ATI ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 PRO Graphics Card

The ATI 9700 All in Wonder is an...

Strengths: Remote control, beautiful graphics, fast application switching.

Weakness: Overheats my tower and the fan is noisey.

The ATI 9700 All in Wonder is an excellent video card. It's rare that I find a game that can slow this puppy down.
I did have to rearange my PCI cards and add a fan to keep my tower cool.
The graphics are worth it.
The original drivers were very buggy, but ATI's updates fixed it right up.
I'm very happy with this card.

By Bubbasmythe - Mar 28, 2004

Originally i was after the FX...

Strengths: Better quality than what i had

Weakness: installation

Originally i was after the FX series cards that bombed.So ATI took its place.I just happend to be building a new system at the time that needed a very good video card. P4 2.8 , Asus P4G8X deluxe MB ,SounbBlaster AudigyII Platinum , LogitechTHX Surround Sound,2 High Speed Western Digital 80G HD, Dual Boot WIN98 , XP .SONY CD-Rw , Sony DVD player.Corsair DDRII PC 2700 LL memory ,ANTEC 500 wat PS.I...
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Originally i was after the FX series cards that bombed.So ATI took its place.I just happend to be building a new system at the time that needed a very good video card. P4 2.8 , Asus P4G8X deluxe MB ,SounbBlaster AudigyII Platinum , LogitechTHX Surround Sound,2 High Speed Western Digital 80G HD, Dual Boot WIN98 , XP .SONY CD-Rw , Sony DVD player.Corsair DDRII PC 2700 LL memory ,ANTEC 500 wat PS.I had alot of headaches installing this card with the crappy CD drivers.Not to mention the Fast writes conflict with the the MB chipset.Multiple Crashing lock up s etc...But once the developers got to work on the drivers (FINALLY) The card screams.Everyone complained about the Dustbuster but ATI wasnt up to par at the time either.All said and done its a very good card that needs a bigger heatsink. Some of my Madonion 3DMark scores 800x600x32 defaults 16800
640x480x16 18500 , 1040x720x32 15490.Well worth the money just be prepaired :)

By slimwizard - Sep 29, 2003

I am a computer system builder,...

Strengths: It's quite sturdy, physically... Strong card.

Weakness: Doesn't work too well for viewing composite video output

I am a computer system builder, and have tried almost every all-in-wonder offering through these last years... In every case, from windows 98 to XP ATI has failed to make stable software or capable drivers. If you want a basic card that will record video, and are happy with the occasional crash and tackiness of user interface- if you don't mind buying from a company who's customer service # is a...
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I am a computer system builder, and have tried almost every all-in-wonder offering through these last years... In every case, from windows 98 to XP ATI has failed to make stable software or capable drivers. If you want a basic card that will record video, and are happy with the occasional crash and tackiness of user interface- if you don't mind buying from a company who's customer service # is a 1-900 (paid) call, then go ahead and take one for the team. Here's what ATI needs to do if they want to not make something as awful as this card: Bundle an established PVR like an intervideo, snapstream, or showshifter product... Focus on the drivers... Allow for variable over/underscan adjustments (to eliminate the black bars on top and bottom that occurs on EVERY ATI composite output display). You'll probably wind up buying this card, since you may think it's your only choice but if you expect reliability, you'll be disappointed. I'm currently looking into the Nvidia personal cinema, or maybe a combination of a WDM capable tuner card and a good way of converting SVGA or Svideo to composite. All in wonder cards are generally a nightmare to work with, and this one is no exception.

By Uruguayo - Sep 16, 2003

Well Lets say I play Counter...

Strengths: YEs this might be one of the most powerfull video cards for home users, but I got to say im disapointed!!!

Weakness: Every game i ran it keeps on freezing up !!!

Well Lets say I play Counter Strike or quake or any other 3rd person shooting game. I play for a while and than without no reason my PC freezes up. I'm running Windows Xp Professional on: (Pentium 2.4 Ghz, 1024 MB of RAM,ASUS 8x AGP motherboard etc.) I have downloaded the newest drivers that ATI may offer on their web side and still same scenario happens to my PC. I spoke to many people about...
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Well Lets say I play Counter Strike or quake or any other 3rd person shooting game. I play for a while and than without no reason my PC freezes up. I'm running Windows Xp Professional on: (Pentium 2.4 Ghz, 1024 MB of RAM,ASUS 8x AGP motherboard etc.) I have downloaded the newest drivers that ATI may offer on their web side and still same scenario happens to my PC. I spoke to many people about this they seem to giving me ideas, but none of them worked. I'm just hoping for ATI to work on their drivers much better before they expose them to their customers.

Few more things, the event viewr shows nothing, but yes i had once an error message regarding my videocard, but It was a while ago and I can't remember now.

By Artur1980 - Mar 20, 2003

As a 3D gaming card this baby is...

Strengths: Speed, speed, speed. Great 3D. Amazing gaming. Did I say this card is FAST!

Weakness: Problems for me with the TV Tuner. Poor picture quality and won't pick up all my cable channels (1-6). Issues with the packaged Studio 8 Software by Pinnacle. Runs HOT.

As a 3D gaming card this baby is SWEET. I have a MIS K7N2 with a 1.3 Duron. No problems with the install on a clean XP Pro Sp1. The remote is great for DVDs but the mouse cursor moves slow even on the fastest setting. I haven't had success with the quality of the TV tuner. It doesn't pick up all my channels and those it does don't look near as good as plugging directly into the TV. Since I've not...
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As a 3D gaming card this baby is SWEET.

I have a MIS K7N2 with a 1.3 Duron. No problems with the install on a clean XP Pro Sp1. The remote is great for DVDs but the mouse cursor moves slow even on the fastest setting.

I haven't had success with the quality of the TV tuner. It doesn't pick up all my channels and those it does don't look near as good as plugging directly into the TV. Since I've not worked with a TV tuner before I don't know how great of quality you can have with a tuner card though.

The record feature (the mini TIVO) would be awesome if I could get a better picture. However, my issues might be with the cable splicing in my home(we have cable and DSL) and not the card -- still if it comes to my TV it should come through the card!

The card is buggy with the bundled Studio 8 software. DV capture is good but having a lot of problems with Analog (VHS) capture. The ATI and Pinnacle partnership is a new one so I hope they will work this out.

As for gaming this thing is AMAZING. Great scores on 3D Mark2001 and Morrowind looks INCREDIBLE. Other games as well.

If you're looking for THE gaming card this is it (well the 9700 series at least). I will be THRILLED with the AIW if I can get the tuner to function, and Pinnacle and ATI get the video capture/compatibility issues fixed. Otherwise the regular 9700 would have been a better for me. Even a GeForce card for gaming and a good video capture card -- so the jury is still out on the AIW.

By Hoopman - Mar 2, 2003