ATI AIW 8500DV or AIW 9000

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Hi, I would like some opinions out there about which of these two cards is
the better performer or value. I see Fry's has white box AIW8500DV's for
$109

Thanks, Paul
 
Paul said:
Hi, I would like some opinions out there about which of these two cards is
the better performer or value. I see Fry's has white box AIW8500DV's for
$109

Thanks, Paul
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for $109 I'd get the 8500dv, that card has a lot of goodies with it. Dos
it include the remote?

gordon
 
No remote, but I am wondering about performance. I heard the 9000 is choked
down in some ways compared to 8500's because its built for a lower price
market.
 
No remote, but I am wondering about performance. I heard the 9000 is
choked down in some ways compared to 8500's because its built for a
lower price market.
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Depends on what aspects of performance you want. The 8500 will be a bit
faster for games and the like, but there are two downsides--first, they
experimented with an all-digital tuner (it won't tune digital channels,
just uses digital circuitry) which while it might be a good idea in
principle was badly flawed in execution--the tuner is oversensitive and
overloads on signals that a standard TV or VCR can display with no
trouble (I'm sure it's overload because fixed attenuators in the line
eventually get the signal down to a level that it can handle), and
second, the connector they used to attach the video/audio in/out dongle
is horribly fragile--the first time you hook it up it feels like it's
gone together for keeps, but the first time it gets any side load on it
it comes apart and bends and never holds together reliably again. They
use a similar connector on the All-In-Wonder 9600 but they screw it
down, which shows that even they recognize that it was a bad design.
 
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 11:42:37 -0500, "J.Clarke"

second, the connector they used to attach the video/audio in/out dongle
is horribly fragile--the first time you hook it up it feels like it's
gone together for keeps, but the first time it gets any side load on it
it comes apart and bends and never holds together reliably again.
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You got that right! Thank God for duct tape, :-)


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