New AIWs: 9600XT, 9600, 9200

[leocanuck]

Looks like this PR slipped under the radar. I have only seen it at rage3d.

Leocanuck

Press Release - 2004
ATI Delivers Personal Video Recording To The PC For Every Budget


Three new ALL-IN-WONDER® solutions also offer easy video editing and amazing video graphics for great game play

Monday, January 26, 2004

MARKHAM, Ontario ? Watching TV on your PC has never been more affordable thanks to new additions to the ALL-IN-WONDER® family of video graphics cards. ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) today announced ALL-IN-WONDER® 9600XT, ALL-IN-WONDER® 9600, and ALL-IN-WONDER® 9200. These new graphics cards offer exciting personal video recording of favorite television programs, easy-to-use video editing, and amazing graphics for great gaming experiences at prices for any consumer?s budget.

The family of best-in-class multimedia video cards, featuring ALL-IN-WONDER® 9800 PRO, now includes several new additions. ALL-IN-WONDER 9600XT delivers more multimedia features for customers by offering the fastest RADEON? 9600 series performance with a graphics engine clocked at 525 MHz and 128 MB of memory running at 650 MHz. At USD$299, this new multimedia solution includes FM-ON-DEMAND? to receive and record favorite FM radio stations, dual VGA monitor support, the second generation and completely redesigned REMOTE WONDER? II, integrated DVD authoring and burning, and MULTIMEDIA CENTER? 8.8.

Designed as the value-oriented multimedia video card for everyone, ALL-IN-WONDER 9600, available at USD$199, offers full-featured DirectX® 9 hardware support without any sacrifice in performance to play the most graphically-demanding computer games. This mainstream ALL-IN-WONDER includes REMOTE WONDER, dual VGA monitor support for twice the screen content, integrated DVD burning that saves time in storing multimedia content, and MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.8 that features support for MPEG-4 for high quality video capture, EAZYLOOK?, and EAZYSHARE? for home networked access to multimedia content.

As a first for Wal-Mart customers in the United States, ALL-IN-WONDER 9200 is now available at a manufacturer?s suggested retail price of USD$149. Customers will be able to enjoy the great affordable features of this multimedia video card: great game play with RADEON? 9200 graphics; easy home movie video editing with connectivity for VCRs and camcorders; MULTIMEDIA CENTER 8.8 with EAZYLOOK to create a true large screen home theater experience; and, easy-to-use DVD burning to archive multimedia content. ALL-IN-WONDER 9200 also supports REMOTE WONDER, the ATI remote control for easy access to computer programs, available as a specially priced upgrade.

?ATI is offering affordable ALL-IN-WONDER products to a wide range of consumers including students and families as well as new technology followers,? said Godfrey Cheng, Director of Marketing, Multimedia Products, ATI Technologies Inc. ?With these new products, ATI is bringing high end features to the mass market, including the DirectX 9 enabled ALL-IN-WONDER 9600 at an amazing $199. These new ALL-IN-WONDER offerings give consumers the combination of amazing multimedia PC capabilities with ATI?s award-winning graphics and continue the ?family? tradition as the best digital multimedia PC upgrade.?

 

[PCHPlayer]

Too bad they didn't add DVI to the AIW 9600XT. That would have made a buyer out of me.

 

[Pete]

The extra speed is interesting, though. I wonder if clocking AIWs higher than their non-AIW brethren results in more sales, or if people even know they're buying a faster card.

 

[LuckyStrike1]

Any idea when we can expect to see these cards on the shelf?

 

[agent2099]

Originally posted by: PCHPlayer
Too bad they didn't add DVI to the AIW 9600XT. That would have made a buyer out of me.

Indeed. Strange that the 9600 all in wonders are the only ones without DVI. The AIW cards before it had DVI, and the ones after it (AIW 9700 and AIW 9800) have DVI. It's a pitty too because the 9600 level cards are in my price range.

Any idea how the 9200 compares to the rest? I seems to be a bit better than an 8500 but not as good as the 9600.

 

[Blain]

I can live without the FM tuner, but is the AIW 9700 Pro $22 better than the AIW 9600XT?
The AIW 9700 Pro is fitted with the Theater 200 chip... is that worth the extra $22?

Thanks

 

[Todd33]

I would think the 3D alone is worth $22, isn't the normal 9700pro $30-$40 more than the 9600XTs?

 

[agent2099]

Originally posted by: Blain
I can live without the FM tuner, but is the AIW 9700 Pro $22 better than the AIW 9600XT?
The AIW 9700 Pro is fitted with the Theater 200 chip... is that worth the extra $22?

Thanks

Blain do you know much about the Theater 200 chip? Does it provide better video quality than the AIW cards that do not have the Theater 200 chip?

It seems the 9700 AIW line (both the regular AIW 9700 and the Pro version) is the only line to have the Theater 200 chip. Neither the AIW9800 nor the AIW 9600 and lower AIW cards have the Theater 200.

 

[Blain]

* AIW 9700 Pro @ Compuserve via Pricewatch = $290.80 shipped
* AIW 9600XT @ Allstar Shop = $268 shipped

Both are "Retail" versions.


BTW, You're right about the Theater 200 chip. I didn't even notice that the AIW 9800 Pro didn't have it listed as a feature. I wonder why?

Edit: The Tech Report (cached) Hot Hardware (cached)
I like Googles "Cached" option because I don't have to read the whole page to see the words I'm searching for.

 

[rbV5]

It seems the 9700 AIW line (both the regular AIW 9700 and the Pro version) is the only line to have the Theater 200 chip. Neither the AIW9800 nor the AIW 9600 and lower AIW cards have the Theater 200

All the AIW 9xxx cards use the Theater 200, as well as the AIW VE based on the 7500 chip. They quit using the older Rage theater with the AIW 8500 cards.

 

[Blain]

True... I just ran across this Hot Hardware review of the AIW 9800 Pro. The review states that card does have the "Theater 200" chip.