ATI today started shipping the All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500 all-singing, all-dancing graphics card to retailers in North America.

ATI claims the board is the "fastest multimedia graphics cards for gamers". But the feature set suggest that more generalised home entertainment - watching and recording TV on the PC, digital video editing - is the key driver. ATI has another card for this segment, the All-in-Wonder RADEON 8500DV, introduced in January for $399. It drops in price to $299.

This All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500 128MB carries a hefty recommended retail price of $399 and has more DDR memory than its non-All-in-Wonder Radeon 8500 counterpart - 128MB v. 64MB.

Considering the price, it may be worth checking out
ATI one-month trade-in promo. Punters get a $50 rebate immediately, and another $100 mail-in rebate when they send in their previously purchased graphics card to ATI (check out the web site (http://www.ati.com) for the rules of engagement). The Radeon 8500 65MB and Radeon 8500 cards are included in this promo. ®