capture capabilities but I'd still want my 9700Pro as my primary display for gaming purposes. I have two monitors too so I'd be using dual display as well. How would I have to install the drivers if I get this setup? Would each card need their own drivers, ATI Control Panel and MMC software?

 

[Spicedaddy]

How about using the 9700 Pro with dual monitors, and get a PCI TV Tuner for TV and capturing?

 

[Speedyturtle]

I'd like to do that but I've heard of some incompatibilities of ATI's TV Tuners with WinXP. Also, I've considered getting either a Hauppage or Pinnacle tuner but then I wouldn't be able to use my Remote Wonder with them. Unless there are some plugins for them out there which I haven't been able to find.

 

[The_Lurker]

Originally posted by: Speedyturtle
I'd like to do that but I've heard of some incompatibilities of ATI's TV Tuners with WinXP. Also, I've considered getting either a Hauppage or Pinnacle tuner but then I wouldn't be able to use my Remote Wonder with them. Unless there are some plugins for them out there which I haven't been able to find.

I've been using an ATI TV Wonder VE w/ Win XP since it came out (dunno when that was, but a while ago). I've also used it in WIn 2k and Win 98, and i have it running in 2 seperate machines (P3 900 w/ Radeon LE and ATI TV Wonder and a ECS K7S5A, XP 1700+ and a Radeon 9000 Pro). 100% stable, no problems at all. YOu might want to use DScalar instead of the TV Wonder (looks better in DScalar) however you dun have recording capabilities.

 

[rbV5]

ATI's TV Tuners with WinXP

He is talking about the new All in Wonder Ve folks not TV Wonder Ve.

ATI's AIW TV tuners in fact work great in XP, the ALL in Wonder Ve is a PCI version of the AIW based on the Radeon 7500 GPU and using the new Theater 200 VIVO chip and Phillips tuner of the AIW 9700 pro...not even the same league as the PCI TV cards at all.

The remote wonder will work great of course, but whether the AIW will work as a secondary video card is a good question that I'd like to know the answer to as well.

 

[kylebisme]

i agree with the idea of useing a tv tuner card as oposed to an awi despite rbV5's insitence that it is off topic

 

[rbV5]

i agree with the idea of useing a tv tuner card as oposed to an awi despite rbV5's insitence that it is off topic

Sorry, I just want to know actually. A PCI TV card would be a valid choice...hey, I even just added one to my rig myself (now I have 3 tuners installed on my rig)