Press Release
- 2004
ATI introduces the Radeon® X700 family
of visual processors with best-in-class price and performance
Tuesday September
21, 2004
MARKHAM, ON – ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) today
introduced the Radeon® X700 family of visual processors. The
Radeon X700 delivers excellent graphics performance for gaming
and visual processing, at a price suited to a broad range of customers.
Delivering a gaming experience that is anything but mainstream,
the Radeon X700 visual processing units (GPUs) include the advanced,
cutting-edge features previously introduced in ATI’s Radeon
X800 family of GPUs and a higher level of performance than some
of last year’s high-end visual processors, but for less than
$200.
“The Radeon X700 has been designed to deliver amazing
gaming performance in all of today’s popular games,” said
Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President and General Manager, PC Business
Unit, ATI Technologies Inc. “It’s easy to perform
well in one game, but the Radeon X700 demonstrates its rendering
prowess by performing well in a wide spectrum of games. It also
delivers industry leading image quality and multimedia features
for customers who use their computers for a wider range of applications.”
Based on the award winning Radeon X800 architecture and designed
to closely adhere to Microsoft’s DirectX 9 specification,
the Radeon X700 includes advanced architectural elements and
features previously reserved for products twice the price of
the Radeon X700. The eight pixel pipe and six vertex pipe architecture
is unique for products in this class, enabling unprecedented
processing power than any other mid-range priced graphics processors
on the market.
The Radeon X700 products, built by either ATI or one of its
board partners, are supported by ATI’s award winning Catalyst® suite
of software. Catalyst AI, a newly introduced feature of ATI’s
software suite, allows customers to enjoy improved levels of
performance and a better overall experience with today’s
popular games. Users enable and control their preferred level
of performance enhancement without having to sacrifice image
quality.
The Radeon X700 family will include the Radeon X700 XT, the
Radeon X700 PRO and the Radeon X700, with a variety of memory
configurations and speeds to meet the wide range of needs of
customers looking for a visual processor for gaming, streaming
video, digital photo editing and other visually demanding activities.
Priced as low as US $149, the Radeon X700 products deliver the
best performance in their price segment.
The Radeon X700 PRO is now shipping. Products will be available
soon from ATI and a stellar line-up of graphics card manufacturers
including ABIT, ASUS, Connect3D, Diamond Multimedia, Giga-Byte,
High-Tech, ITC, MSI, Palit, Sapphire, Tul, Visiontek and YUAN.
The Radeon X700 XT and Radeon X700 will ship next month.
For more information about the Radeon X700 and ATI’s other
products and technologies, please visit www.ATI.com.
Copyright 2004 ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change without notice.
About ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies Inc. is a world leader in the design and
manufacture of innovative 3D graphics and digital media silicon
solutions. An industry pioneer since 1985, ATI is the world’s
foremost visual processor unit (GPU) provider and is dedicated
to deliver leading-edge performance solutions for the full range
of PC and Mac desktop and notebook platforms, workstation, set-top
and digital television, game console and handheld markets. With
2003 revenues in excess of US $1.3 billion, ATI has more than
2,700 employees in the Americas, Europe and Asia. ATI common
shares trade on NASDAQ (ATYT) and the Toronto Stock Exchange
(ATY).
Contact Information
For media or industry analyst support, visit our Web site at
http://www.ati.com .
Other ATI Contacts:
Tenille Kennedy, Senior Consultant, Porter Novelli Canada, at
(416) 422-7163 or tenille.kennedy@porternovelli.com
For media inquiries:
Patricia Mikula, Public Relations Manager,
ATI Technologies Inc., at
(905) 882-2600, Ext. 8809 or pmikula@ati.com
For investor relations support, please contact:
Janet Craig, Director, Investor Relations, ATI Technologies Inc.,
at (905) 882-2600, Ext. 2631 or janet@ati.com
