The All-In-Wonder 2006 PCIe Edition: The Latest Multimedia Solution From ATI
by Josh Venning on December 22, 2005 7:15 AM EST- Posted in
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Performance Tests
Since the All-In-Wonder 2006 is based on the X1300, we should see the same type of performance we saw back when we tested the X1300 Pro earlier this year. However, because the A-I-W 2006 has a lower engine clock as the stock X1300 (445MHz verses 600MHz), the framerates won't be quite as good. For now we will be testing Battlefield 2 and Doom 3 at 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024 to give us a general idea of gaming performance. Next month we will be looking at performance of this and other versions of the X1300 greater detail.
Here is our test system:
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Processor
2x512MB OCZ 2-2-2-6 1T DDR400 RAM
Seagate 7200.7 120 GB Hard Drive
OCZ 600 W PowerStream Power Supply
*Note that we disabled sound for these tests.
The X1300 is a budget part, so obviously it will have trouble running games like these at higher resolutions. Also, you can see what a difference the higher clock speed makes with the standard X1300 Pro over the A-I-W 2006. We found that Battlefield 2 didn't really get a playble framerate on the A-I-W 2006 at 1280x1024, and you'd probably get some choppiness when trying to play the game at 1024x768. Doom 3 did a little better, and the game should run fine at high quality at 1024x768, but again, choppiness might occur at 1280x1024.
If playing games like Battlefield 2 at high resolutions is a must, then this card is not for you, but those needing the type of features an A-I-W card can provide will be satisfied with what this card has to offer if gameplay is not the main focus. Higher resolutions can be achieved by sacrificing some in-game features, but the fact that this card can handle all the bells and whistles at certain resolutions is a plus.
Power Load
Obviously the power load of this card will be much lower than the last A-I-W we tested because it's a much slower part. We again tested the power draw while the system was idle, as well as running a Splinter Cell benchmark to test the card under stress. We also wanted to see the kind of power draw we'd get while recording video at full screen. While idle, the system load was 148W, while recording full-screen video it was 169W, and while under Splinter Cell stress testing the peak load recorded was 219W. As this shows, the A-I-W 2006 will put a significantly lower strain on your power supply than the X1800 XL All-In-Wonder.
Since the All-In-Wonder 2006 is based on the X1300, we should see the same type of performance we saw back when we tested the X1300 Pro earlier this year. However, because the A-I-W 2006 has a lower engine clock as the stock X1300 (445MHz verses 600MHz), the framerates won't be quite as good. For now we will be testing Battlefield 2 and Doom 3 at 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024 to give us a general idea of gaming performance. Next month we will be looking at performance of this and other versions of the X1300 greater detail.
Here is our test system:
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Processor
2x512MB OCZ 2-2-2-6 1T DDR400 RAM
Seagate 7200.7 120 GB Hard Drive
OCZ 600 W PowerStream Power Supply
*Note that we disabled sound for these tests.
The X1300 is a budget part, so obviously it will have trouble running games like these at higher resolutions. Also, you can see what a difference the higher clock speed makes with the standard X1300 Pro over the A-I-W 2006. We found that Battlefield 2 didn't really get a playble framerate on the A-I-W 2006 at 1280x1024, and you'd probably get some choppiness when trying to play the game at 1024x768. Doom 3 did a little better, and the game should run fine at high quality at 1024x768, but again, choppiness might occur at 1280x1024.
If playing games like Battlefield 2 at high resolutions is a must, then this card is not for you, but those needing the type of features an A-I-W card can provide will be satisfied with what this card has to offer if gameplay is not the main focus. Higher resolutions can be achieved by sacrificing some in-game features, but the fact that this card can handle all the bells and whistles at certain resolutions is a plus.
Power Load
Obviously the power load of this card will be much lower than the last A-I-W we tested because it's a much slower part. We again tested the power draw while the system was idle, as well as running a Splinter Cell benchmark to test the card under stress. We also wanted to see the kind of power draw we'd get while recording video at full screen. While idle, the system load was 148W, while recording full-screen video it was 169W, and while under Splinter Cell stress testing the peak load recorded was 219W. As this shows, the A-I-W 2006 will put a significantly lower strain on your power supply than the X1800 XL All-In-Wonder.
