Joey04 Posted September 11, 2004 Posted September 11, 2004 I was trying to figure out the major differences between the Radeon 9800 Pro and the 9800 All-In-Wonder. Here is what I figured out: - The All-In-Wonder has a cable TV input, a TV decoder, and a remote control. It does not look like the tuner decodes HDTV. Has 1 monitor output, and 1 TV output. - The 9800 Pro does not have a TV input or decoder, but has 2 monitor outputs and a TV output. It looks like you could jack with the TV output on the All-In-Wonder to get a second monitor, but it wouldn't be very high quality. I am not sure that the TV capture on the All-In-Wonder is any better than a TV capture on my cheap Avermedia UltraTV PCI card. (Does anyone know?) I am tending towards going with the slightly cheaper 9800 Pro (in case I ever want to set up a second monitor) and keeping the my cheap Avermedia card as a Catv decoder. Then when the price of HDTV tuners come down, I might get one of them. Does anyone have any insights I might be missing? Thanks!!! Joey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swifty11212 Posted September 11, 2004 Posted September 11, 2004 well the aiw-9800 is not designed for 2 monitors, but it supports tv/monitor @ the same time. the tv output quality would b based on the tv and card, but the 640 by 480 resolution will look better than that because tvs dont support that type of resolution. if u want a nice tv output, u need a hdtv converter. so if u wanna save some cash, get the pro, as for me, i would like the aiw because i need my slots for my network cards. check out the conveter @ ati's website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey04 Posted September 11, 2004 Posted September 11, 2004 Thats another good point. I like to use as few PCI slots as possible, and using a seperate slot for a TV tuner card is a negative for the pro. Are there any games that use the second monitor? I know at work I live having the second monitor just for mail, internet, spreadsheets, so I am not sure the advantages of having 9800 quality for the second monitor. Thanks. Joey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General912 Posted September 11, 2004 Posted September 11, 2004 My 9600 AIW has dual monitor capabilitys. Pluss it has a FM tuner. Has this weired freaky doogle though. Thats a ###### to replace. $50 Last I checked. I bent the pins up on mine really bad luckly one of my friends is a god at straiting pins. You have to have the doogle for monitors kinda crappy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3bruts1d Posted September 12, 2004 Posted September 12, 2004 Moderated: Topics merged. Please do not double post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swifty11212 Posted September 12, 2004 Posted September 12, 2004 lol i still got my 3dfx voodoo 3 3500 with fm/tv on it. wow i aint know 9600 aiw had fm man just for that i wanna get it. btw i check ati's site and they dont have the 9800 aiw... i love aiw cards, but dont they run like 1 digit slower than a non aiw? oh well its a 9600+ so its still fast, i need 2 of those. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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