The All-In-Wonder 2006 PCIe Edition: The Latest Multimedia Solution From ATI

Performance Tests

Since the All-In-Wonder 2006 is based on the X1300, we should see the same type of performance we saw back when we tested the X1300 Pro earlier this year. However, because the A-I-W 2006 has a lower engine clock as the stock X1300 (445MHz verses 600MHz), the framerates won't be quite as good. For now we will be testing Battlefield 2 and Doom 3 at 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024 to give us a general idea of gaming performance. Next month we will be looking at performance of this and other versions of the X1300 greater detail.

Here is our test system:
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Processor
2x512MB OCZ 2-2-2-6 1T DDR400 RAM
Seagate 7200.7 120 GB Hard Drive
OCZ 600 W PowerStream Power Supply
*Note that we disabled sound for these tests.





The X1300 is a budget part, so obviously it will have trouble running games like these at higher resolutions. Also, you can see what a difference the higher clock speed makes with the standard X1300 Pro over the A-I-W 2006. We found that Battlefield 2 didn't really get a playble framerate on the A-I-W 2006 at 1280x1024, and you'd probably get some choppiness when trying to play the game at 1024x768. Doom 3 did a little better, and the game should run fine at high quality at 1024x768, but again, choppiness might occur at 1280x1024.

If playing games like Battlefield 2 at high resolutions is a must, then this card is not for you, but those needing the type of features an A-I-W card can provide will be satisfied with what this card has to offer if gameplay is not the main focus. Higher resolutions can be achieved by sacrificing some in-game features, but the fact that this card can handle all the bells and whistles at certain resolutions is a plus.

Power Load

Obviously the power load of this card will be much lower than the last A-I-W we tested because it's a much slower part. We again tested the power draw while the system was idle, as well as running a Splinter Cell benchmark to test the card under stress. We also wanted to see the kind of power draw we'd get while recording video at full screen. While idle, the system load was 148W, while recording full-screen video it was 169W, and while under Splinter Cell stress testing the peak load recorded was 219W. As this shows, the A-I-W 2006 will put a significantly lower strain on your power supply than the X1800 XL All-In-Wonder.