Press Release
- 2003
ATI graphics
power FINAL FANTASY XI notebook
Microsoft
DirectX 8.1 support seen as crucial
February 28, 2003
Tokyo, Japan – ATI Technologies
Inc. (TSX:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) announced that Square Co., Ltd.,
has named Fujitsu notebooks powered by ATI’s Mobility
Radeon 9000 as officially tested notebooks for its online
game FINAL FANTASY XI for Windows. FINAL FANTASY XI is the
first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG)
designed specifically for the Japanese market, and has already
acquired more than 200,000 subscribers since its launch in
May 2002, making it one of the most popular MMORPGs worldwide.
Fujitsu’s high-end notebooks FMV-BIBLO NH26C and FMV-BIBLO
NH24C, with Pentium 4 2.6GHz and Pentium 4 2.4GHz processors
respectively, include ATI’s Mobility Radeon 9000 with
32MB DDR memory. Mobility Radeon 9000 is the most advanced
mobile graphics solution available – it is currently
the only one to support DirectX 8.1 programmable vertex and
pixel shaders. It gives mobile gamers access to the sort
of performance that was top-end for desktop users as recently
as twelve months ago.
“Mobility Radeon 9000 brings top-notch graphics to
the notebook user,” said Reuven Soraya Director of
Marketing, Mobile Products at ATI Technologies. “Fujitsu
has enabled mobile users to play games without compromising
visual quality, whether they’re on the road or just
using a notebook to save space at home.”
“We’ve waited for notebooks with DirectX 8.1
for a long time,” said Hiromichi Tanaka, Senior Vice
President / FINAL FANTASY XI Producer of Square Co. “A
notebook is much better suited than a desktop to playing
games at home because you can play wherever you want to play.
We’ve developed games for consoles that people typically
play sitting on the floor in the living room where the family
gathers and Mobility Radeon 9000 has finally made this a
possibility for PC gamers, too.”
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FINAL FANTASY is a registered trademark of Square Co., Ltd..
Company Background
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 2001 revenues in excess of US
$1 billion, ATI has more than 1,900 employees in the Americas,
Europe and Asia. ATI common shares trade on NASDAQ (ATYT)
and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ATY).
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