ATI Technologies All-in-Wonder Radeon 7500 Graphics Card

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Title : ATI Technologies All-in-Wonder Radeon 7500 Graphics Card
Author : ATI Technologies
Release Date : 20020312
Binding : Electronics
Regular Price : $199.99
Amazon.com Price : $150.99 (25 %)
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Buyer Reviews :
I bought this card for a few reasons, the two primarily were for the TV tuner and the specs on the display adapter. I figured a combo card would save time, money and room. The hardware on the card is great, the software and drivers are buggy. Took me two days to get a near perfect installation. Let me just make a very long story short.

I tested with the following OS: win98SE, winXP and win2k. My System meets all required hardware to support this card (Memory, HD DMA support).

Win98SE works good after new driver installation from ATI website. The main reason i use 98SE is for PC gaming, if you play Unreal Tournament DO NOT GET THIS CARD (win2k and win98SE, nothing works to get UT working), UT is basically all i play so i have not tested with other games.

WinXP was a good install, however i got numerous error messages during install. After a reboot things seem to be working ok.

Win2k was a better install, again i needed new drivers from ATI website and needed new component upgrades (DirectX, VIA chipset, winMedia CODECS). Using sonic foundry Vegas Video on win2k does not function and halts the system. Unreal Tournament does not work under win2k and this card.

The card has some good features. The TV tuner captures mpeg1 and mpeg2 video, allowing you to record TV shows. This part of the software works good (after VIA chipset driver upgrade). ATI has a scheduling software so you can schedule recording times which works well. TV on demand also works well, nice feature, I haven't used it that much. The Gemstar TV listings software as a pain and i still don't have it working. Over all, this card will take you some time and research to install properly. After all is complete there is no guarantee that other applications and games will function along with it. Before making a decision go to google.com and do a search for other reviews of this card.

(by farinspace)

Features/Technical Specs :
* Powerful all-in-one 3-D, TV, and video for your PC
* Powered by the RADEON 7500 GPU
* Wireless radio-frequency remote control
* 64 MB DDR memory
* Easily capture and edit MPEG-2 video into your own creations

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