FOR SALE: 9700Pro All in Wonder Sapphire 'The Beast' retail

[analogue40]

Moving to Linux next month on second system and buying seperate capture/graphics card more suitable for the OS, and there's no way i could justify this card in a Linux system as it'll not be used for gaming.

Perfect condition, completely boxed with manuals and included game/driver/utility discs all as new.
Includes break out box, s-video cables, remote bob.

In work right now but i'll post a picture tonight.
It's the Sapphire Retail model 'The beast' Package, you can see it at sapphire's page here - http://www.sapphiretech.com/vga/9700pro-beast.asp

There is a nice gallery of pictures here - http://www.firingsquad.com/media/gallery_index.asp/166

Taking offers now, FREE shipping in UK via special dlivery, US and rest of world cost postage, this goes on ebay soon.

http://www.sapphiretech.com/images/9700aiwboxshot.jpg

ALL-IN-WONDER? 9700 PRO
Specifications

Features

* RADEON? 9700 PRO Visual Processing Unit
* Eight parallel rendering pipelines
* Four parallel geometry engines
* 128MB DDR memory
* 256-bit DDR memory interface
* AGP 8X support
* THEATER? 200 Video decoder and stereo audio processor
* S/PDIF output
* Dual 12-bit ADCs
* Adaptive Comb Filter
* Stereo TV tuner with 125 channels
* TV-ON-DEMAND? timeshifting
* Radio frequency remote control
* Video capture and editing including VideoCD and DVD Authoring
* Component Video output via a YPrPb adapter

System Requirements

* ALL-IN-WONDER 9700 PRO requires connection to your PC's internal power supply for operation. Consult your system builder or OEM to ensure your system has an adequate power supply. Otherwise ATI recommends a 300 watt power supply or greater to ensure normal system operation where a number of other internal devices are installed.
* Intel? Pentium? 4/III/II/Celeron?, AMD? K6/Athlon? or compatible with AGP 8X/4X/2X slot
* 128MB of system memory
* Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
* DVD playback requires DVD drive
* Interactive Program guide requires Internet connection for listing updates
* Remote control receiver requires available USB port
* mulTView? requires a TV WONDER? or TV WONDER? VE card
* 500MHZ minimum processor speed for MPEG-2 video capture
* Sound Subsystem with DirectSound? drivers

Graphics controller

* RADEON? 9700 PRO Visual Processing Unit (VPU)

Memory configuration

* 128MB DDR

Operating system support

* Windows? XP (Home and Professional)
* Windows? 2000
* Windows? Me
* Windows? 98/98SE*
*Windows? Me driver can be installed on Windows? 98/98SE

Display support

* One display (VGA or DVI) simultaneously connected with a TV or VCR
* YPrPb output adapter (available in North America only)

TV-tuner requirements

* TV signal from amplified antenna or cable. Versions available for:

o NTSC (North America, Japan, and Latin America*)

Features vary from country to country and depending on the television standard. *Note that Latin American countries using the PAL M and PAL N standards including Argentina and Brazil are supported by the NTSC version.

Connectors

* DVI-I (15 pin VGA adaptor included)
* Stereo audio, S-video, and composite video inputs and outputs
* External stereo connections to sound card's line input and output
* Dolby? digital stereo audio output (S/PDIF)

[Eyerex]

Hello how does that compare to my rad 9600 if it a large step up i may have if

[analogue40]

here is a part of an Anandtech review of the main cards of this generation

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=1904&p=1

http://www.analogue40.com/9700/9700_aqua.jpg


We continue to see that the Radeon 9700 Pro is performing quite well and unfortunately ATI's assertions that the 9600 XT would perform similarly to the 9700 Pro are simply untrue. Given the very low price of the Radeon 9700 Pro we'd strongly suggest buying a 9700 Pro over a Radeon 9600 XT, or if you don't want to spend that much money we'd suggest a Radeon 9600 Pro as the performance difference isn't all too great.

We're wary of making a final recommendation for this segment right now because of the fact that the 5700 Ultra is right around the corner; we haven't heard anything about its performance relative to the 9600 XT so only time will tell. However if you are going to go the 9700 Pro route we mentioned above then feel free to pull the trigger, as the 5700 Ultra shouldn't be able to outperform the 9700 Pro.

[Eyerex]

Thanks for the info i think i will leave...

[analogue40]

np, goes on ebay friday for anyone else.
There's also an Abit AV8 3rd Eye motherboard for sale, but i'll make another thread for that.