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RADEON 8500 : page 2
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AIW Radeon 8500DV Featureset- Charisma Engine II
- Pixel Tapestry Engine II
- HyperZ II
- Video Immersion II
- Hydravision
- Truform
- SmoothShader
- 230mhz core clockspeed/190mhz DDR memory clock 128 bit bus
- SmartShader
- 125 channel cable ready TV Tuner
- RF (Radio frequency) Remote Control
- 64MB DDR memory
Package Contents- ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 8500DV Graphics card
- Breakout Box
- DVI-I to VGA converter
- Stereo, audio, S-Video and composite video inputs and outputs also DV input and output
- External stereo connections to sound card's line input and output
- Dolby Digital stereo audio output
- 2 external IEEE1394/iLink/FireWire ports
- Driver CD also contains multimedia applications
- Half Life Counterstrike
- Half Life Uplink
- Team Fortress Classic
- Ulead Media Studio 6.5
- MatchWare Mediator 6.0
- Gemstar Guide Plus
- AIW RADEON installation and setup Guide
- ATI Multimedia Center User's Guide
- QuickStart guide
- RF (Radio Frequency) Remote Control
Installation
Normally I don't have many problems installing videocards. However with the AIW 8500DV, a lot of work was required to get it up and running. ATI's normal graphics cards only require a monitor cable and perhaps a DVI-I to VGA adapter. Their AIW cards, however require quite a bit more. ATI includes a Quick Start guide with the 8500DV without which I'd have been in a lot of trouble.
The problem with the AIW card is not a matter of complexity, but rather a matter of sheer number of connectors to get TV, Firewire etc to work. Upon removing my previous AIW RADEON from the system, I inserted the 8500DV and connected the connectors according to the Quick Start Guide. Upon reboot, a new videocard was detected and I installed the driver. Upon a second reboot, I setup the TV and Windows correctly detected the Firewire ports and TV tuner. At this point my new AIW RADEON 8500 was successfully installed.
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