Radeon All In Wonder 9600

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Radeon All In Wonder 9600

 
The multimedia graphics cards of ATI are called All In Wonder. They come with different features and strength and this review is about the ATI Radeon All In Wonder 9600.

The ATI Radeon All In Wonder 9600 allows you to have many features at the tip of your fingers. After instaling everything you will have a Launch Pad where you will be able to select different options like; listening to a CD, play mp3, wave sounds, record, view and listen in stereo your TV, DVD or VCR on your computer plus record and view your Camcorder on your computer.

It can also be use for security applications since it can provide time-lapse video recording and motion-triggered video recording.

The TV features includes;

Stereo TV Tuner with 125 channels.
TV-ON-DEMAND™;
Stay on top of the live action while in TV-ON-DEMAND™ mode with the Live Preview window.
THRUVIEW™; click thru the transparent live TV window to access your desktop
MULTVIEW™; the ability to add a second tuner for Picture-in-Picture, Picture-outside-Picture, and many more features.
EAZYSHARE™
• Zoom-in
• Scheduled Viewing
• Channel Scanning
• Video recording
• Closed Captioning with Hot Words™
• Program transcript recording (North America only)

• TV MAGAZINE
• Personal Video Recorder with real-time video compression
• Interactive Program Guide (in selected countries)
• AC-3 Digital Audio playback supporting Dolby® 5.1surround sound
• Optional REMOTE WONDER™ USB RF remote control
which can work as far as 60 feet.
The power to pause live TV, get instant replays, record live broadcasts for later viewing
VideoSoap™ - next Generation filtering options for Personal Video Recordings that improve captured image quality, particularly when capturing to low bitrates.
Gemstar GUIDE Plus+™ Interactive Program Guide- allows user to view and search TV listing by category, actor/performer, or date. Schedule and record programs at the click of a mouse – all the benefits of a PVR without the monthly fees.

Remote Wonder Controller

The All In Wonder card uses the software called CATALYST™ and it is the same has the one for Gamers so it has similar features like;

The SMARTGART is a suite of testing and diagnostics tools that perform a variety of bus tests to determine the optimal settings for your ATI graphics accelerator installed in your computer.
SMARTSHADER 2.0 supports the latest Microsoft DirectX 9.0 feature sets, enabling more complex and cinematic-quality lightning effects.
SMOOTHVISION 2.1 delivers the sharpest, clearest textures, removes jaggies and brings out fine texture details without sacrificing frame rates.
The FULLSTREAM and VIDEOSHADER produce smoother looking, higher quality video and steaming Internet content without putting extra strain on th cpu.Because the card support Dual Monitors, the HYDRAVISION in CATALYST has Features like -Transparent windows and menus
- "Always-on-Top"
- Multi-Desk properties
- Cycle through desktops view
- Move To Monitor
- Internet Explorer extension that will help you manage everything in an easy way.

The card also features, Theater 200 which is single chip analog video and stereo audio processor and it is supported worldwide in order to provide you with superior video and audio quality.

Also included in the package; Movee autoproducer DVD Edition and that allows you to quickly and easily create home music video plus Pinnacle Studio 8 SE is to create your own movie productions.

Since your card has the ability to input or output everything either with a composite or the HDTV connection you have many combinaiton that you can choose when you manage your Multimedia Center.

ATI Radeon All In Wonder 9600 does not have the FM tuner featured and it does not support a flat panel. Since the TV tuner is analog and not digital it only support 125 channels.

ATI Radeon All In Wonder 9600 even though is not the high end product of its line it does offer you many features that regroup all of the most often used multimedia elements in your computer plus it is strong enought to play the latest Window games with it as well.

Also If you think all these features might be a bit overwhelming for you do not worry in the package it includes clear intructions plus if you need more help you can always call them ATI has the best telephone support where you can actually talk to someone that will help you out.

Theater 200 Chip

Notes
92%

Manufacturer
ATI

VPU=Visual Processing Unit
RADEON 9600

Memory
128 DDR

AGP = Accelerated Graphics Port
4X-8X

Specification

• Third generation 4-pixel pipeline architecture.
• Support for AGP 8X specification.
• 256-bit DDR memory interface
• Support Direct 3D
® and OpenGL® applications
• High resolution in 3D up to 2048x1536
• Dual display support
• Supports TV-Out to connect your PC to your TV or VCR.

Minimum Requirements

• Windows Me, 2000 and XP
• Intel Pentium 4/III/II/Celeron
• AMD K6/Athlon or compatible with AGP 8X, 4X slot
• 128 MB
• 1 GHz
• DVD Playback requires DVD drive
• Sound card with a line input
• USB port

Connectors

• Dual VGA
• Stereo audio, S-video and composite video inputs and outputs
• External stereo connections to sound card's line input and output
• Dolby digital stereo audio output (S/PDIF)

Display Support

• Dual display (VGA and VGA) simultaneously connected with a TV or VCR
• Independent resolution and refresh rate for any two dconnected displays

Display Modes

Resolutions, colors and maximum refresh rates (Hz) in 256, 65K or 16.7M colors

Monitor Resolution

Hz

640x480

120

800x600

120

1024x768

120

1152x864

120

1280x1024

120

1600x1200

85

1920x1080

75

1920x1200

75

1920x1440

75

2048x1536

60

Maximum 3D Resolutions

65K colors

2048x1536

16.7M colors

2048x1536

Warranty

3 years Limited

     

Radeon All In Wonder 9600

 

 

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