Soooo excited...got my AIW 8500 today...any tips?

[bmacd]

I'm sooo excited...finally got my AIW 8500 card from beviet here on AT. If you're looking to do business with the guy, he's a great guy...i'll leave him ++ feedback tonight. Should i upgrade the drivers? Any software that i should *NOT* install? Any other tips?

-=bmacd=-

 

[Quixfire]

Excellent, I have a 7500 AIW and just started capturing video last night. I would download the Catalyst Drivers from ATI. But you will need to install the AIW suite from the disk to get all the features to work correctly. Well at least I did.

 

[Krye]

wrong forum no?
But besides that, don't install any spyware. It'll slow down your system.

 

[radioouman]

Just download the latest drivers from ATI. I bought a new AIW8500 just before Christmas, and the driver that shipped didn't work well with some games. The driver on the website was better.

 

[bmacd]

ttt

-=bmacd=-

 

[777php]

I have a AIW 8500DV and I'm using it for a HTPC, I haven't gotten around to it yet but go and download Girder so you can program your Remote Wonder buttons.

 

[james88]

I'm sooo excited...finally got my AIW 8500 card from beviet here on AT. If you're looking to do business with the guy, he's a great guy...i'll leave him ++ feedback tonight.

how much did you pay for it? I'm looking for the same card or a aiw 7500!

 

[Furor]

http://www.dscaler.com

If you want to record stuff, consider Cyberlink PowerVCR, it's much better quality than ATI's MMC, and you can use the EPG from Titan TV

Almost forgot, Rage3D All in Wonder Forums are a good source of information for just about everything.

 

[Quixfire]

Originally posted by: james88

I'm sooo excited...finally got my AIW 8500 card from beviet here on AT. If you're looking to do business with the guy, he's a great guy...i'll leave him ++ feedback tonight.

how much did you pay for it? I'm looking for the same card or a aiw 7500!

I paid 110 for my 7500 AIW back in August, Amazon had a deal on it.

 

[Mday]

if you already have a dvd program, dont install any of the programs to play any files.

 

[brtspears2]

Open up the tvguide. Find shows that you liked "back in the day". Record them...

<-- proud owner of every episode of saved by the bell 😱

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: brtspears2


<-- proud owner of every episode of saved by the bell 😱

This is something I would never tell anyone.

KK

 

[BillGates]

Go play some games - you probably aren't going to see a big difference vs. your old vid card neffing on the forums!

 

[james88]

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I'm sooo excited...finally got my AIW 8500 card from beviet here on AT. If you're looking to do business with the guy, he's a great guy...i'll leave him ++ feedback tonight.
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how much did you pay for it? I'm looking for the same card or a aiw 7500!
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I paid 110 for my 7500 AIW back in August, Amazon had a deal on it.

Ok thanks but it is $133 now in Amazon!
But I found the All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV 64MB DDR NTSC/DVD/FIREWIRE/DVI-I for $150 after rebate and is really tempting!

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This is something I would never tell anyone.

ha ha, me too

 

[Kaervak]

Nice card. I've got the vanilla 8500 myself. Just did a fresh install on my system cause I nuked DirectX. Whoops. Grab yourself a copy of ragetweaker and hit up the rage3d forums. Tons of info for getting the best out of your card.

 

[oLLie]

home made pron.

 

[NokiaDude]

Start capuring Inu Yasha on Cartoon Network at high quality. And also Futurama, you will be a god on P2P. 😀

 

[masterxfob]

eh, it seems the fella you got the card from is getting screwed by Thecurse

 

[SP33Demon]

The 8500DV is powered down as opposed to the regular speeds of the 8500 line... so I'd download a utility called Powerstrip and overclock it, if you're having trouble playing games... the fastest I could OC it was 275/225... I think stock is like 250/200... have a fan near the chip too, it gets HOT.

Software wise, it was a major PITA for me, always have to have the latest and greatest drivers, but don't let that discourage you. The Remote Wonder was cool as all hell, and I actually miss it (saving up for the 9700 AIW)...

~Rob 🙂