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What is the
All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO?
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Does the
All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO graphics card require an additional
power connection and why?
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Does the All-in-Wonder®
9700 PRO graphics board support AGP 8X?
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Is there a
PCI version of the All-in-Wonder® 9700?
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Can the on-board-memory
be upgraded?
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What operating
systems does the All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO support?
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What are the
differences between the European and North American versions
of the All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO?
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| Q8: |
What is Video Immersion™ II technology?
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9. What are
all the different multimedia equipment that can connect
to my PC through the All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO graphics
card?
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Can the All-in-Wonder®
9700 PRO graphics card support more than one display at
the same time?
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| Q11: |
Is the All-in-Wonder
9700 PRO as fast as the Radeon 9700 PRO graphics card?
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Is the All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO a DTV receiver? Can I connect to a DTV ready television?
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What is mulTView? What is required to enable mulTView?
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| Q14: |
Will Multimedia Center 8.0 be made available for owners of the older All-in-Wonder cards?
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| Q15: |
Can I connect a DV camcorder to this card? Digitally or Analog?
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| Q1: |
What
is the All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO?
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| A1: |
The All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO is ATI's
premium all-in-one TV, Video and graphics card. With
128MB of DDR memory and best-in-class graphics, TV and
video capture & editing features, the All-in-Wonder®
9700 PRO is the revolutionary experience in 3D graphics
and multimedia.
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| Q2: |
Does
the All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO graphics card require an additional
power connection and why?
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| A2: |
- Yes. All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO
has so many advanced features that it requires an
additional power connection to attain maximum performance
from the graphics card. When installing the All-in-Wonder®
9700 PRO graphics card it also requires connection
to your PC's internal power supply for operation.
A 300W power supply or greater is recommended to ensure
normal system operation where a number of other internal
devices are installed.
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| Q3: |
Does
the All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO graphics board support
AGP 8X?
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| A3: |
Yes. All-in-Wonder®
9700 PRO graphics card supports the new Universal AGP
3.0 8X specification, which allows larger volumes of texture
and vertex data to be transferred faster from system memory
to the chip (2.0GB/sec). AGP 2X and 4X operation is also
supported for systems / motherboards which do not offer
8X compatibility.
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| Q4: |
Is there
a PCI version of the All-in-Wonder®9700 PRO?
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| A4: |
No. The All-in-Wonder®
9700 PRO is available as an AGP 2X/4X/8X card.
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| Q5: |
Can the
on-board-memory be upgraded?
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| A5: |
No. All-in-Wonder®
9700 PRO graphics card is not memory upgradeable.
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| Q6: |
What operating
systems does the All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO support?
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| A6: |
The All-in-Wonder®
9700 PRO supports Windows® Me, 2000 and XP. Windows® 98/98SE
users can load the Windows Me driver.
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| Q7: |
What are
the differences between the European and North American
versions of the All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO?
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| A7: |
- North American Version
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- NTSC tuner supporting North America, Japan and
Latin America as well as other NTSC countries
- Have 'closed captioning'.
- Closed caption features such as HotWords and
TV Magazine.
- Accompanying software bundle for the retail
product may be different.
- The Interactive Program Guide.
- Component Output (YPrPb) for display on DTV
Ready televisions
- European Version
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- Integrated Teletext application including support
for 88 captions.
- Additive Autoscan - add new channels to the
existing channel list via a re-scan.
- European tuner supporting all European countries
as well as other PAL/Secam countries including
China and Hong Kong.
- Multistandard Autoscan - multichannel lists
are now supported along with the ability to automatically
detect the standard used for each channel during
an autoscan.
- Manual Add Channel - user has the ability to
manually add new channels to the existing channel
list.
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| Q8: |
What
is Video Immersion™ II technology?
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| A8: |
The All-in-Wonder®
9700 PRO includes Video Immersion™ II. ATI's Video Immersion™
II technology integrates industry-leading digital video
features, including advanced adaptive de-interlacing algorithms
and temporal filtering for unprecedented video quality
and integrated digital TV decode capability. In addition,
there is component output support for 480i (interlaced),
480p (progressive), 720p and 1080i. |
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9. What
are all the different multimedia equipment that can connect
to my PC through the All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO graphics
card?
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| A9: |
| Interface on Back Panel |
Connector (s) Used |
Multimedia Equipment |
| DVI-I |
DVI-I to VGA connector |
CRT Monitor |
| DVI-I |
NONE |
Digital Flat Panel Display |
| CATV |
NONE |
Cable, Antenna |
| A/V IN |
Video/audio input block |
Camcorder, DV Camera,VCR,Laser Disc Player |
| A/V OUT |
Component output dongle |
TV, HDTV, Camcorder,VCR |
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| Q10: |
Can
the All-in-Wonder® 9700 PRO graphics card support
more than one display at the same time?
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| A10: |
Yes. All-in-Wonder®
9700 PRO allows a number of possible display configurations.
The DVI-I connector can be used to drive a DVI display
or VGA monitor. At the same time, the video output can
drive a TV, HDTV or VCR.
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| Q11: |
Is the
All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO as fast as the Radeon 9700 PRO
graphics card?
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| A11: |
The All-in-Wonder 9700
PRO is clocked at the same speeds as the Radeon 9700 PRO
at 310 MHz (memory) and 325 MHz (engine).
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| Q12: |
Is the All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO a DTV receiver? Can I connect to a DTV ready television?
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| A12: |
The All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO is an analog TV Tuner, capable of receiving broadcast NTSC (or PAL/SECAM signals in Europe). However, the Radeon 9700 PRO chip is capable of decoding DTV and outputting component output YPrPb. This solution if implemented would require a DTV tuner to provide a transport stream.
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| Q13: |
What is mulTView? What is required to enable mulTView?
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| A13: |
MulTView technology allows users to control dual TV input feeds and provides users with Picture in Picture functionality, independent channel surfing on two distinct TV screens and many other advanced features. To enable mulTView on your system, you will require a TV WONDER VE or a TV WONDER card, in addition to your All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO card. Other accessories that you will need, include a distinct cable feed for each of the cards and an audio internal wire.
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| Q14: |
Will Multimedia Center 8.0 be made available for owners of the older All-in-Wonder cards?
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| A14: |
Multimedia Center 8.0 will only support the new product release. However, MMC 8.1 will bring all the new functionality of MMC 8.0 to support legacy cards. Therefore owners of the older All-in-Wonder cards can look forward to having MMC 8.1 made available to them in spring 2003.
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| Q15: |
Can I connect a DV camcorder to this card? Digitally or Analog?
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| A15: |
Yes, through an analog connection as there is no DV port on the All-in-Wonder 9700 PRO card.
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