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   #24. Posted at 07:39 PM on Jun 15th 2005, Edited at 07:41 PM on Jun 15th 2005 Edit   Reply
Porkster
With ATI talking DigitalRightsManagement as a good thing and planning to put in their hardware, I will be buying Nvidia as my next card.

I don't like having my electronics being limited or with parasite circuits placed in the hardware to help get Fat Cats stay rich.

Boycott ATI.

.
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#24, nVidia has nothing to compare against this card. Just buy th...  :  5150  (#25)  «
#24, OMG! Porkster is really Nvidiavirus!  :  Krogoth  (#26)  «
#26, Well, I guess the next step after getting all your other ...  :  jobodaho  (#27)  «
#24, Isn't Intel putting DRM in their new chips?  :  jobodaho  (#28)  «
#28, Come on, everybody's doing it.  :  totoro  (#29)  «

   #5. Posted at 01:10 AM on Jun 15th 2005, Edited at 01:10 AM on Jun 15th 2005 Edit   Reply
FireGryphon
What an interesting card -- perfect for people unwilling to move up to PCI-E.

Great review, too.
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#5, Well, there aren't any dual Opteron SFF systems with a chips...  :  Ma10n3!  (#23)  «

   #19. Posted at 02:24 PM on Jun 15th 2005 Edit   Reply
Skyline57GTR
Nice review...AIW X800XT card look good than AIW 9600XT reaiable...but still ties.
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#19, what did you say ?  :  Ricardo Dawkins  (#20)  «
#20, lol... I so want to get drunk now.  :  indeego  (#21)  «
#21, For those who don't know, Skyline's deaf, so a little ...  :  5150  (#22)  «

   #16. Posted at 10:19 AM on Jun 15th 2005 Edit   Reply
Candyman
You can now use any AIW with the Theatre 200 chip with MCE 2005. The new drivers will work and one can now use the tv tuner with MCE.
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#16, Hrm, does it work right? http://www.ati.com/products/faqs/win...  :  Dissonance  (#17)  «
#17, I thought to be MCE2005 compliant it needs to have a MPEG...  :  FroBozz_Inc  (#18)  «

   #10. Posted at 05:53 AM on Jun 15th 2005 Edit   Reply
sigher
Ever heard of NVTV though? there's still some vague effort going on at nvdia I think.
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#10, We've reviewed NVTV. It's a standalone TV tuner card, with h...  :  Dissonance  (#15)  «

   #8. Posted at 02:24 AM on Jun 15th 2005 Edit   Reply
Dposcorp
Excellent review. I am a huge fan of AIW cards, having owned 5+, but I think i'll pass though and stick with my AIW 9800Pro.
This one doesnt give me enough reason to upgrade.

I still want:
Dual DVI
Dual Tuners, with at least one being HDTV
(even if I have to use a second PCI slot),
Component INPUT as well as output.
Near silent cooling / passove cooling
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#8, Good luck getting that component input. The last I heard, ca...  :  Darkmage  (#14)  «

   #7. Posted at 02:16 AM on Jun 15th 2005 Edit   Reply
quarantined
Yeah, this is a great all-around card, but here's an interesting tidbit: A couple weeks ago, a cable guy came out to install digital cable. He checked the noise levels and told me that the AIW X800XT was feeding enough noise back into the system to screw the reception of everyone on the pedestal. I disconnected the cable from the card and the noise was cleared up. Fortunately the problem was resolved by putting a filter between the card and the cable. He suggested that the noise was most likely a result of the card's fan. Hmm...

I can't say I'm overly impressed with the AIW aspect, but I'm not using it in a htpc so it serves my purposes fine.

I can get a stable oc of 555/560 with the stock cooler, whcih gives a nice performance increase. From what I've read, a lot of people are getting good oc results with these.
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#7, Most likely the noise problem was a result of your overclock...  :  NewfieBullet  (#12)  «
#12, It's only overclocked in 3d apps by using ATITool's 3D De...  :  quarantined  (#13)  «

   #9. Posted at 03:58 AM on Jun 15th 2005 Edit   Reply
wof
"The All-in-Wonder's R420 graphics chip is identical to that of the Radeon X800 XT, as are its core and memory clock speeds, so 3D performance should on-par with the Radeon"

Has anyone tested if performance is the same for real ?
The lower price has me a bit worried ...
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#9, Performace is roughly the same according to Beyond 3D's revi...  :  NeXus 6  (#11)  «

   #6. Posted at 01:12 AM on Jun 15th 2005 Edit   Reply
house
Whoa, 55db that's loud. It pretty much kills it as a choice for my HTPC. Quietness is key, especiallly in the living room, I can't believe ATI would overlook something like that. . Fan noise would be extremely annoying during quiet scenes.
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   #2. Posted at 12:55 AM on Jun 15th 2005, Edited at 01:00 AM on Jun 15th 2005 Edit   Reply
Darkmage
A thorough job, as always.

However... I wonder if a useful comparison would be to the ATI TV Wonder Elite that you guys reviewed a couple of weeks months ago? At least to compare the video capture functionality. It would be interesting to see the practical benefits of the Theater 550 chip vs the 200 chip that's in the AIW cards.
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#2, From Page 4.... "Unfortunately, software incompatibilities pr...  :  Dissonance  (#3)  «
#3, Oh, I agree that such a comparison wouldn't be completely...  :  Darkmage  (#4)  «

   #1. Posted at 12:51 AM on Jun 15th 2005 Edit   Reply
FireGryphon
f1rs7 p0s7!!

now to read the article...
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