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1:04 PM - 05/05/2005 by Thomas Soderstrom

Not since the introduction of ATI's All-In-Wonder 9800XT has there been a high end gaming card to suit the multimedia crowd. The All-In-Wonder X800 XT, equal in performance to the standard X800 XT, provides a TV/FM tuner, extensive software suite, complete cable kit and handy remote. A minimal price difference between the X800 XT and its All-In-Wonder counterpart (usually less than $50) makes the All-In-Wonder version an exceptional value for anyone already considering the original X800 XT. Its only weaknesses are that you'll need an optimized cable signal to use the tuner, and that channel changes are a bit slow compared to previous cards when streaming audio is employed.

Pros

  • Outstanding 3D performance in both DX9 and OpenGL applications
  • Excellent software kit
  • Very good capture quality
  • Complete cable kit
  • HDTV through the optional (free) YPrPb output cable
  • Value added features at minimal additional charge, compared to the standard X800 XT

Cons

  • Weak tuner reception requires optimized cable signals
  • Channel changing lag from forced buffering
  • High prices for both X800 XT and All-In-Wonder version
Overview
Product Name ATI All-In-Wonder X800 XT
Manufacturer ATI Technologies, Inc
Homepage ATI - Products - X800 - AIWX800XT
Graphics Processor ATI Radeon X800 XT
Codename R420
Bus Standard AGP 4x/8x
Memory 256 MB
Memory Type GDDR3
Core Clock Speed 500 MHz
Memory Clock Speed 500 MHz
Memory Bus Width 256 bit
Memory Bandwidth 32 GB/s
Pixel Pipelines 16
Vertex Shader Units 6
3D Features
DirectX Support DirectX 9.0b
Texture Filtering Bilinear
Trilinear
max 16x Anisotropic
FSAA Multi-Sampling: 2x/4x/6x
Floating Point Precision 24 bit
Outputs
VGA 1x
DVI 1x
TV-Out +
TV-Out HDTV Support +
Dual-Link DVI -
Inputs
Power Cable +
Video-In +
TV-In (Tuner) +
Audio-In +
Equipment
Cooling Cooling Fan
Adjustable Fan-Speed Automatic
Hardware-Monitoring Automatic
DVI-I -> VGA Adaptor +
Cables S-Video Cable
Composite Cable
(HDTV) YPrPb component output +
Bundle
Software Bundle Pinnacle Studio 9 (ATI edition)
Matchware Moderator 7
Serious Magic Visual Communicator
ATI DVD player (Multimedia Center)
Games Bundle none
Others/Specials Remote Wonder II
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