ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon X800 XT Video Card (256MB, AGP 8X, DVI, 2D/3D w/ HDTV-Out)

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Strengths: I bought this in November, and was stunned to learn that ATI would not be providing support for the TV tuner functionality within Vista.

Overall: This is a ridiculous decision by ATI. I've now had to go out and buy a new graphics card by NVIDIA in order to get my TV to work in Vista. ATI says they are phasing out the All in Wonder line, so don't buy this if you think you'll want to upgrade to Vista. Ever.

Reviewed by: lokilies

Weaknesses: Software is next to worthless.

Overall: Give yourself 15-20 minutes every Sunday to "update" TV listings. To my knowledge you can't record a channel you're not watching. Controls are buggy and counter intuitive. Difficulty deleting recorded TV. The card will not switch display from landscape to portrait when I rotate the screen. I would not buy again.

Reviewed by: kwolma

Strengths: Good fast graphics

Weaknesses: Poor TV tuner and installation process; weak drivers.

Overall: Had it about 5 months. Installation was a pain; have to install multiple pieces in right order to get all to work and no explanation given. Nvidia cards are much easier to set up. Had a 9600 All in wonder first and found out after trying to set up that it didn't work with USB sound cards. Called tech support and they advised they had been in meeting that day and figured it out. ATI drivers are unstable. I have latest drivers and still get an occasional crash from the vpu during game play or the TV tuner program. Remote stopped working without warning but says it is okay. TV guide often loads and say the day I am looking at is missing. Rarely use the TV Tuner anymore- shutters occasionally even without other tasks running on a pretty fast system. Recommend anyone buy TV tuner separate and get graphics card separate too. Been building and installing PCs for 25 years and can't say ATI has the hit the mark on their driver or installation interface.

Reviewed by: jonq97

Strengths: Close to top-of-line gaming graphics. TV is a nice feature.

Weaknesses: NOT even close to real Tivo. Remote Wonder is a complete waste if you have Dish/DirectTV/Digital Cable. Can't run F.E.A.R. at max settings.

Overall: I bought this card thinking "Oh how wonderful it will be to have TIVO on my computer!" The DVR-like function of this card is worthless. It is only good if you have basic cable. The 90% of us that have Dish/Digital Cable will find ourselves using our normal remote, and putting the Remote "Wonder" in a drawer. I have a Dell 2405FPW LCD monitor and it has PIP which I used to watch TV before I bought the All-in-wonder. Honestly the PIP of the Dell's S-video input was better quality than the ATI TV software, but being able to resize the TV window any way I want and pausing and rewinding live TV are nice All-in-Wonder features. I would not buy this again if I could pause and rewind life.

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Strengths: As far as a video card goes its very good. Cat 6.3 drivers work but MMC is a FAILURE

Weaknesses: ATI MMC 9.13 software is horrible, Have installed and uninstalled at least 10 times with different problems each time. TV and remote are the big problems and ATI support BLOWS

Overall: WHAT I SAID ABOVE SOMES IT UP TOO BAD BECAUSE I REALLY WISH I COULD GIVE 5 STARS. LOOK AT RAGE3D forums before you buy.