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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Basically, things are similar to the situation back when ATI had the All-in-Wonder 8500 duo out, though there are two gamer targeted AIW cards out now (All-in-Wonder 9700 Pro and 9800 Pro). With a little bit for everybody, ATI is hitting all the highs and lows of the market that they can, similar to their desktop line.The odd thing is that ATI isn't selling the All-in-Wonder 9200, but still is selling the All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro, despite the fact that they have the same MSRP. Apparently, the All-in-Wonder 9200 is reserved for Wal-Mart for the moment, so ATI has to reserve the All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro as their value solution. From what ATI tells us, eventually they plan on selling the All-in-Wonder 9200 off their website, which will kill off the All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro.
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. Keep in mind, though, that the All-in-Wonder 9200 doesn't come with a remote, but rather a coupon for 50% off the Remote Wonder that is limited to ATI's website. This means that you are going to have to shell out at least $25 (plus shipping) for it if you really want that remote.
But for those looking for a cheap, but decent, video card with a TV tuner, the All-in-Wonder 9600 hits the spot at $199. And for those more gamer prone, but still wanting a full range of multimedia features, the All-in-Wonder 9600 XT ($299) fits the niche nicely with dual VGA, a GPU faster than Radeon 9600 XT, and FM tuner.
As for us, we will stick with the All-in-Wonder 9600 XT, a new favorite here. And if there is one All-in-Wonder card that we are going to have to recommend, it is the AIW 9600 XT. A great tweaked graphics card, TV and FM tuning, as well as dual VGA make it a good one-size-fits-all-choice for just about anyone in the market for a multimedia card.
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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.