ATi slips with the X1800XL AIW

[Ronin]

It would appear that the launch date has fallen back to the 21st of November, rather than it's originally anticipated date of November 14th (the same day as the 512MB GTX release).

Source: Undisclosed.

Small bit of bad news for those of you interested in the product (which I imagine is probably not a large number).

 

[Eureka]

AIW has always been overpriced, especially for a TV Tuner and some software...

Norm

 

[KristopherKubicki]

Confirmed.

Kristopher

 

[Ronin]

You have to admit that the AIW, historically, has been a good line for ATi, and not something that nVidia never really got into.

 

[M0RPH]

Ok I'll bite. Would you mind supplying the link that says it was supposed to be launched on the 14th in the first place?

 

[natto fire]

that's too bad, but maybe anyone considering that card can spend the week deciding what a huge waste of money it is...

 

[crazydingo]

Originally posted by: M0RPH
Ok I'll bite. Would you mind supplying the link that says it was supposed to be launched on the 14th in the first place?

I suppose its under NDA but then mentioning the date isnt breaking NDA? I dont know the specifics of NDA relating to X1800AIW.

 

[KristopherKubicki]

Ok I'll bite. Would you mind supplying the link that says it was supposed to be launched on the 14th in the first place?

It was actually supposed to be the 7th. Then it got moved to the 14th. Then it got moved again. I can't say much else.

Kristopher

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: cevilgenius
AIW has always been overpriced, especially for a TV Tuner and some software...

Norm

i gotta agree with this

 

[M0RPH]

Originally posted by: KristopherKubicki

Ok I'll bite. Would you mind supplying the link that says it was supposed to be launched on the 14th in the first place?

It was actually supposed to be the 7th. Then it got moved to the 14th. Then it got moved again. I can't say much else.

Kristopher

I believe ya, but if they never announced that to the public then I guess noone will be missing it.

 

[Stoneburner]

i luh my awi 9700 pro... but i almost never use the tv tuner... but i could!

 

[Capt Caveman]

We're talking ATI here. Nothing too surprisng. Anybody know what the MSRP is supposed to be?

 

[gtx4u]

Originally posted by: cevilgenius
AIW has always been overpriced, especially for a TV Tuner and some software...

Norm

cause they got no real competition for AIW...?

 

[Eureka]

True, but what can you do with a AIW that you can't do with a 3rd-party TV tuner?

Norm

 

[Hacp]

Overpriced peice of hardware.

 

[lifeguard1999]

Originally posted by: cevilgenius
True, but what can you do with a AIW that you can't do with a 3rd-party TV tuner?

Norm

QFT

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: lifeguard1999

Originally posted by: cevilgenius
True, but what can you do with a AIW that you can't do with a 3rd-party TV tuner?

Norm

QFT

You'll have the extra pci slots and the handy dandy ATI remote

 

[gsellis]

Overpriced? You might want to look at the X800 XT AIW and consider that it has the 550 on it, does decode/encode, does VIVO, has a remote (which is good if you are on analog), and games like an XT. The price is marginally more than an XT, and that even depends on the mfgr.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Hacp

Originally posted by: lifeguard1999

Originally posted by: cevilgenius
True, but what can you do with a AIW that you can't do with a 3rd-party TV tuner?

Norm

QFT

You'll have the extra pci slots and the handy dandy ATI remote

You can always get the ATi Theater 550(?) instead. Same features, plus you can keep it when you upgrade (especially since there's now a PCIe version of it being released).

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: gsellis
Overpriced? You might want to look at the X800 XT AIW and consider that it has the 550 on it, does decode/encode, does VIVO, has a remote (which is good if you are on analog), and games like an XT. The price is marginally more than an XT, and that even depends on the mfgr.

yeah, that was/is a bargain beast