Radeon 9800 Pro vs AIW 9800

[J.Clarke]

pls look at this page

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=48&m
anufactory=1126&DEPA=0

Scroll down to 9800 PRO. It seems for $364 I can get the 9800 Pro but
for $15 I can get the 9800 AIW, which gives me a TV tuner and capture
card. That doesn't seem right. Is the 9800 in the AIW a lesser 9800
than the one in the Pro?

I'm sorry, you've lost me. For $15? Did you leave a word or digit out?

 

[darius]

pls look at this page

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=48&m
anufactory=1126&DEPA=0

Scroll down to 9800 PRO. It seems for $364 I can get the 9800 Pro but for
$15 I can get the 9800 AIW, which gives me a TV tuner and capture card.
That doesn't seem right. Is the 9800 in the AIW a lesser 9800 than the
one in the Pro?

 

[Scott Wasilewski]

pls look at this page

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=48&m
anufactory=1126&DEPA=0

Scroll down to 9800 PRO. It seems for $364 I can get the 9800 Pro but for
$15 I can get the 9800 AIW, which gives me a TV tuner and capture card.
That doesn't seem right. Is the 9800 in the AIW a lesser 9800 than the
one in the Pro?

Nope - it's the same card. The difference in price is that the first
one is a bulk product - it's just the card, cables, and drivers. It
will probably be in a white box. The second one is the retail version
- what you see in the stores. It has extra software and the retail
box.

If I were you I'd just go ahead and spend the extra $15. You get an
additional couple CDs and the retail box for bragging rights.

 

[J.Clarke]

Sounds like the 9800 AIW is the non pro version of the card which
would explain the price difference. I would go for it anyway. The
non pro version of the card still beats the 9700 pro and has updated
DX 9 architecture. Go for it.

Did you check the link he provided? There is no All-in-wonder other
than the pro listed on that site.

 

[John Hall]

Sounds like the 9800 AIW is the non pro version of the card which would
explain the price difference. I would go for it anyway. The non pro
version of the card still beats the 9700 pro and has updated DX 9
architecture. Go for it.

JK

 

[darius]

I'm sorry, you've lost me. For $15? Did you leave a word or digit
out?

Sorry, try this

http://tinyurl.com/qn0s

this only shows the 9800 PRO


summary:

AIW 9800 BULK $361
9800 RETAIL $364
AIW 9800 RETAIL $379

ALL of these have the PRO designation. Interestingly, the retail version
is non refundable. If the difference between retail and bulk is a nice
box and additional software, I'd go with the bulk for the refund
possibility. If the AIW is really same card as the 9800, seems like a no
brainer to get the AIW.

 

[Replicant]

It has extra software and the retail
box.

What extra software? ATI are not bundling any games or anything else
in the retail box. Just a driver disk. The cheap bastards. For the
$550.00 CAD I paid I at least expect a free copy of Sierra's Outpost.

 

[Scott Wasilewski]

What extra software? ATI are not bundling any games or anything else
in the retail box. Just a driver disk. The cheap bastards. For the
$550.00 CAD I paid I at least expect a free copy of Sierra's Outpost.

Well, if you click on the picture for the second link, it shows a
couple extra disks that aren't in the first one.

 

[J.Clarke]

Sorry, try this

http://tinyurl.com/qn0s

this only shows the 9800 PRO


summary:

AIW 9800 BULK $361
9800 RETAIL $364
AIW 9800 RETAIL $379

ALL of these have the PRO designation. Interestingly, the retail
version is non refundable. If the difference between retail and bulk
is a nice box and additional software, I'd go with the bulk for the
refund possibility. If the AIW is really same card as the 9800, seems
like a no brainer to get the AIW.

Gotcha--$15 difference you meant.

Whether you go with the AIW or the regular really depends on whether
you'd rather have dual-monitor support or TV-in and a tuner.

 

[darius]

Whether you go with the AIW or the regular really depends on whether
you'd rather have dual-monitor support or TV-in and a tuner.

I wasn't sure if the regular has dual monitor. It does have vga and dvi
out, but are they separate display outputs, or just the same display
output to 2 different ports? are all 9800 pro (non aiw) dual display
capable?