All-in-Wonder explained

All-in-Wonder family
Created:1996–2006, 2008

The All-in-Wonder (also abbreviated to AIW) was a combination graphics card/TV tuner card designed by ATI Technologies. It was introduced on November 11, 1996.[1] ATI had previously used the Wonder trademark on other graphics cards (ATI Wonder series), however, they were not full TV/graphics combo cards (EGA Wonder, VGA Wonder, Graphics Wonder). ATI also made other TV oriented cards that use the word Wonder (TV Wonder, HDTV Wonder, DV Wonder), and remote control (Remote Wonder). The All-in-Wonder line debuted with the Rage chipset series. The cards were available in two forms, built by third-party manufacturers (marked as "Powered by ATI") as well as by ATI itself ("Built by ATI").

Each of the All-in-Wonder Radeon cards is based on a Radeon chipset with extra features incorporated onto the board. AIW cards run at lower clock speeds (two exceptions are the AIW 9600XT/AIW X800XT faster/same speed) than their conventional counterparts to reduce heat and power consumption.[2] In June 2008, AMD revived the product line with an HD model.[3]

Accessories

The cards use a variety of specialised ports along the side to provide output to televisions, with the retail version equipped with composite ports and the ability to output to component. Later products also comes with a Remote Wonder remote control and a USB RF receiver to receive radio frequency signals from the remote. Some variants of the All-in-Wonder included FM radio tuning as well. Some analog tuners were bundled with Gemstar's Guide Plus+ electronic program guide for TV listings, while digital tuners used TitanTV instead.

Drivers

See main article: AMD Catalyst. The AIW card drivers are based on ATI's Catalyst drivers with additional T200 unified stream drivers. Currently, the only operating systems fully supporting TV capture with these cards are Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, 98, and 95. Display drivers work on Linux, and TV capture is supported on some cards with the GATOS project.[4]

Lineup

Retail nameChipset based onVariantsDigital/analog signalAVIVOAvailable interfaceIntroduction date[5] [6]
All-in-Wonder HD[7] Radeon HD 3650(Generic only)Digital/analogYesPCI Express 2.0June 26, 2008
All-in-Wonder X1900[8] Radeon X1900(Generic only)Digital/analogYesPCI Express
All-in-Wonder X1800 XL[9] Radeon X1800 XLDigital/analogYesPCI Express
All-in-Wonder 2006 PCI Express[10] Radeon X1300(Generic only)Digital/analogYesPCI Express
All-in-Wonder X800Radeon X800GT, XL,[11] XT [12] Analog(/digital on GT)NoPCI Express, AGP
All-in-Wonder X600 Pro [13] Radeon X600 ProAnalogNoPCI Express
All-in-Wonder 9800Radeon 9800SE, Pro [14] AnalogNoAGP
All-in-Wonder 9700Radeon 9700 ProRegular,[15] Pro [16] AnalogNoAGP
February 25, 2003 (Europe, Pro variant)
All-in-Wonder 9600Radeon 9600XT,[17] Pro,[18] Regular[19] AnalogNoAGP
January 6, 2004 (Regular, XT)
All-in-Wonder 9200Radeon 9200AnalogNoAGP, PCI
All-in-Wonder 9000 Pro [20] Radeon 9000 ProAnalogNoAGP
All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500Radeon 8500Regular,[21] 128MB, DV[22] AnalogNoAGP
All-in-Wonder Radeon 7500 [23] Radeon 7500AnalogNoAGP
All-in-Wonder VE [24] Radeon 7000AnalogNoPCI
February 25, 2003 (Europe)
All-in-Wonder Radeon [25] Radeon 7200AnalogNoAGP, PCI
All-in-Wonder 128 [26] 3D Rage 128Regular, ProAnalogNoAGP, PCI
All-in-Wonder Pro [27] 3D Rage ProAnalogNoAGP, PCI
All-in-Wonder [28] 3D Rage II+2MB, 4MBAnalogNoPCI

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. ATI's All-in-Wonder brings the seven wonders of graphics acceleration to one mainstream-priced board. ATI Technologies. 1996-11-11. 2007-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163107/http://ati.amd.com/companyinfo/press/1996/4033.html. 2008-02-08. dead.
  2. http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/aiw-x1900/index.x?pg=1 ATI's All-In-Wonder X1900 graphics card - The Tech Report Review
  3. https://www.engadget.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/ AMD smells a comeback with ATI All-in-Wonder HD - Engadget
  4. Web site: Supported cards. Gatos.sourceforge.net. April 25, 2022.
  5. Web site: Investor Relations - ATI Archived News Releases . 2007-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163102/http://ati.amd.com/companyinfo/press/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  6. Web site: Investor Relations - ATI Archived News Releases . November 12, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071031083833/http://ir.ati.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=105421&p=irol-news . October 31, 2007 . dead .
  7. Web site: ATI All-in-Wonder™ HD . August 24, 2017 . March 17, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120317143713/http://www.amd.com/us/products/pctv/all-in-wonder-cards/Pages/all-in-wonder-cards.aspx . dead .
  8. Web site: All-in-Wonder X1900 . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163226/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx1900/aiwx1900/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  9. Web site: All-in-Wonder X1800 XL . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071016171008/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx1800/aiwx1800xl/ . 2007-10-16 . dead .
  10. Web site: All-in-Wonder 2006 PCI Express . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163213/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx1300/aiw2006pcie/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  11. Web site: Advanced Micro Devices Inc. - "); document.write(window.document.location); document.write(" . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163237/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx800/aiwx800x/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  12. Web site: All-in-Wonder X800 XT . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163242/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx800/aiwx800xt/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  13. Web site: All-in-Wonder X600 PRO - Overview . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163230/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx600/aiwx600/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  14. Web site: All-in-Wonder 9800 PRO . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163208/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9800/aiw9800pro/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  15. Web site: All-in-Wonder 9700 . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163157/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9700/aiw9700/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  16. Web site: All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163204/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9700/aiw9700pro/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  17. Web site: All-in-Wonder 9600 XT . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163152/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9600/aiw9600xt/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  18. Web site: All-in-Wonder 9600 PRO . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163148/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9600/aiw9600pro/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  19. Web site: All-in-Wonder 9600 . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163142/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9600/aiw9600/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  20. Web site: All-in-Wonder 9000 PRO . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163132/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9000/aiw9000pro/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  21. Web site: All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500 . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163127/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon8500/aiwradeon8500/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  22. Web site: All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500DV . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071101060143/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon8500/aiwradeon8500dv/ . 2007-11-01 . dead .
  23. Web site: All-in-Wonder Radeon 7500 . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163117/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon7500/aiwradeon7500/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  24. Web site: All-in-Wonder VE . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163122/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon7500/aiwve/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  25. Web site: All-in-Wonder Radeon . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163112/http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon/aiwradeon/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  26. Web site: All-in-Wonder 128 . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080117145104/http://ati.amd.com/products/rage128/aiw128/ . 2008-01-17 . dead .
  27. Web site: All-in-Wonder PRO . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163252/http://ati.amd.com/products/ragepro/aiwpro/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .
  28. Web site: All-in-Wonder . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080208163247/http://ati.amd.com/products/rageiiplus/aiw/ . 2008-02-08 . dead .

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