The ATI All In Wonder range of graphic cards have a long history
behind them. Integrating a multitude of multimedia features onto one
simple card, the All In wonder cards have captured the hearts of many.
I remember the time we received the first All In Wonder solution brought
by ATI, the All In Wonder(AIW) based on the Rage 128 chipset. At the
time, it was considered one of the ultimate multimedia cards in the
market. After their initial launch the All In Wonder series just kept
improving by each new model. The early models of the AIW lacked in
raw performance, however as ATI came up with the Radeon chip all this
changed greatly. The really cool thing about these cards is that,
they are incorporated with so many features that it turns an ordinary
PC system into a full featured multimedia system instantly.
After the recent release of the Radeon 8500 chip we have seen an array
of cards based on this chipset coming out. Today we bring to you the
ATI All In Wonder Radeon 8500DV produced by Hercules. This is the
first video card to introduce an integrated firewire port and also
the first to include DirectX 8 programmable vertex shaders. Before
we get onto in-depth details let's first take at the card's specifications
and a comparison view to the other Radeon AIW graphic cards.
