ATI All In Wonder RADEON 8500 DV
Introduction
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 | AIWRADEON | AIW RADEON8500 DV | RADEON8500 | GeForce3Ti 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 |
| DirectXGeneration | 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.
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