ATI präsentiert RADEON 9500 (Pro) und 9700

Grafikchip	Chiptakt	Pipelines	effektiver Speichertakt	Speicherbus
RADEON 9700 Pro	325 MHz	8	620 MHz	256 bit
RADEON 9700	275 MHz	8	540 MHz	256 bit
RADEON 9500 Pro	275 MHz	8	540 MHz	128 bit
RADEON 9500	275 MHz	4	540 MHz	128 bit

Pressemitteilung

ATI drives high-end features into mainstream faster than ever before with blistering new chips

MARKHAM, Ontario - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) today announced the launch of the RADEON™ 9500 PRO, the world's first DirectX® 9.0 visual processing unit (VPU) for the performance mainstream market. In addition, ATI launched the RADEON™ 9500 and RADEON™ 9700 VPUs - all three products are derivatives of ATI's wildly successful and highly acclaimed RADEON™ 9700 PRO product, launched less than three months ago. These latest products complete ATI's family of VPUs, firmly establishing the company's lead in every market segment from value to enthusiast.

"We have accomplished a tremendous feat - one never seen before in the industry - by driving our high-end product features into the mainstream market while maintaining the lead in the enthusiast market," said David Orton, President and Chief Operating Officer, ATI Technologies Inc. "We are strongly positioned as 'the king of graphics.' Once again, we are leading the industry by being the first to drive DirectX 9.0 support into the mainstream, and offering high-end features to that market."

Microsoft's DirectX 9.0 is the platform for which many game developers are creating their new titles, and ATI's RADEON 9500 PRO is the only product on the market that allows performance mainstream users to access high-end DirectX 9.0 features - giving them a high-end gaming experience at a more affordable price-point. Driving DirectX 9.0 support into the performance mainstream means a larger market will have the ability to enable features programmed specifically for the DirectX 9.0 platform.

"We applaud ATI's continued support of Microsoft DirectX," said Dean Lester, General Manager of Graphics and Gaming Technologies, Microsoft Corporation. "ATI's new RADEON 9500 PRO hardware combined with the capabilities of the latest Microsoft DirectX 9.0 will provide gamers the most robust and immersive gaming experience available to date."

ATI's RADEON 9500 PRO sets a new standard for the performance mainstream with the introduction of DirectX 9.0 support, eight rendering pipelines, 275/550 clock speed, AGP 4X/8X compatibility and 128- bit memory architecture combined with 128MB fast DDR memory. The RADEON 9500, available exclusively through add-in-board partners, offers many of the same features with four rendering pipelines and 64MB fast DDR memory.