Will the AIW 9660 Pro do me fine?

[James Brown]

I am building a new system and would like advise on the video card. I am
comparing the AIW 9600 pro and the AIW 9800 Pro. I am NOT a gamer by any
means (the kids play some online games and Rollercoaster tycoon, and Zoo
tycoon and thats about it)
I do alot of work at home (spreadsheets, word processing, all the boring
stuff).

What I DO want to do is to be able to convert all my old VHS tapes to
digital and burn them to DVD. That is what really spurned the entire
upgrade. One component upgrade let to haveing ot have another, and before
you know it, the entire system is going to be replaced. Several people have
recommend the AIW 9600 pro would do me well, but many opinions here seem to
point to the 9800.

Here in Canada it is an extra $200 for the 9800, for not much that I think I
will use.

opinions?

Old box:
IBM PII 450 mhz
256MB Ram
20 GB drive
Matrox Millenium 8MB Video Card
32X CD
HP CDRW
Creative Labs Live sound card
Cambridge Soundworks Surrond Sound
19" Optiquest Monitor (analog)

New box (at this point will be)
Intel Pentium 4
2.6Ghz (512K, 800mhz Bus)
1GB Ram DDR 400mhz, PC3200
200GB Western Digital Drive (7200rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9ms)
ATI All-In-Wonder 128 Radeon 9600 Video Card??????????????????????????
LG 52X CDRW
LG 8X DVD/RW
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live (my current card)
Panasonic 1.44 Floppy
ASUS 478 Socket Intel 865PE Motherboard
(8) USB 2.0, (1) Parallel, (1) Serial
10/100/100 Ethernet
400W Power Supply (everyones recommendation)
Microsoft Internet Keyboard & Optical Wheel Mouse
Black Mid-Tower Touch Systems Case

HAving said all this, is the 9800 worth it for me, if I really just want to
copy my VHS tapes and convert them, or is the AIW 9600 going to make me
happy ??

thx

James in London, Ontario

 

[singha_lvr]

One thing to consider:

The AIW 9600 Pro does NOT have a DVI output. If you are planning on
using a digital flat panel with DVI this may hamper you. (It's about
the only card in the ATI lineup that lacks this feature.)


Otherwise I think this will suit you fine.

 

[scott bryant]

get you a 9700pro. It's only 200 (dont know about AIW). It's basically a
older 9800. you can get one from gameve.com

 

[Bobby]

Yes it does. They all do. I have a PowerColor 9600 Pro which has VGA, DVI
and TV outputs. This is standard in the entire range.

The 9600 Pro is fine for digital editing so save your money.

Bobby

 

[Rockin Ronnie]

I am building a new system and would like advise on the video card. I am
comparing the AIW 9600 pro and the AIW 9800 Pro. I am NOT a gamer by any
means (the kids play some online games and Rollercoaster tycoon, and Zoo
tycoon and thats about it)
I do alot of work at home (spreadsheets, word processing, all the boring
stuff).

What I DO want to do is to be able to convert all my old VHS tapes to
digital and burn them to DVD. That is what really spurned the entire
upgrade. One component upgrade let to haveing ot have another, and before
you know it, the entire system is going to be replaced. Several people have
recommend the AIW 9600 pro would do me well, but many opinions here seem to
point to the 9800.

Here in Canada it is an extra $200 for the 9800, for not much that I think I
will use.

opinions?

Old box:
IBM PII 450 mhz
256MB Ram
20 GB drive
Matrox Millenium 8MB Video Card
32X CD
HP CDRW
Creative Labs Live sound card
Cambridge Soundworks Surrond Sound
19" Optiquest Monitor (analog)

New box (at this point will be)
Intel Pentium 4
2.6Ghz (512K, 800mhz Bus)
1GB Ram DDR 400mhz, PC3200
200GB Western Digital Drive (7200rpm, 8MB Cache, 8.9ms)
ATI All-In-Wonder 128 Radeon 9600 Video Card??????????????????????????
LG 52X CDRW
LG 8X DVD/RW
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live (my current card)
Panasonic 1.44 Floppy
ASUS 478 Socket Intel 865PE Motherboard
(8) USB 2.0, (1) Parallel, (1) Serial
10/100/100 Ethernet
400W Power Supply (everyones recommendation)
Microsoft Internet Keyboard & Optical Wheel Mouse
Black Mid-Tower Touch Systems Case

HAving said all this, is the 9800 worth it for me, if I really just want to
copy my VHS tapes and convert them, or is the AIW 9600 going to make me
happy ??

thx

James in London, Ontario

AIW 9600Pro is fine for your needs. I see that www.ncix.com has them for
$310CDN.

Ron

 

[James Brown]

M supplier from work is selling them for $295 cdn, and the AIW 9800pro is
$485. i am just hesitant to pay another $200.

 

[James Brown]

Or should I try and find an AIW 9700Pro instead? No one seems to have them.

Are they any better than the AIW9600pro for what I want to do?

James

 

[Guess Who]

No, the AIW 9600 ATI card does NOT have DVI, that's why I didn't get it.

 

[Tim Wisner]

Yes it does. They all do. I have a PowerColor 9600 Pro which has VGA, DVI
and TV outputs. This is standard in the entire range.

The 9600 Pro is fine for digital editing so save your money.

Bobby

The All In Wonder card in question, the 9600 Pro AIW, does not have the DVI
output.
Enjoy,

Tim Wisner

www.wisner.us

 

[singha_lvr]

Yes it does. They all do. I have a PowerColor 9600 Pro which has VGA, DVI
and TV outputs. This is standard in the entire range.

The 9600 Pro is fine for digital editing so save your money.

Re-read the header. The user is asking about the AIW 9600 Pro, not
the regular 9600 Pro. The AIW 9600 Pro (for whatever odd reason) does
NOT have DVI.