tweaknews.net — This card, much like its older brothers, is an excellent all around card for a the user needing an multimedia card that can also be used for gaming. To boil it down, this card has it all. It is too bad that this will be the last of a breed that has dominated the multimedia market with such force that all rivals were laughed off of the market...
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rwvolkl158Nov 30, 2006
Pretty sure they mean multimedia oriented video cards when they talk about rivals...
willhoyNov 30, 2006
I don't know about the newer models, but I've had my AGP 9600pro AIW for about 4-5 years and it never worked well with Meedio/windowsMCE/Sage. I mean graphically it has gone the distance for me, and it is my main media PC card. I believe the issue has been that the decoder for the TV signal is software based. Hardware tuner cards such as Hauppage work fine instead. Otherwise it has been exactly what i needed over the years. Buddy wants a VHS ripped, no problem. Need to hook up a VCR/PS2/XBOX/DVD/whatever to a PC, no problem. Jack of all trades, master of none.
Closed AccountNov 30, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://www.nvidia.com/page/personalcinema.html">http://www.nvidia.com/page/personalcinema.html</a>it just never had good marketing.
theaceoffireNov 30, 2006
Not wrong. Ati dropped support for my card, but didn't mention it... I had to find out from a third party site that was making modified drivers...I had nothing but grief from this card.
rampyNov 30, 2006
IMHO, keep your tuner card peanut butter out of your video card chocolate....You'll save a few duckets and probably have much better performance and flexibility down the road. (trust me on this ;) )
liquidpenguinDec 1, 2006
When I got my first PC, it used an ATI II+DVD. The funny thing? I was never able to get proper DVD support with it.Later on, I built a new PC with an Rage Fury card. The model I purchased, I purchased specifically because it had bridge support for supporting an additional VIVO daughter card. I was never able to get the daughter board (I was an early adapter of ARF). The idea was to buy the VIVO daughter card and keep it as I upgraded through later ATI GPU's. Again, I was never able to get the ATI's internal DVD decoder working properly. Later on, I obtained a Radeon 7500 for a new PC. It sucked and I eventually ended up replacing it with a Geforce 3 Ti500 later on.Not once was I ever able to use every feature of any of my ATI cards. To me, this was the major stumbling block for years. I really wanted to get a AiW, but I knew that for some lame ass reason, I was never going be able to use some specific feature and that I would end up having to buy another card and have duplicated features. Coming out of an era of multiple video cards (3Dfx Voodoo 2), shrinking PCI slot counts, and multiple HDD's, space was always at a premium.The concept of the AiW is fantastic, but ATI have always had sub-par or flaky support for the cards. With AiW out of the way, it might let nVidia fill the gap with something that's awesome.
jtmonDec 1, 2006
I used to be a total supporter of the AIW line. I've had about 3-4 different ones over the years. The drivers were always flakey at first but once installed correctly usually worked without much fuss (lucky me). But now that vista is out, half or more of us owners of AIW cards, mine being a 9600 Pro version lost the TV functionality because ATI's crappy beta driver isn't cutting it. Some people have found workarounds but there is absolutely 0 support from ATI. That plus the AMD deal have turned this one time loyal customer into a brand new Nvidia customer. Now I have to source a new TV tuner card tho...bleh.
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rockyuppalDec 1, 2006
Great Card