ATI has been a strong leader in the multimedia industry with their All-in-Wonder series and TV Wonder series solutions. Only a couple of weeks ago, I was writing about ATI's X1800XL All-in-Wonder multimedia card and couldn't find much to complain about. Today, I have the opportunity to take a look at their latest All-in-Wonder multimedia graphics card and see how it stands up in both gaming performance and multimedia performance.
While everyone was busy raving about the X1900 graphics card launch, I was busy playing around with this newly acquired card and found out some surprising details about its technical specifications. This is no ordinary multimedia card and I can definitely say it is unlike any other X1900. Read on to find out why.
Table of Contents
Page 1: Introduction / What's in the box / Taking a look at the card
Page 2: Taking a look at the card (cont'd)
Page 3: Features and Specifications
Page 4: Image Quality / Test System Specifications / Benchmarks Performed
Page 5: 3DMark 2006 / 3DMark 2005 Results
Page 6: PCMark 2005 / Far Cry Results
Page 7: UT2004 / Quake 4 Results
Page 8: Halo Results / Overclocking / Concluding Remarks
What's included in the box?
So what does ATI give you to get started down the path of the ultimate multimedia and graphical experience?
- ATI Radeon X1900 All-in-Wonder
- FM radio F-connector antenna
- Input connection block (1x S-Video, 1x Composite, 2x RCA Stereo)
- Output connection block (1x S-Video, 1x Composite, 1x S/PDIF, 2x RCA Stereo)
- Component connection block (1x Y, 1x Pb, 1x Pb, 1x S/PDIF, 2x RCA Stereo)
- Installation and setup poster
- Installation and setup guide
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0
- Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0
- ATI driver and utility CD
- ATI Remote Wonder Plus and receiver
Taking a look at the X1900 AIW
I always love to see what the product looks like inside and out before I drop money for it. Let's go in for a close look at the X1900 AIW card and see what ATI has done with it.
If there is one thing that can be said about this card, it would be that is looks identical to the X1800XL AIW card. The card is extremely long measuring in at a whopping 25cm. It seems to be common practice now to place some form of heat transfer material between the memory modules and the heatsink. This is probably a result of running memory speeds well beyond 1GHz on most X1K graphics cards. Unfortunately, this card sports a mere 960MHz memory speed.
