16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
BEST PCI ALL IN WONDER!, February 12, 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: ATI Technologies 100-711041 All-In-Wonder VE Radeon 7500 64MB DDR PCI Graphics Card (Personal Computers)
This chip runs with Radeon 7500 Chip, DDR memory.
Fot those who want ALL IN WONDER that does not have AGP slot this card is perfect for you.
My score in 3D mark 2001 was 5000 ponits, with Pentium 3.
I am perfectly happy, with this card games are playing much better.
Only thing missing is the Remonte controll. Other than that perfect 5 for quality and options.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great PCI card, November 24, 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: ATI Technologies 100-711041 All-In-Wonder VE Radeon 7500 64MB DDR PCI Graphics Card (Personal Computers)
Great card, comes with everything you need for analog tv tuner, s-video (in and out), and composite in/out.
It IS possible to use this in conjunction with an AGP card (i'm using the all in wonder VE with a Radeon 9700). Just go into your bios and set the PCI slot with your AIW VE as the primary graphics adapter (or let it autosearch). I currently switch between VGA (AIW VE) and DVI (Radeon 9700) as my primary display by toggling it in the control panel.
The one thing I did not like about this card was the software. YOU CANNOT USE THE TV PLAYER SOFTWARE PACKAGED WITH THE CARD WITH THE UPDATED CATALYST MULTIMEDIA CENTER. When you update the drivers, be careful not to install the updated multimedia center (or you can buy the updated MMC, which has an updated TV player for $10 from ATI).
It's a good card and has everything you need. It's a bit pricey, and the sound is usually mono (and fuzzy), but if you get stero sound for ur tv stations, sound is not a problem. I also plan to attempt to attach a entertainment system and display it on my monitor.
ATI support is also very slow and the website is not very helpful. http://www.lordsmurf.com was a helpful website.
-the audio problem seems to be fixable. Just make sure to plug the audio output (from the VE) to the audio input (not microphone) on the audio card.
-the software for recording that comes with VE for recording cannot record to DivX and does tend to gobble up a lot of HD space, but otherwise, the software is good. (comes with a TV guide with weekly downloadable files, recording software lets you set the quality of video/audio recorded, etc.)
-Regarding running this with an AGP video card: you tend to get blue screens when you switch if you have many programs running in the background. This could possibly be a driver issue (ATI...) and might not be an issue later
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'm completely satisfied!, March 9, 2004
This review is from: ATI Technologies 100-711041 All-In-Wonder VE Radeon 7500 64MB DDR PCI Graphics Card (Personal Computers)
If you are looking for a PCI graphic card with TV option, your search should stop here. This ATI AIW 64MB PCI card was a perfect solution for my Dell dimension 2400 XP home (it doesn't have AGP). First, I disabled my integrated display- installed the card- and the program/driver from the included CD (I didn't have to download from ATI), and I was watching TV on my computer in no time, and I love the GUIDE PLUS+ feature where you can click the TV program guide to select channels!! I'm sure there are plenty of powerful graphic cards out there for hardcore gamers, but this one does the job for me perfectly.
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