ATI's All-in-Wonder 9200, 9600, and 9600 XT - Wal-Mart dabbles in a bit of ATI
by Andrew Ku on May 17, 2004 12:05 PM EST- Posted in
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ATI's All-in-Wonder 9200 - Wal-Mart takes the bait
Of course, with the biggest retailer from coast to coast picking up All-in-Wonder cards to sell, this is no small news. And as expected, ATI is making as much out of it as possible. Considering the sheer selling capacity of Wal-Mart, it comes pretty much expected that they choose ATI over NVIDIA and others. After all, the All-in-Wonder line has proved tried and true (granted with some trial and error), but it also means that ATI has the benefit of experience, maturity, and recognition to leverage.Since Wal-Mart sells products to the value-oriented buyer, it really comes as no shock that the All-in-Wonder 9200 is the only card of the line that they have plans to shelf currently. Plus, the alternative choice to the All-in-Wonder, the true king of multimedia, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004, is way too expensive, considering the type of products that Wal-Mart traditionally sells in large volumes.
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Considering the fact that ATI is going to enjoy the sales push of the Wal-Mart Corporation, they were more than willing to rework the retail box a bit for this special hallmark. Note that ATI has a "window view" in the back side of the package for prospective buys to get an idea of what they are actually getting.
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This is as much practical as it is for aesthetics. Going into any Wal-Mart store and walking up and down the aisles, you are bound to come across open boxes, due to curious people wanting to find out what is inside. Computer components are more expensive than your average box of crayons, so this helps Wal-Mart shows customers what they are getting and avoids them sending back "damaged" inventory.
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Because it is a more price-target product than ATI's All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro, it utilizes a VGA port instead of a DVI-I. ATI drives the price of the All-in-Wonder 9200 down even further by departing from their tradition of including a version of Remote Wonder with their AIW card. The only things included with the card are the manuals, drivers, software bundle (Pinnacle Studio 8.0 and Matchware Mediator 7.0), video in cable, video out breakout box, and a 50% off coupon for Remote Wonder to be purchased through ATI.
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ViRGE - Monday, May 17, 2004 - link
Error: On page 3, both images are titled "9600XT"; only the top one is the XT, the lower one is the 9600 plain.MDE - Monday, May 17, 2004 - link
People that shop at Mal-Wart for their PC stuff probably don't want or need anything close to high-end. If a Radeon 9200 or an FX5200 Ultra lets them play Diablo II faster than Intel graphics, who are we to criticise that? However, they are dumb for not researching things first if they don't.Why the jab specifically at BFG's card? If I was to buy a 5200 Ultra (which I probably never will)it would be a BFG because of the warranty and tech support.
darkjedi1066 - Monday, May 17, 2004 - link
lot of gratuitous Wal Mart bashing here...personally, I would rather buy cheap online or at a discount store like Wal Mart, than an extra $50 or so at CompU$A or Be$t Buy....Why no criticism of ATI, other than Edge3D's stupidly flippant comment? Half of this business decision was theirs...
All things being equal...if it's 3am on a Sunday morning and I have some cash burning a hole in my pocket and the little voices are telling me to buy a video card at Wal Mart, I'd much rather buy ATI than those crap Asylum FX5200 Ultras...
SilentRunning - Monday, May 17, 2004 - link
Octol said:So, Walmart's now getting its hooks into ATI. I wonder how long it'll be before ATI products start sporting the "Made in China" logo like the rest of Walmart's products?
I hope you are joking...You are joking right? Have you looked at ATI retail boxes lately? You might just find that "Made in China" has been around a while for ATI cards.
SDA - Monday, May 17, 2004 - link
Octol, in my experience, people don't want reality in their reality shows ..I've always shopped at local businesses, myself, or failing that regional ones. Money that goes into the local economy circulates, so I'm more than willing to pay a few extra bucks for groceries or parts or whatever.
Octol - Monday, May 17, 2004 - link
So, Walmart's now getting its hooks into ATI. I wonder how long it'll be before ATI products start sporting the "Made in China" logo like the rest of Walmart's products?More to the point, I wonder how long it'll take Walmart to start curtailing its North American operations because all the money and jobs have moved to Asia?
How about a this idea for a new "reality" show: put some webcams at Walmart entrances so we can all watch our fellow Americans rush to sell their children down the Destitution River tomorrow for a few pennies' savings today.
Visual - Monday, May 17, 2004 - link
you could also get a AIW 9800SE quite cheap, and softmod it, although there's the chance it wont work...i want to ask, does the 9600XT AIW have DVI or just the analog ports? in the pictures you only showed what must be the adaptor port...
Edge3D - Monday, May 17, 2004 - link
They are selling Radeons at Wal-Mart now??Wow. Now we KNOW they are junk. :-P
SDA - Monday, May 17, 2004 - link
"Since it has been some time since ATI released the All-in-Wonder 9200, the price has already gone down at Wal-Mart and last time we checked, it was at $130.94, making it a cheaper card than the All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro, ironically."I'm not the type to yell at people for certain uses of the word ironic, but I thought it would be worth noting that the 9000 Pro's faster than the 9200. 9200's just an AGP 8X 9000, no real performance increase.. since 9000 Pro is upclocked, it's better.
Also, you guys know you can get an All-In-Wonder 9700 for $229 online, right? That's eight bucks more than what the 9600XT AIW costs online. Seems worth it to me.