Is there an AGP All In Wonder?

[nguyenalext]

I'm shopping around for a video card and want something to replace my
geforce 5700le.

The All in Wonder seems cool because I can use my machine as a DVR. Is
this the right move to make if gaming is my primary concern?

Also is there a recent generation of the AIW that is AGP?

(Yes I should upgrade my motherboard to support PCI-e I know but that
means replacing my 1gb of RAM also and I'd like to hold off for a
while).

 

[John Russell]

I'm shopping around for a video card and want something to replace my
geforce 5700le.

The All in Wonder seems cool because I can use my machine as a DVR. Is
this the right move to make if gaming is my primary concern?

Also is there a recent generation of the AIW that is AGP?

(Yes I should upgrade my motherboard to support PCI-e I know but that
means replacing my 1gb of RAM also and I'd like to hold off for a
while).

Why do you need to change RAM?

 

[nguyenalext]

I've got RAMBUS rdram.

I was told (and I'm not sure about this) that most motherboards I'll be
looking at nowadays will support ddr2. Also I was told that switching
to ddr2 is a good idea anyways.

Sound about right?

 

[Augustus]

I'm shopping around for a video card and want something to replace my
geforce 5700le.

The All in Wonder seems cool because I can use my machine as a DVR. Is
this the right move to make if gaming is my primary concern?

Also is there a recent generation of the AIW that is AGP?

(Yes I should upgrade my motherboard to support PCI-e I know but that
means replacing my 1gb of RAM also and I'd like to hold off for a
while).

You should have no trouble finding NIB 9800 Pro AIW cards in AGP.

 

[Mark N]

I'm shopping around for a video card and want something to replace my
geforce 5700le.

The All in Wonder seems cool because I can use my machine as a DVR. Is
this the right move to make if gaming is my primary concern?

Also is there a recent generation of the AIW that is AGP?

(Yes I should upgrade my motherboard to support PCI-e I know but that
means replacing my 1gb of RAM also and I'd like to hold off for a
while).

The fastest AGP gaming AIW is the X800XT, which also has been about the
best deal you can get on a fast AGP card recently; I picked one up a few
weeks ago. That's a full generation behind the fastest PCIe stuff, but
it's plenty fast and you're not dishing out $500 for one. The current
X1800/1900/7800 stuff isn't a huge jump in raw speed from the previous
X800/6800s, and few new features have been added (shader model 3.0 is
the one missing thing with the X800s that's always mentioned). An X800XT
would certainly be a huge move up from a 5700LE, and probably as much as
your current system can utilize, I'm guessing.

 

[John Russell]

I've got RAMBUS rdram.

I was told (and I'm not sure about this) that most motherboards I'll be
looking at nowadays will support ddr2. Also I was told that switching
to ddr2 is a good idea anyways.

Sound about right?

May be true for Intel, but not AMD!

 

[Harkhof]

You should have no trouble finding NIB 9800 Pro AIW cards in AGP.

The 9800 is still available, but for about $70 more, you can get a next gen
ATI AIW x800xt AGP card. I have personally tried this card and can highly
recommend it, especially if you are gaming. I tried it with Far Cry with
setting all the way up at 1600x1200 res without even a stutter. It also
comes with all kinds of inputs & outputs.

The downside is that ATI's multimedia software is pretty pathetic, but I've
been using ATI card for years and get by.

Hark

 

[Tom Lake]

I'm shopping around for a video card and want something to replace my
geforce 5700le.

The All in Wonder seems cool because I can use my machine as a DVR. Is
this the right move to make if gaming is my primary concern?

I'm selling a brand-new in the box AIW 9800 Pro on ebay right now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8762671998

You can Buy It Now for $175 USD. It's a good deal if you don't want to
pay for a full X800XT

Tom Lake

 

[Mark C.]

I'm selling a brand-new in the box AIW 9800 Pro on ebay right now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8762671998

You can Buy It Now for $175 USD. It's a good deal if you don't want to
pay for a full X800XT

Micro Center was selling brand new X800 XT's for $200 just
last week. Before paying $175 for a used 9800 Pro you might
want to check around first.

 

[Tom Lake]

The All in Wonder seems cool because I can use my machine as a DVR. Is

Micro Center was selling brand new X800 XT's for $200 just
last week. Before paying $175 for a used 9800 Pro you might
want to check around first.

It's not used. It's brand-new, never removed from box. Plus, it's an AIW
which is what the OP wants. Is that $200 X800 XT an AIW?

Tom Lake

 

[John Doe]

The All in Wonder seems cool because I can use my machine as a
DVR. Is this the right move to make if gaming is my primary
concern?

If money is no object, Yes. But you can get a much faster video card
for the same price. All you have to do is compare prices.

 

[nguyenalext]

Thanks for all the replies guys.

I ended up going with an AIW X800 XT (which is around $300 with ATI's
trade-up program that gives back $50 for your old card). [[note -
There was a poster who said the X800 XT was $200 and I think that may
be for the Radeon but I'm talking about the All-In-Wonder X800 XT]]

Also bought a 430watt Antec power-supply.

This is my first ATI card so we'll see what happens. (I'm not an
nvidia or ati fanboy).

 

[Mark C.]

Thanks for all the replies guys.

I ended up going with an AIW X800 XT (which is around $300 with ATI's
trade-up program that gives back $50 for your old card). [[note -
There was a poster who said the X800 XT was $200 and I think that may
be for the Radeon but I'm talking about the All-In-Wonder X800 XT]]

That was me. I was thinking you could spend ~$200 for an
X800 XT, and get a separate video capture/tuner card for
~$80-100. Sorry I didn't explain it properly.

 

[J. Clarke]

May be true for Intel, but not AMD!

However there were no AMD boards made that take RAMBUS so it's moot.