ATI announces ALL-IN-WONDER® VE PCI

[rbV5]

Read it Here. A PCI version based on the 7500 GPU and Theater 200 chip! Wow ATI...nice job!

 

[eplebnista]

 

[Lizardman]

definately worth looking into.

 

[oldfart]

Very nice. It even has Pinnacle Studio 8 (ATI version) bundled in.

 

[trikster2]

I have an old beater 800mhz computer I've been thinking of making into my multimedia entertainment center.

Only has PCI and I had been leaning towards the ATI 9000 radeon with a separate capture card like the ATI TV wonder.

Obviously this card would not be as strong a 3D performer as the ATI 9000.

For TV/video/capture purposes what does this card lack versus the 8500 or 9700 all in wonder variants?

 

[Lizardman]

I dont think this card lacks anything in terms of TV capture. It just doesnt have all the fancy hardware filters that the 9700 AIW has.

 

[NokiaDude]

ATI has been known forr their EXCELLENT TV output displays. I think I'll be adding a AIW VE to my X-Mas List.

 

[trikster2]

Cool these are "instock" already and available for as low as $108 shipped.

atechs new price search for AIW-VE PCI

 

[trikster2]

bump

Anyone get one of these?

 

[hcarlson]

Wow, there goes all those $200 bids for the AIW 7200s that are so rare to find in PCI versions. That is definitely a good move on ATIs part.

 

[Sxotty]

I am sure this is exciting for everyone, but does it even have a remote control?

The reason I am saying this is b/c I was like wow this is the solution to my dilema
(my dilema was wanting an awesome agp video card, and also AIW capabilities, but not pay a huge price every upgrade cycle)
then I realized that the ATI site said nothing about any remote which is total crap if you ask me, I mean what is the point?

 

[trikster2]

Sxotty

When I looked into this ages ago:

If you use the ATI card as a secondary PCI card you loose a lot of the AIW features.

Things might be different with XP, but until bill lowers his price I will never know......

 

[step-dawg]

any info on that remote? That was one of the best features of the AIW cards.

 

[rbV5]

The AIW VE does not include the remote unfortunately.

 

[trikster2]

$99 AR at compusa this weekend

Yes VA there is a St Nick!

 

[Remedy]

Has anyone had or heard of the same problem trickster has posted?

 

[trikster2]

Originally posted by: ReMeDy{WcS}
Has anyone had or heard of the same problem trickster has posted?

ATI Has:

System requirements
Intel® Pentium® 4/III/II, Celeron?, AMD K6/Athlon® or compatible with available PCI slot
64MB of system memory
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
DVD playback requires DVD drive
Interactive Program Guide requires Internet connection for listing updates
500Mhz minimum processor speed for MPEG-2 video capture
ALL-IN-WONDER® VE is required to be the primary graphics adapter in the PC

So a great card to upgrade and extend the life of an old PC. But not a great 2nd card for your existing uber PC.

 

[Mloot]

I don't know if this is a repost or not, but Rage3D did a review of the AIW VE here:

AIW VE Review

Originally posted by: trikster2
I have an old beater 800mhz computer I've been thinking of making into my multimedia entertainment center.

Obviously this card would not be as strong a 3D performer as the ATI 9000.

Actually, I think this card would outperform the Powercolor 9000 PCI. Now, I'm basing my assumption on 3DMark, so it must be taken with a grain of salt, but Rage3D's Madonion score was a good 700 points higher than mine. They got about 5000 with the AIW's stock speed of 260/250, and were able to get quite a bit higher with overclocking. Their test pc setup included a 2.4ghz P4 and 512mb pc2700. My pc has a 2.4 P4 with 512mb pc2100 and my best score on 3DMark is 4300 with a Powercolor 9000 PCI. Granted, they are using faster memory, but I don't think that would have that big an impact. And you have to keep in mind that I can run 4 tests that the AIW cannot. Another hit against the PC 9000 is that by all evidence it cannot be overclocked from its stock speed of 250/380.

 

[trikster2]

Thanks for the input mloot!

OTOH you have DVI out right?

 

[Mloot]

Yep, I've got DVI/out, but it's something I'll never use. I use a 15" CRT, so if I have the $250-300 for a cheap 15" LCD, I'll use that on a nice, much larger CRT instead. I use my PCI card strictly for gaming and I want the card that will give me the best fps in the games I play.