AiW 9600

alexvdl · SirTweaksabit Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 311

Anybody have any official word on the price of this beasty? I was in the market for an AiW and was going to go with the 9000 (which has dropped to 170 on the official site) but with the Remote Wonder too and the 8.6 (oh god.... the .1 difference!)MediaCenter has me thinkin' maybe poppin' up a notch would be a sweet deal.

Any thoughts?

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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

I will let you know in a month, Tweaknews.net is going to be reviewing a sample soon.
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alexvdl · SirTweaksabit Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 311

Excellence...... *laughs evilly*

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Man, we have pretty well reviewed all of them except the VE, and 8500 edition.
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alexvdl · SirTweaksabit Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 311

Okay somewhere along the line someone said something about the 8500 bein' more powerful than the 9000? I mean...... in terms of power... how would you rank them... I know that top probably looks like....

9800
9700
9600 (Maybe?)

but then where? And the VE is the PCI card one right?

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

yep, you pretty well got the hierarchy.
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alexvdl · SirTweaksabit Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 311

Damnit. I finally decide to buy myself an AIW and they immediately announce that there is gunna be a better one comin' soon. *swears*

But it should come out about the time of my birthday and ATI is good about announcing things at the same time we can buy'em. Unlike the FX5800 *rolls eyes*

icyrus76 · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 6:04 pm Post subject:

haha..its' time to forget bout Nvidia and look towards ATI..

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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Yea, this is only the start.
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alexvdl · SirTweaksabit Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 311

It's been a long day, and I'm pretty confu sed, but the start of what?
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

The start of ATI dominating the videocard market.

Face it, these guys have been honest and make great products.
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alexvdl · SirTweaksabit Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 311

This is very true. An I'm definitely not an NVIdiot (I won't use a Graphics card if it ain't ATI) ..... but I do like the fact that there ARE two graphics card companies. I don't think that we would have the quality products we have if we didn't have two companies vying for the top honors. I mean do we realistically think that if ATI was top dog, no questions asked, they would continue to put so much effort into their cards?
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stickman · TweakNOOB Joined: 17 Aug 2003 Posts: 1

According to ATI's site the suggested retail will be $249 which puts it about halfway between the 9000 and the 9700. Expect performance to be the same - about halfway between the 9000 and the 9700. I suspect the benchmark results will be at least 10% better than the 8500 and this will be the card that marks the EOL for the 8500.

The question was raised which is more powerful the 9000 or the 8500 that really depends on what your looking for. The 8500 consistently produces better 3d benchmark results but is not fully direct x 9 compliant. IMHO the video quality (Video in, tuner, and rendering) of the 9000 is better than the 8500.

I had upgraded from an AIW 128 to an 8500 and ended up selling the 8500 to a client and replaced it with a 7500. This was adequate because I refuse to pay $60 for a game so am always about a year and a half behind on my software. I thought about about a 9000 but didn't feel there was enough of a
jump in performance to justify it.

Right now I'm looking at either the aiw 9600 or going with a non aiw 9500, 9600, or 9700 and pulling the tvwonder card out of my kids pc. Either way I want to come in around $200.
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[TN]Tristan · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 12:49 pm Post subject:

The AIW 9600 Pro will perform a bit faster than the non-AIW 9600 Pro. Assuming the AIW has the same abilities as the 9600 Pro, then the card will be great for OC'ing, according to Hard OCP, the card will overclock to perform a tiny bit slower than a 9700 Pro.
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alexvdl · SirTweaksabit Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 311

Excellence...... now it just has to come out and TweanNews has to do a review so I can justify buying it..... *G*
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alexvdl · SirTweaksabit Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 311

I don't suppose that there's any more news on when this puppy shows up?
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alexvdl · SirTweaksabit Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 311

Nathan, a month ago you said you were gunna review the newest AiW (the 9600) nothing on ATI's site about when that goes on sale. you got any further word on it?
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icyrus76 · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 2:42 pm Post subject:

lol..it takes time my friend..plus ATI has been kinda goin' all over the place with the 9xxx cards..The 9600 is basically a 9500, but easier to clock it IF you are planning to do that, other wise, then 9500 review (If there is one, i haven't noticed).

alexvdl · SirTweaksabit Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 311

Yep..... aware that new cards take time to put out.

And what you said is true for the 9600, which can actually be slower than the 9500, BUT the All in Wonder edition has a LOT of new features such as the Remote Wonder 2 and newer versions of the software that makes it interesting to me.
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akash · TweakNOOB Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 14 Location: toronto

hello friends.
i read all the posts here abt. this aiw9600pro , can any body tell me if it will work on agp2x m'boards , and i rerad that only aiw 9700pro card is using the same core frequency as its original card . so do this aiw 9600 pro will be compromising on 3d grafics.
i bought aiw 9000pro last month but i returned because its grafics were even worse than my old tnt2 card. all my games got slow . i m not a hard core gamer but i was expecting a good all round peformance at the price that i was paying. now i m realy towards this 9600 pro thanx for any reply

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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

I highly doubt that the graphics were worse than your TNT2.

The one thing that you must consider is that it is intended to be used in a 4x AGP slot to take full advantage of the videocard.

In your case, the motherboard just wouldn't allow the card to perform at its full potential.

Oh, and BTW guys, the AIW 9600pro should be arriving within the week.
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akash · TweakNOOB Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 14 Location: toronto

helo
so this means i can't use this on my 2x slot, i know it will not work up to its full capacity on my m'board, do u think it will still be much bater than the other cards in the market , because i can't afford to cnage my mother board now.
ands what abt. its core freq. is it bater than aiw 9000pro

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

It will not work in a 2X AGP slot, only 4X.
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icyrus76 · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:38 am Post subject:

hahah..sweet..u almsot have the entire family in teh house Nathan..haha..GOO ATI!!!
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akash · TweakNOOB Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 14 Location: toronto

helo nathan
can u plaz tell me which is a good m'boared for the p3 800 process with 8xor 4x agp slots . that r compatable with 9600 pro.
thanx