9700 A-I-W Non-Pro
Just a quick question, maybe an obvious one too :\
I've got a Shuttle SN41G2B, quite happy with it, and I've currently got an ATI AIW Radeon 32 MB in it. I love the card, I use the TV and video features at school, and I've been looking into getting an upgrade. The problem I'm having, is that the 9700 Pro All-In-Wonder seems to have power issues with the current line of shuttles and their Power Supplies. Some folks have had them work cleanly, but others have gone so far as to install delay circuits for video card power-on and more. I'd rather not have to deal with all of that, or with buying multiple cards to break up the useage, so I've been looking into other cards in the lineup. The AIW 9000 just isn't quite fast enough for me right now, as I'd like whatever I purchase to last me a few years, and I'm afraid it won't be up to snuff that way.
The other day I came across the All-In-Wonder 9700 non-pro version. I hadn't seen it before, but they're selling them at Newegg and it's listed on ATI's website. Now my assumption would be that since it's clocked lower and on the whole a slightly less agressive graphics card, would it make much of a power difference in terms of what the card draws? Maybe enough to come closer to enusring stable opperation without any circuitry fiddling?
If it's a stupid question, feel free to tell me to blow off, but I just don't know, thanks to any who respond
I've got a Shuttle SN41G2B, quite happy with it, and I've currently got an ATI AIW Radeon 32 MB in it. I love the card, I use the TV and video features at school, and I've been looking into getting an upgrade. The problem I'm having, is that the 9700 Pro All-In-Wonder seems to have power issues with the current line of shuttles and their Power Supplies. Some folks have had them work cleanly, but others have gone so far as to install delay circuits for video card power-on and more. I'd rather not have to deal with all of that, or with buying multiple cards to break up the useage, so I've been looking into other cards in the lineup. The AIW 9000 just isn't quite fast enough for me right now, as I'd like whatever I purchase to last me a few years, and I'm afraid it won't be up to snuff that way.
The other day I came across the All-In-Wonder 9700 non-pro version. I hadn't seen it before, but they're selling them at Newegg and it's listed on ATI's website. Now my assumption would be that since it's clocked lower and on the whole a slightly less agressive graphics card, would it make much of a power difference in terms of what the card draws? Maybe enough to come closer to enusring stable opperation without any circuitry fiddling?
If it's a stupid question, feel free to tell me to blow off, but I just don't know, thanks to any who respond
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