bigblue63's Full Review: ATI ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 PRO, (128 MB) AGP Video Car...
I bought this card as an upgrade from a GeForce2 Ultra. I wanted to do video editing, gaming, and watch TV on my computer. I have been very pleased with the performance of this card in the past few months that I have had it.
Video capture is very good from just about any source. I have recorded from a video camera (composite), the TV out jacks from a TV, and from shows that I was watching on the computer. I have made VCR tapes as well as VCDs from the included software. Captured video/audio can be rendered to MPEG, AVI, VCD, SVCD, DVD and VGA to name a few. The software includes titling, transitions, special effects as well as others. I have watched TV while making movies with the software, and watched TV while internet surfing.
Gaming is great. The Directx 9.0 card will play any game so far with all the visual effects. I play a variety of modern games such as Quake, BF1942, Nascar 2002, Combat Flight Simulator, Tomb Raider, etc., and all look just beautiful with smooth framerates.
I haven't found anything bad about this card. ATI has finally cleaned up the drivers and as of the Catalyst 3.8 and MMC 8.7, most everything is stable and running smoothly.
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