Communiqué
ATI OPENS GATEWAY TO GRAPHICS!
- ATI'S
RAGE 128 SELECTED FOR NEW GATEWAY 'ESSENTIAL PC' AIMED AT THE CONSUMER
DESKTOP PC MARKET
ATI announced today that Gateway has selected ATI's RAGE 128 high performance
graphics chip, incorporated on a motherboard manufactured by Intel,
for the new Gateway Essential 466 consumer desktop PCs.
The new Gateway
Essential PCs use the leading-edge ATI RAGE 128 VR chip, in conjunction
with the latest Intel 466MHz Celeron processor, to deliver the performance
features and benefits promised by the latest sophisticated graphics
and multimedia applications.
ATI's RAGE
128 graphics chips benefit from ATI's advanced 3D architecture, producing
industry-leading 3D graphics performance and a fully integrated 128-bit
graphics and multimedia accelerator that supports up to 16MB of graphics
memory.
In reviewing
the feature set of the RAGE 128, the authoritative Microprocessor Report
commented: "With overall performance to match the best 3D chips on the
market today and unmatched support for digital video, the RAGE 128 earns
our Editor's Choice award for the best combination of features and performance
among mainstream graphics accelerators."
"The RAGE
128 has been praised by leading computer publications and industry analysts
for its remarkable 3D graphics and multimedia ability," said Simon Greer,
ATI UK Country Manager. "With the new Essential PC series, the RAGE
128 will deliver all the best that the latest in 3D entertainment, Internet
and education applications can offer the demanding end users of Gateway's
newest consumer desktop."
The industry
leading graphics and multimedia features of the ATI RAGE 128
ATI's RAGE 128-based chips have the power to handle advanced visual
effects such as alpha blending, fog, video textures, texture lighting,
reflections, shadows, LOD biasing, texture morphing, and vivid colour
rendering - all needed to run today's increasingly graphics-intensive
business, consumer and entertainment applications.
RAGE 128
VR id designed for stunning 2D & 3D performance on mainstream PCs and
is the first chip to support new DDR SGRAM and popular SDRAM memories.
It also offers optional support for TV-out and Video Capture, enabling
"Broadcast PC" systems.
The RAGE
128 VR's integrated motion compensation and iDCT technology produces
full screen, full motion high quality playback DVD/MPEG2 video. Without
the need for expensive hardware, ATI's DVD solution delivers superior
performance for the home and business user.
Corporate
Profile
ATI Technologies Inc., the world's largest supplier of 3D graphics
and multimedia technology, designs, manufactures and markets innovative
and award-winning multimedia solutions and graphics components for the
personal computer, set-top box and consumer electronics appliance markets.
An ISO 9002 company, ATI is the world's leading supplier of video and
2D/3D graphics accelerators to OEM and retail customers. Founded in
l985, ATI employs more than 1,600 people at headquarters in Thornhill,
Ontario, and in offices in the United States, Germany, France, the United
Kingdom, Ireland, Barbados, Malaysia, Japan and Hong Kong. ATI is a
public company whose shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and
NASDAQ.
