ATI All-In-Wonder 9800 Pro user reviews

Cons i just want to capture from my camcorder, but using the high DVD format (720x480), it drop LOTS frames. I thought it's suppose to encode mpeg2 real time. yah maybe mpeg2 (but SVCD quality, not DVD). on January 12, 2005  | Read full review

Cons Only con is that you need to have a decent size harddrive if you plan to do a lot of video recording. Or you could purchase a DVD burner(about $99 now) and burn your movies files to DVDs. :-) on January 12, 2005  | Read full review

Cons I studied the installation before attempting it. The actual installation was painful. I reinstalled it several times, before I could get half of it functional. I also studied ATI techincal web site for help. I search FAQ for answers to my problems without on January 1, 2005  | Read full review

Cons For TV capture and support of multimedia creation, I've had an ongoing series of problems getting all of the features to play well with other devices and applications. Most recently, after installing Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus, the TV tuner stopped working. R on November 6, 2004  | Read full review

Cons Has a known issue: Blank screen during boot-up until the PC is left on and the ATI card warms up. ATI support says it is because good PSUs have a overload protection switch which gets trigered with this card. ATI is still looking for a solution. This only on October 23, 2004  | Read full review

Cons Driver situation is frustrating and even the most current driver and MMC bundle is still full of flaw. Major one is the compatibility with Audigy series card and currently experiencing similar problem with downgraded Live!5.1 Digital. on October 18, 2004  | Read full review

Cons Unfortunetly the software end doesn't get along with windows. The Guide PLUS+ software has many bugs and I'm still not able to take advantage of the gaming end due to the software problems. SO IT's BACK TO THE STORE WITH IT! And back to Nvidia. on September 11, 2004  | Read full review

Cons Overheats after only a few min of play filling the screen with gibberish, In the end the only way for me to play games was to open the case and put a full sized housefan next to my comp blowing directly onto the card. My case has good enough cooling that on September 2, 2004  | Read full review

Cons I wish I had read this message board before i spent $400 on the piece of junk. It has many bugs and it crashes my PC daily. I have tried installing driver updates from the ATI website, but the problems remain or get worse. Cool features are useless if on September 1, 2004  | Read full review

Cons driver bugs, first reviewer on this page says it all, but there's more MMC(multi-media-center)Tv channel scan is frozen after update from 8.9 to 9.0 MMC, this is where all the channels come up all at once on the screen, sort of a picture in picture but li on September 1, 2004  | Read full review

Cons The worst software ever. This is my second try three years ago I tried the 128m AIW pro and paid 300 for it. Now it came in my Dell and It still stinks. No support, no reply and when you badger them over weeks of calls and emails you get lame excuses. Wh on September 1, 2004  | Read full review

Cons Now the bad.Software software software how can i say this.. It sucks it blow it is buggy.. The guide plus sounds great but does not deliver what itsays it will. I hope ati works this out. The mouse will not work wellwhen useing some tv programs . I foun on September 1, 2004  | Read full review

Cons - Rather weak software - Lousy documentation - Sorry, but $400 (current retail) is too much for ANY graphics card (i got it for $150 on sale) on July 27, 2004  | Read full review

Cons some places sell it for $400 dollars retail. on July 24, 2004  | Read full review

Cons Can't say a lot about the item except I had to return it. After 5-6 trys in installing the card alls I got was a dark screen. Nothing. Nada zip. Worse, when I emailed ATI with a long letter detailing my problem, I got zippo tech support. on July 1, 2004  | Read full review

Cons Not usable. Locks up system, video blanks out entirely. Only way to fix is to power off system. TV tuner locks up consistently. This is the second card I've had in a third system. I have reloaded Windows XP 4 times, and tried it under Windows 2000 wi on June 7, 2004  | Read full review

Cons you have to put up with the jealousy of others who cannot afford it. (i.e. the flaming on this site) on May 26, 2004  | Read full review

Cons Very buggy tuner. Channel 2 DOES NOT WORK and the rest can not be fine tuned. ATI offers no support for Windows XP Media Center Edition. on May 9, 2004  | Read full review

Cons I just want to watch a bit of telly at the end of a long day on April 27, 2004  | Read full review