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ATI All In Wonder RADEON 8500 DV

12:06 PM - December 11, 2001 by Lars Weinand

The Canadian graphics chip and graphics card manufacturer presents a new flagship product in its 'All In Wonder' Series, the All In Wonder RADEON 8500 DV.

This is a name with tradition. ATI has been offering cards of the All In Wonder flavor for a long time, which strive to be more than just your simple graphics card. These cards are equipped with a wide variety of multimedia components. A TV tuner, for example, turns the card into a TV center for the household.

Other inputs include S-video and composite video, as well as the newest feature, two IEEE 1394 FireWire ports, which allow DV cameras to be connected digitally for the first time. For sound playback, the integrated sound card is used.

Graphic Card Comparsion
Chip Name	AIW RADEON	AIW RADEON 8500 DV	RADEON 8500	GeForce3 Ti 500
Core	-	R200	R200	NV 20
Manuf. Process	0.18 Micron	0.15 Micron	0.15 Micron	0.15 Micron
Chipclock	166 MHz	230 MHz	275 MHz	240 MHz
Memoryclock	333 MHz (DDR)	380 MHz (DDR)	550 MHz (DDR)	500 MHz (DDR)
Memory Type	SDRAM/SGRAM	SGRAM	SDRAM	SDRAM
Memory Bus	128Bit DDR	128Bit DDR	128Bit DDR	128Bit DDR
Memory Size	32 MB	64 MB	64 MB	64 MB
RAMDAC (S)	350 MHz	2x 400 MHz	2x 400 MHz	350 MHz
Businterface	AGP 1x/2x/4x	AGP 1x/2x/4x	AGP 1x/2x/4x	AGP 1x/2x/4x
T&L	2nd. Generation	3rd. Generation	3rd. Generation	3rd. Generation
DirectX Generation	DX7	DX8	DX8	DX8
Pixel Shader	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vertex Shader	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Truform	No	Yes	Yes	No
Render Pipelines	2	4	4	4
Texturen per Pipe	3	3	3	2
TV-Tuner	Yes	Yes	No	No
Video In / Out	Yes	Yes	TV-Out only	Yes*
TV-Out DualView	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
IEEE 1394 Firewire	No	Yes	No	No
Remote Controll	No	Yes (RF)	No	No

* Optional, depends on the model

In addition to the S-video and composite video outputs, there is also digital S/PDIF output, which allows connection to an external AC-3 decoder for Dolby Digital sound with DVD playback.