AIW X600: X == eXperimental?

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I upgraded to an Asus P5GD1 motherboard so I could use the
current Pentium chip with the improved memory protection.
I got an ATI AIW x600 PCI Express to go with it. I had
been using various AIW cards over the years including the 7500
and 9600.

The video breaks up into thin vertical stripes from time
to time. Each breakup lasts from a moment to a few seconds.
Video capture and snapshots are affected as is the display.

Google Earth does strange things when slewing or zooming.
Some applications no longer print properly.

The FM application is definitely eXperimental. The tuner
tunes Channel six audio and claims it is stereo. I can hear
no channel separation on FM stereo, confirmed by A-B comparison.
MP3 files are recoeded with stereo format but no audible
separation. Scheduled recording rarely works.

I'm on my second AIW X600 card. It has the same problems
the first one did.

Does this card need a redesign, or is it all in the software?

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Chuck Forsberg caf@omen.com www.omen.com 503-614-0430
Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software"
10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665

 

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Ditch the AIW and get a separate PCI TV tuner/video-capture card, which can
survive multiple upgrades of your primary video card. Better the devil you
know, than the devil you don't...

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"Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R" <caf@omen.com> wrote in message
newsan.2005.09.11.18.43.40.479871@omen.com...
>I upgraded to an Asus P5GD1 motherboard so I could use the
> current Pentium chip with the improved memory protection.
> I got an ATI AIW x600 PCI Express to go with it. I had
> been using various AIW cards over the years including the 7500
> and 9600.
>
> The video breaks up into thin vertical stripes from time
> to time. Each breakup lasts from a moment to a few seconds.
> Video capture and snapshots are affected as is the display.
>
> Google Earth does strange things when slewing or zooming.
> Some applications no longer print properly.
>
> The FM application is definitely eXperimental. The tuner
> tunes Channel six audio and claims it is stereo. I can hear
> no channel separation on FM stereo, confirmed by A-B comparison.
> MP3 files are recoeded with stereo format but no audible
> separation. Scheduled recording rarely works.
>
> I'm on my second AIW X600 card. It has the same problems
> the first one did.
>
> Does this card need a redesign, or is it all in the software?
>
> --
> Chuck Forsberg caf@omen.com www.omen.com 503-614-0430
> Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
> Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software"
> 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665
>

 

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I had the exact same issue with the FM stereo. Everything else worked fine,
but NO FM stereo. And the retards at ATI "support" suggested the usual
nonsense garbage that had NOTHING to do with the problem. Funny thing, I put
an ATI TV WONDER ELITE in the system and FM Stereo is WONDERFUL.

"Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R" <caf@omen.com> wrote in message
newsan.2005.09.11.18.43.40.479871@omen.com...
|I upgraded to an Asus P5GD1 motherboard so I could use the
| current Pentium chip with the improved memory protection.
| I got an ATI AIW x600 PCI Express to go with it. I had
| been using various AIW cards over the years including the 7500
| and 9600.
|
| The video breaks up into thin vertical stripes from time
| to time. Each breakup lasts from a moment to a few seconds.
| Video capture and snapshots are affected as is the display.
|
| Google Earth does strange things when slewing or zooming.
| Some applications no longer print properly.
|
| The FM application is definitely eXperimental. The tuner
| tunes Channel six audio and claims it is stereo. I can hear
| no channel separation on FM stereo, confirmed by A-B comparison.
| MP3 files are recoeded with stereo format but no audible
| separation. Scheduled recording rarely works.
|
| I'm on my second AIW X600 card. It has the same problems
| the first one did.
|
| Does this card need a redesign, or is it all in the software?
|
| --
| Chuck Forsberg caf@omen.com www.omen.com 503-614-0430
| Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
| Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software"
| 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665
|

 

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On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 17:08:12 -0400, "First of One" <daxinfx@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Ditch the AIW and get a separate PCI TV tuner/video-capture card, which can
>survive multiple upgrades of your primary video card. Better the devil you
>know, than the devil you don't...
>
Agreed on all counts.
AIW cards are low-grade all-things-to-all-people hacks. Use
dedicated high-quality hardware for the RF/TV/capture functions
even if it takes up an extra card space and requires a few extra
cables.

John Lewis