ATI GPU's

[veggz]

What is the difference between ATI's Radeon and All-in-Wonder lines? Which is better?

Edit: damn, wrong forum. do any of you know the answer though?

 

[intogamer]

Not much difference just added TV tuner for AIW

 

[swtethan]

i wish i had an AIW


just got this tuner card recently 🙂

 

[mordantmonkey]

if you have the space it's usually better to get a seperate tuner card. the cost difference isn't much and you can upgrade your gpu and tuner seperately.

 

[veggz]

Great, thanks a lot guys. So performance is identical (in games and such)?

 

[schneiderguy]

Originally posted by: veggz
Great, thanks a lot guys. So performance is identical (in games and such)?

as long as the two cards have the same cores & ram and are clocked the same - yes, the performance is identical

 

[uhohs]

aren't AIW cards usually/sometimes clocked lower?

 

[intogamer]

Yeah. AIW are usually used in SSF

If you could get a tuner separately

 

[ForumMaster]

only difference is that the AIW have a Tuner in them. the GPU is identical, but usually clocked lower. It's best to get a seperate tnuer and gpu. even ATI has stopped making the AIW cards.

 

[veggz]

Originally posted by: intogamer
Yeah. AIW are usually used in SSF

If you could get a tuner separately

SSF?

Edit: since they are the same GPU, couldn't I just raise the clock to the Radeon speed with no ill effects?

 

[Shawn]

Since we're talking about the AIW cards, does anyone know if these are compatable with Windows MCE? I have a WinTV card but it is not.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: veggz

Originally posted by: intogamer
Yeah. AIW are usually used in SSF

If you could get a tuner separately

SSF?

Edit: since they are the same GPU, couldn't I just raise the clock to the Radeon speed with no ill effects?

maybe, but keep in mind the x1900xt and xtx have a much more powerful cooler on them. they might also have different ram chips.


SSF if small form factor. usually very small shoe-box sized PCs that are lacking on slots. that the aiw takes only one slot for two functions is a life saver for SFFs who need to use the other slot to do something else.

 

[judasmachine]

it used to be that the AIWs were slower than their non equivelents, not so much anymore. they've improved them quite a bit from back in the day.