ATI All-In-Wonder X800XL Review

The All-In-Wonder line of ATI cards have always had a warm place in our hearts. Powered by ATI’s latest desktop VPU, the All-In-Wonders (AIW) always provided the best balance of performance and multimedia features. Unlike the previous high-end AIW offering based on the R400 series, the AIW X800XL is a PCI Express part rather than AGP. Up until today, the only PCIe offering was the X600, so this upgrade was long overdue.

Feature-wise, nothing really comes close to the AIW X800XL as an all around product. If your space is limited in your PCI Express based setup and you’re in need of a TV tuner and decent gaming card, the AIW X800XL is tough to beat… From games to watching TV to capturing video, the card pretty much does it all and it does so well. It is not as fast as some other video cards, but ATI never intended this to be strictly for gaming. How many 6800 GTs do you know of that can capture TV video streams out of the box? Yeah, that’s what I thought.

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