Press Release
- 2005
ATI’s Radeon® X800 XT Single Slot Graphics Solution for the Mac Powers Apple 30-inch Display
Redefines Gaming Performance and Content Creation Sophistication for the Mac
Wednesday
January 05, 2005
Markham, Ontario – As a lead-off
to next week’s MacWorld San Francisco 2005, ATI Technologies
Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT) today introduced the Radeon® X800
XT Mac Edition. Leveraging superior shader technology, Mac users
can now experience high-definition gaming at incredible frame
rates. Teamed with impressive rendering capabilities, the Radeon
X800 XT is primed and ready to drive leading professional content
creation applications. The Radeon X800 XT single slot solution
doubles the performance of the previous generation, giving Power
Mac G5 users an unbeatable graphics solution which supports high
resolution monitors such as the Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display.
The Radeon X800 XT offers a host of new features to satisfy
the needs of users. Equipped with dual digital display connections,
(one Dual Link DVI and one ADC port), the Radeon X800 XT supports
the Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display as well as legacy Apple Digital
Displays. Each port can also be used to connect standard VGA
displays. Featuring 16 pixel pipelines, six vertex pipelines
and 256MB of GDDR3 memory, this high-end graphics card is an
unbeatable option for G5 users.
“The Radeon X800 XT brings a new level of gaming performance to
the Mac,” said Glenda Adams, Director of Development, Aspyr
Media. “The ability to support ultra high resolutions with
amazing frame rates in our current and next generation games
puts this card on the must-have list for Mac gamers.”
“The real-time subdivision surface engine that is at the
core of modo™ derives significant benefit from the increased
acceleration of the Radeon X800 XT,” said Brad Peebler,
President, Luxology. “modo users building complex models
will gain an extra level of creative freedom from the powerful
combination of modo and the X800 XT.”
“Color correction makes two substantial demands on hardware.
The first is extremely accurate color, the second is realtime
processing,“ said Roland Wood, founder and president of
Silicon Color. “The Radeon X800
XT gives FinalTouch the processing power and color accuracy exceeding dedicated
systems costing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
FinalTouch HD with the X800 XT will enable the entire video marketplace to color
correct uncompressed 10bit HD QuickTime in real-time, while playing back with
full control of primaries, secondaries, effects and geometries which is an industry
first.“
“With the Radeon X800 XT, ATI has significantly impacted
the user experience for two critical segments of the Mac market,
gaming and content creation,” said Rick Bergman, Senior
Vice President, PC Business Unit, ATI. “Mac users can perform
the full gamut of tasks without any diminishing returns in performance.”
The Radeon X800 XT will be available on our website at www.ati.com
and through standard Mac retail channels at an MSRP of $499.
At MacWorld San Francisco, January 11-14, the Radeon X800 XT
will be showcased at ATI’s booth (Booth #2217).
For more information, please visit www.ati.com.
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ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks
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availability and specifications are subject to change without notice.
About ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies Inc. is the 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 delivering 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 device
markets. With 2004 revenues of US $2 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
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Other ATI Contacts:
Derek Baker, Senior Consultant, Porter Novelli Canada, at (416)
422-7158, or derek.baker@porternovelli.com
For media inquiries:
Carrie Maynard, Public Relations Specialist at (905) 882-2600,
Ext. 8181 or cmaynard@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
