Communiqué
ATI IS ALL THE RAGE WITH
GATEWAY!
- ATI'S
RAGE FURY 16MB SELECTED FOR GATEWAY™ 'PERFORMANCE' PCs AIMED AT THE
CONSUMER DESKTOP PC MARKET
ATI has announced that Gateway has selected ATI's RAGE FURY 16MB high-performance
graphics add-in board to compliment to their range of Performance PCs
for the consumer desktop market.
The RAGE
FURY 16MB add-in boards are built around the award-winning RAGE 128
chip, a 128 bit graphics and multimedia accelerator. By utilising the
power of this chip, the RAGE FURY 16MB gives visually stunning 3D graphics
at incredible 3D speeds. Offering high resolutions up to 1600 x 1200
it accelerates all games including DirectX, Direct 3D and OpenGL games.
"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 performance PC series, the RAGE FURY
16MB with its RAGE 128 chip will deliver all the best that the latest
in 3D entertainment can offer the demanding end users of Gateway's consumer
desktops."
"ATI have
provided us with an excellent board for our customers," commented Dave
Corcoran, Product Manager Gateway Europe,Middle East and Africa. "We
have a long and durable relationship with ATI, this board is the next
in a long line that consistently meets and exceeds all the requirements
we have for an add-in graphics board."
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
is designed for stunning 2D & 3D performance on mainstream PCs and is
the first chip to support new DDR SGRAM and popular SDRAM memories.
The RAGE 128 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.
ATI supplies
add-in boards for the whole of Gateway's range of Performance PCs.
Corporate
Profiles
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.
Gateway
Gateway (NYSE: GTW), a Fortune 250 company founded in 1985, focuses
on building lifelong relationships with consumers and businesses
through complete technology personalization. Our 19,000 employees
worldwide serve clients with services and built-to-order computers
that consistently win top awards from leading industry publications.
Gateway had total global revenue of $7.5 billion in 1998 and shipped
3.54 million systems. For more information, visit our web site at
http://www.gateway.com/uk