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rob46 - Saturday, December 24, 2005 - link
Since the AIW 2006 PCIe is based off the architecture of the x1300, can any other x1300 card be used to set up a Crossfire system? There was an article a little while ago that stated that the x1300 series wouldn't need a Crossfire master-card so any x1300 card should, in theory, be able to complete the Crossfire system right?macraig - Saturday, December 24, 2005 - link
It's really bad review journalism that so many reviews are done in a vacuum. None of a product's features or characteristics have meaning as an absolute... they're only meaningful *relative* to other similar competing products. That makes perfect sense, since even human intelligence isn't and can't (yet?) be measured as an absolute. Neither has meaning except relative to a peer.I'd like to see AnandTech and all other sites offering things called reviews to save their words and efforts until they can do the job right, with a full comparative head-to-head spread. "Reviews" in a vacuum like this raise an obvious question of motivation: is this an actual objective review, or merely a verbose conspiratorial marketing ad?
Mark
Galloway1520 - Friday, December 23, 2005 - link
What I'm most curious about is if this card can OC up at least to stock X1300(445MHz up to 600MHz) engine clock. If so, then it should be able to do Crossfire, as the X1300 & X1600 do not require a master/dongle combo.It not, my understanding is that Crossfire automatically 'underclocks' the faster card, and then this combo doesn't look as promising
andlcs - Friday, December 23, 2005 - link
The review didn't mention the memory of this card.Newegg says it's DDR.
ATI Web Site says it's GDDR3.
I think it's F-BGA/GDDR2.
Questar - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - link
"The fact that certain parts (ie. X1600) took so long after launch to actually become available made us go from slightly annoyed to eventually worried that something horrible had happened at ATI to cause such delays."It's been known for months why the x1000 series was delayed. As always, Google is your friend.
DerekWilson - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - link
There are lots of reason for the general "delay" in x1000 series parts, and these have been well documented. Initially the R520 was supposed to launch this past summer and the rest of the lineup would follow in october/november. There was a circuit bug that ended up forcing ATI to push the R520 launch back to the RV515 timeframe. RV515 (x1300) was generally on time, and the RV530 (X1600) was announced at the same time as the rest of the X1000 series (early october). RV530 was scheduled to hit the streets on 11/30. All this is well and good, but it's not what Josh was talking about.The X1600 wasn't available until recently. The X1800 XT was available about 3-5 days after it was scheduled to be (11/5), but it took longer for the X1600 to show up. This is the delay we are talking about -- the delay from when ATI says something will be on shelves until the day it actually is.
We are happy to see some real availability of the All-In-Wonder 2006 today at major online retailers. It was also nice to see a few sites selling the X1800 CrossFire Edition a couple days ago.
This week is certainly a welcome change from what we are used to seeing from ATI.
Araemo - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - link
If this thing is $200 or lower at launch(and $150 or so as time goes on?), it'd be a good option for people with an "SLI" mobo, but no interest in a SLI setup. Put your gaming card in slot 1, put this card in slot 2, use this for VIVO, and the gaming card as your actual video card.Donegrim - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - link
or buy a dedicated TV card for vastly less money, and get a pci one so you wouldnt have to havee a dual PCI-E motherboard. These AIW cards seem pointless when you can get a decent TV card for about £30 ($55 ish)BigLan - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - link
For people in that situation, a pcie theater550 card would be a much better option. Hardware encoding makes a huge difference (despite what was said in the article) and the 550 is much cheaper than this card.Actually, getting a regular x1300 + theater 550 card works out about the same price as the x1300 aiw, and would be a much better option imo (faster gfx card + better TV picture.) Plus it would give you something to put in those pcie x1 slots :)
ksherman - Thursday, December 22, 2005 - link
ah but that 1x slot is inbetween my two Vieo slots... and i dont think any card will fit in there..... (DFI Ultra-D) some times, i get really angry @ DFI for their board design...