Entered CNET Catalog: 02/05/2004
SKU: 100-714116
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Manufacturer description
Embrace the total multimedia experience right on your PC with the unbeatable value and performance of the ALL-IN-WONDER 9600. The ALL-IN-WONDER 9600 gives you the power to sit back, playback, and capture or edit the finest quality TV, HDTV, streamed video, and DVD's that today's technology has to offer for the PC. Combine this with the awesome graphic rendering power of its RADEON 9600 visual processing unit, remote control freedom, plus dual VGA monitor support and you have a multimedia dynamo. With support for the latest DirectX 9.0 graphics standard, AGP 8X and up to 128MB of DDR memory, the ALL-IN-WONDER 9600 launches gamers into immersing 3D game play at blistering speeds right out of the box.User opinions
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User Rating: 
8/10
Depends on System and Use
Pros: Good performance for price
Cons: Very buggy drivers
User Rating: 8/10
very good for the price, got it for $119 cdn ($99 US), but very very annoying drivers
Pros: same tv features as AIW 9800pro, great value and performance for the price
Cons: annoying drivers and update process
User Rating: 
3/10
Lousy software and drivers...
Pros: Works well on older P4 systems.
Cons: ATI, AMD, and Windows XP...terrible combination!
Initially I had to download and install special drivers because I have an AMD processor, which is not natively supported!
I received several warning from Windows XP Pro. w/ SP2 stating that some of the software and drivers (from the CD) were not signed, and had not been verified as compatible with Windows XP. (I later downloaded the updated software and drivers from ATI's website, but had the same problems.)
After I restarted my computer, it continually crashed to the blue screen of death, each time reporting corrupted drivers. Safe Mode worked to some degree, but it too ended up crashing. The only method of solving the problem was to use the "repair" feature on the Windows XP CD to reinstall the OS! (Even uninstalling the drivers and software from Safe Mode failed.)
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I tested the card on a friend's older 2.8GHz P4 system running Windows ME, and it installed and ran fine. However, the software is old, "clunky," and poorly layed out. In addition, options are at a minimum and it is heavy on system resources. Luckilly there are other software packages out there that can replace most of the ATI software. (Including GB-PVR, which is free!)
The video quality isn't quite as good as I expected (displayed on a 19" monitor, it's not as clear as a 20" analog TV), but still better than some of the cheaper alternatives. In addition, there were times where the video and sound wasn't quite synced.
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Overall, I recommend staying away from this card, especially if you have Windows XP and/or an AMD processor, as it is not a combination worth trying. I suggest looking into the Nvidia Personal Cinema FX5700 series, which offers comparible performance and can be found online for less than ATI's AIW 9600.
User Rating: 3/10
Terrible Card, Terrible Software
Pros: Nice specs
Cons: The drivers threw all kinds of errors and crashed my machine. The Catalyst service ate 700MB of memory and slowed my machine to a halt. The card would occasionally fail to display altogether, even during the system's POST. ATI's tech support was useless a
User Rating: 
9/10
Best Budget Card Ever.
Pros: Very easy to use customization software. dual moniter support, s-video out, fast ramdac and processor, very good card for the gamer who wants good graphics without breaking their wallet.
Cons: no s-video in!, didnt come with dvi-to-vga converter, and i cant think of anything else bad :p
User Rating: 
1/10
extremely poor synchronization with HDTV
Pros: ?
Cons: Can not sync well to AQUOS 37" HDTV, the sync quality is bad and there are virtually no controls to improve it, while NVIDIA syncs much better with no visible artifacts and provides a "calibration screen" which drastically improves the picture quality com
User Rating: 
6/10
Very good card. $50 rebate a plus
Pros: User friendly, I like the ATI desktop.If you don't try to 2nd guess their operation.
Cons: None.
User Rating: 
7/10
excellent product, good visuals
Pros: love the tv tuner surf mode. Good graphics, fast, relatively inexpensive.
Cons: none that I can think of.
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