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ATI All-In-Wonder X800 XL Review

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  1. Kevin •  November 12, 2005
    Rating: 4/5

    This card is not that much slower than the 7800GTX but is much cheaper and the results it gives are brilliant, I recomend this card to any gamer who would like to get a great card with as little as possible cash spent.

    Rating: 8 :: 0 out of 1 people found this user review helpful.

  2. Some Guy •  February 13, 2006
    Rating: 2/5

    I’m satisfied with X800 XL card for playing the game America’s Army, very smooth graphics even with 3D settings cranked up to the highest level at 1024×768 resolution. With my previous ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 XT AGP card the game was unplayable, I was “stuck in the matrix” so to speak even when no network lag present. I replaced with ATI All-In-Wonder X800 XL PCI-E, and now I get amazing results, great fun!

    I’m disappointed with the TV Tuner, ATI screwed things up big time. With my old 9600 AGP card I could repeatedly press the arrow up or arrow down keys on my keyboard to switch channels instantly with no problem. Now with my new X800 XL PCI-E card I press the arrow key and it takes 1 second before changing to next channel, then once it switched channel I lose sound for 1 second and then it come back to normal. Problem persists whether activating onboard audio or installing PCI Sound Blaster card.

    With the X800 XL card I have to reboot my computer every time I want to open the TV Tuner, otherwise I get dangerously loud white noise in my headphones, around 110 dB I think. Considering the earing damage limit is 85 dB, are ATI trying to make my ears bleed or something?

    While watching TV the image freeze frequently, the TV Tuner won’t respond anymore so I have to reboot my computer. Also I must point out that I’m not dealing with a cheap no-name motherboard here. I’m using the ASUS A8R-MVP with the ATI CrossFire chip integrated onboard, this motherboard was supposedly designed specifically for ATI video cards, one would think they figured how to build stable drivers on their own hardware.

    Don’t bother with X800 XL if you plan on watching TV on your computer, this card is pure crap. Sure it does works fine for gaming, but this makes no sense, for a comparable price why not buy a better standalone graphic card specially for that.

    Rating: 4 :: 1 out of 2 people found this user review helpful.

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