All-in-Wonder

All-in-Wonder family
Release date1996–2006, 2008

The All-in-Wonder (also abbreviated to AIW) was a combination graphics card/TV tuner card designed by ATI Technologies. It was introduced on November 11, 1996.[1] ATI had previously used the Wonder trademark on other graphics cards (ATI Wonder series), however, they were not full TV/graphics combo cards (EGA Wonder, VGA Wonder, Graphics Wonder). ATI also made other TV oriented cards that use the word Wonder (TV Wonder, HDTV Wonder, DV Wonder), and remote control (Remote Wonder). The All-in-Wonder line debuted with the Rage chipset series. The cards were available in two forms, built by third-party manufacturers (marked as "Powered by ATI") as well as by ATI itself ("Built by ATI").

Each of the All-in-Wonder Radeon cards is based on a Radeon chipset with extra features incorporated onto the board. AIW cards run at lower clock speeds (two exceptions are the AIW 9600XT/AIW X800XT faster/same speed) than their conventional counterparts to reduce heat and power consumption.[2] In June 2008, AMD revived the product line with an HD model.[3]

  1. ^ "ATI's All-in-Wonder brings the seven wonders of graphics acceleration to one mainstream-priced board" (Press release). ATI Technologies. November 11, 1996. Archived from the original on February 8, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
  2. ^ ATI's All-In-Wonder X1900 graphics card - The Tech Report Review Archived 2006-12-30 at the Wayback Machine - by Scott Wasson — 5:00 AM on January 31, 2006
  3. ^ AMD smells a comeback with ATI All-in-Wonder HD - Engadget - AMD announces ATI-all-in-wonder-hd (by Darren Murph, posted Jun 26th 2008 at 12:01AM)