ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro: Multimedia Refresh
by Andrew Ku on October 16, 2003 11:38 AM EST- Posted in
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Multimedia Center anew — Integrated Media Burning & Muvee
ATI continues to bundle their version of Pinnacle Studio 8, which brought the software capability to burn content directly to disk. The problem with this still remains that it is part of a 3rd party software vendor, even though the hardware still concurrently supports direct burn-to-disk. It is likely that ATI will incorporate this feature into Multimedia Center in the future, but until that time, ATI has integrated a burn-to-disk function within their Library. Once you click on the “create media layout” button, you are prompted with a dialog box to set up the media export to disk.
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It is interesting to note that ATI offers a selection of schemes, which to burn DVDs/VCDs. The selection is for the art work, which is the background of the disk, such as in chapter preview.
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After scheme selection, the Library creates a separate field below the listed media, and allows users to simply drag and drop media selection. With this done, exporting to disk is ready to go. This was intended to give users more flexibility to archive their media, and is particularly helpful because it is a one-stop location to do so.
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New to the bundle is muvee autoProducer DVD Edition, which helps users make the movie making process more dummy proof. The idea is that with 6-buttons, you can select the video, audio, a pre-defined style, captions, and then make a movie out of them with transitions and special effects. We found it to be a cleaner and easier-to-use program than VideoStudio, which has been bundled traditionally with All-in-Wonder cards.
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Anonymous User - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
Anonymous User - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
Will the AIW 9600 Pro fit in SFF computers like the Shuttles?Anonymous User - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
Anand... fo rizzle dawg! Fix dat price engine yo. You my homey an all dat, but you ain't gettin you no invite to da crib to tip any mo fo-ties until you git up in dat...fer reel... the AIW has been on da shelves at Allstarshop and GameVe ALL WEEK. Now Newegg got that hotness an it still ain't up on dat $hizzle. aight... me out.Andrew Ku - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
#1, #2 - There really isn't any point to benchmark this card. Keep in mind that it is basically the same as the Radeon 9600 Pro, just with All-in-Wonder features.#4 - This is a mainstream model of All-in-Wonder. DVI was left out as a result of space and cost issues.
Anonymous User - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
no dvi?? :(Anonymous User - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
The tone of the article seems to imply that we should not expect an AIW 9600XT. Rats! I was hoping for one by Christmas.Hardtarget - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
Yes, i'm also dissapointed there weren't some gaming benchmarks, even if just there was just a couple basic ones. I'm not fond of when it says "look at other article for benchmarks" etc...Anonymous User - Thursday, October 16, 2003 - link
Great article...could have used some gaming benchmarks though. I would have probabaly bought the AIW version over the standard 9600 PRO if it had been around when I upgraded my system 2-3 months ago :(