Preview: ATI's All In Wonder 9700 PRO

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Introduction, Continued

Until now, the biggest drawback of All In Wonder cards was their 3D performance, which was lower compared to the standard cards with the same chip. In the past ATI used slower, and therefore cheaper, memory chips on the AIWs. Coupled with the lower core clock speed, this led to degraded 3D performance. Those times are finally over - the All In Wonder 9700 now runs at the same memory and core speeds as the standard Radeon 9700 PRO.

Below, you can see how the All In Wonder 9700 PRO compares to its predecessors:

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Chip Name ATI AIW RADEON 7500 ATI AIW RADEON 8500 DV ATI AIW RADEON 8500 ATI AIW 9700 PRO
Core RV200 R200 R200 R300
Manuf. Process 0.15 Micron 0.15 Micron 0.15 Micron 0.15 Micron
Chipclock 260 MHz 230 MHz 275 MHz 325 MHz
Memoryclock 360 MHz (DDR) 380 MHz (DDR) 550 MHz (DDR) 620 MHz (DDR)
Memory Type SGRAM SGRAM SGRAM BGA
Memory Bus 128Bit DDR 128Bit DDR 128Bit DDR 256Bit DDR
Memory Size 64 MB 64 MB 128 MB 128 MB
RAMDAC (S) 2x 400 MHz 2x 400 MHz 2x 400 MHz 2x 400 MHz
Bus interface AGP 1x/2x/4x AGP 1x/2x/4x AGP 1x/2x/4x AGP 1x/2x/4x/8x
T&L 2rd Generation 3rd Generation 3rd Generation 4th Generation
DirectX Generation DX7 DX8 DX8 DX9
Pixel Shader No Yes Yes Yes
Vertex Shader No Yes (2) Yes (2) Yes (4)
Truform No Yes Yes Yes
Render Pipelines 2 4 4 8
Textures per Pipe 3 3 3 1
TV-Tuner Yes Yes Yes Yes
Video In / Out YesRage Theater YesRage Theater YesRage Theater YesTheater 200
TV-Out DualView Yes Yes Yes Yes
IEEE 1394 Firewire No Yes No No
Remote Controll Yes (RF) Yes (RF) Yes (RF) Yes (RF)
Price Official: $149 Official: $199 Official: $299 Less than $500
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