All-in-Wonder

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Release date1996–2006, 2008

The All-in-Wonder (also abbreviated to AIW) was a combination graphics card/TV tuner card designed by ATI Technologies. It was introduced on November 11, 1996. [1] ATI had previously used the Wonder trademark on other graphics cards (ATI Wonder series), however, they were not full TV/graphics combo cards (EGA Wonder, VGA Wonder, Graphics Wonder). ATI also made other TV oriented cards that use the word Wonder (TV Wonder, HDTV Wonder, DV Wonder), and remote control (Remote Wonder). The All-in-Wonder line debuted with the Rage chipset series. The cards were available in two forms, built by third-party manufacturers (marked as "Powered by ATI") as well as by ATI itself ("Built by ATI").

Contents

Each of the All-in-Wonder Radeon cards is based on a Radeon chipset with extra features incorporated onto the board. AIW cards run at lower clock speeds (two exceptions are the AIW 9600XT/AIW X800XT faster/same speed) than their conventional counterparts to reduce heat and power consumption. [2] In June 2008, AMD revived the product line with an HD model. [3]

Accessories

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All-in-Wonder HD Graphics and TV Tuner Card with Accessory Kit
All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500 DV ATI All-in-Wonder 8500DV.jpg
All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500 DV

The cards use a variety of specialised ports along the side to provide output to televisions, with the retail version equipped with composite ports and the ability to output to component. Later products also comes with a Remote Wonder remote control and a USB RF receiver to receive radio frequency signals from the remote. Some variants of the All-in-Wonder included FM radio tuning as well. Some analog tuners were bundled with Gemstar's Guide Plus+ electronic program guide for TV listings, while digital tuners used TitanTV instead.

Drivers

The AIW card drivers are based on ATI's Catalyst drivers with additional T200 unified stream drivers. Currently, the only operating systems fully supporting TV capture with these cards are Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, 98, and 95. Display drivers work on Linux, and TV capture is supported on some cards with the GATOS project. [4]

Lineup

Retail nameChipset based onVariantsDigital/analog signal AVIVO Available interfaceIntroduction date [5] [6]
All-in-Wonder HD [7] Radeon HD 3650(Generic only)Digital/analogYes PCI Express 2.0June 26, 2008
All-in-Wonder X1900 [8] Radeon X1900(Generic only)Digital/analogYes PCI Express January 24, 2006
All-in-Wonder X1800 XL [9] Radeon X1800 XLDigital/analogYesPCI ExpressNovember 21, 2005
All-in-Wonder 2006 PCI Express [10] Radeon X1300(Generic only)Digital/analogYesPCI ExpressDecember 22, 2005
All-in-Wonder X800Radeon X800GT, XL, [11] XT [12] Analog(/digital on GT)NoPCI Express, AGP September 9, 2004 (XT)
All-in-Wonder X600 Pro [13] Radeon X600 ProAnalogNoPCI ExpressSeptember 21, 2004
All-in-Wonder 9800Radeon 9800SE, Pro [14] AnalogNoAGPApril 7, 2003
All-in-Wonder 9700Radeon 9700 ProRegular, [15] Pro [16] AnalogNoAGPSeptember 30, 2002
February 25, 2003 (Europe, Pro variant)
All-in-Wonder 9600Radeon 9600XT, [17] Pro, [18] Regular [19] AnalogNoAGPAugust 5, 2003 (Pro)
January 6, 2004 (Regular, XT)
All-in-Wonder 9200Radeon 9200AnalogNoAGP, PCIJanuary 26, 2004
All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro [20] Radeon 9000 ProAnalogNoAGPMarch 31, 2003
All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500Radeon 8500Regular, [21] 128MB, DV [22] AnalogNoAGPAugust 30, 2001 (DV)
All-in-Wonder Radeon 7500 [23] Radeon 7500AnalogNoAGPJanuary 22, 2002
All-in-Wonder VE [24] Radeon 7000AnalogNo PCI December 2, 2002
February 25, 2003 (Europe)
All-in-Wonder Radeon [25] Radeon 7200AnalogNoAGP, PCIJuly 31, 2000
All-in-Wonder 128 [26] 3D Rage 128Regular, ProAnalogNoAGP, PCIJanuary 25, 1999
All-in-Wonder Pro [27] 3D Rage ProAnalogNoAGP, PCIOctober 20, 1997
All-in-Wonder [28] 3D Rage II+2MB, 4MBAnalogNoPCINovember 11, 1996

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