Meet ATI's Radeon® 9250 Add-In-Board Launch Partners

ABIT
Over the years, ABIT has become the premier enthusiast brand by making products that cater to the enthusiast. The hobbyist. The professional. Looking forward, ABIT will strive to make products that not only meet the needs of this group, but also find ways to empower the computer novice. New technologies like µGuru™ make overclocking and BIOS flashing as easy as point-and-click. Advancements like OTES™ give maximum air cooling, eliminating the need for a complicated water-cooling system.

The ABIT R9250 offers stunning visual performance at a very competitive price point. Based on the ATI Radeon 9250 GPU and equipped 128MB of high-speed DDR memory, the R9250 provides advanced 3D capabilities and image quality for today’s high-impact multimedia applications and games. Using 4 rendering pipelines and a second-generation transform and lighting engine, the R9250 is capable of bandwidth topping 1 Gigapixels per second for smooth visuals and Direct X 9.0 support.

The ABIT R9250 comes with a multiple display features. A 400Mhz RAMDAC pumps out resolutions of up to a whopping 2048 x 1536, allowing crystal-clear graphics rendering. Dual VGA, TV-Out and DVI support enables the R9250 to be used with a variety of displays, and with ATI Hydravision™, the R9250 handles multiple monitor configurations with ease.

For outstanding graphics performance and a great price, look no further than the ABIT R9250.

Available Models:

• R9250-128ADT: 64-bit memory interface
• R9250-128CDT: 128-bit memory interface

ASUS
Blessed with one of the world’s top R&D teams, ASUS is a technology-oriented company, well known for high-quality and innovative graphics solutions. Winners of over 700 distinguished awards in 2003, ASUS has also been rewarded with Editor’s Picks and Enthusiasts’ Choice awards from around the world in recognition of the quality, speed and value of their PC gaming solutions.

Connect3D
Connect3D is the main certified AIB partner of ATI in Europe and a major partner of ATI in the Americas specialising in the design, manufacture and supply of ATI powered add in boards. Dedicated to providing excellent service and the highest quality products Connect3D has established distribution channels to system builders and major OEM's to numerous countries worldwide. ISO 9001 standard manufacturing facilities in mainland China have the capacity to produce 300,000 boards per month. Warehouses in Hong Kong, Miami, California and the UK facilitate substantial stock holding that can be delivered on a next day basis across the globe. Multi lingual, web based technical support services are easy to use and quick to access.

Connect3D introduces t he Best Graphic Solution at a Great Price. The ATI Connect3D Radeon 9250 provides the perfect balance of advanced 3D graphics, an enhanced multimedia experience and multi-monitor support, at a great price! It is the best Performing graphics cards in the price segment. With superior image quality for a variety of digital applications, such as viewing digital photos, streaming video and gaming. As well, the Radeon 9250 has Digital Video support for single and multi-displays on a VGA monitor, flat panel and TV screen. It has four pixel shader pipeline architecture and up to 256MB of DDR memory for fast action graphics. Driven by ATI’s Catalyst® driver software suite for the most in stability and reliability. The ATI Connect3D Radeon 9250 provides the ultimate value without compromising the visual quality found in today’s games.

Features:
Quad Pipe Pixel Power
High - Performance 3D
SmartShader™
SmoothVision™
HyperZ™ II
FullStream™
HYDRAVISON™
Video Immersion™

GIGABYTE
Since 1986, GIGABYTE has become known as a renowned leader in the motherboard industry, and a dynamic force in the world of graphics technology with a solid reputation of excellence. Founded on an inclusive approach, GIGABYTE products are provided in the hope that they help players and enthusiasts reach goals and bring their ideas to life.

Hightech Informations Systems Inc.
Founded in Hong Kong in 1987, Hightech Information System Ltd. quickly moved to develop the most advanced and superior quality graphics display card, supported by service tailor-made to each customer.

HIS introduces a new and innovative graphic solution to the market, HIS Excalibur 9250 VIVO Edition. The HIS 9250 VIVO Edition includes VIVO, DVI-I, TV features in one single board. The HIS Excalibur 9250 VIVO Edition provides an advanced video capture functionalities that enable novice users to capture, edit, and output high quality videos through a standard PC. With VIVO Edition’s rich video editing feature, the HIS Excalibur 9250 VIVO Edition gives users the flexibility and creative room to edit home videos like a professional. The product comes with 256MB or 128MB graphic memory. The 9250 VIVO solution features with 128MB & 256MB and delivers the outstanding performance with retail price under $99.00. This BEST price/feature VIVO graphic card will be available in stores and online in August.

MSI Computer Corp.
Offering award-winning product quality and outstanding service, MSI™ has specialized in the design and manufacture of main boards, add-on cards, servers/workstations, barebones, optical storage devices, communication devices and IA accessories since 1986. With a strong urge to innovate, MSI has also created a strong line of AIB cards with ATI’s Radeon series GPUs.

MSI introduces the RX9250-T128 -- Gamer’s Choice of DirectX9.0 -- AGP8X / TV-Out / 128MB DDR
Features:

• Powered by ATI® Radeon® 9250 Extreme Power GPU
• SmartShader™ 1.0 Performs Stunning Cinematic Quality Effects with
• Cutting-edged Vertex and Pixel Shader Architecture
• SmoothVision™ 1.1 Technology Enables the Best Antialiasing (FSAA)
• Visual Performance and True-to-Life Image Quality
• HyperZ™ II Greatly Improves the Cinematic Rendering Efficiency and Shadow Rendering
• Catalyst® Unified Driver Certified by Microsoft® WHQL Program Offering the Stability and Reliability
• Best Performance and Game Compatibility for All DirectX® 8.1 with DirectX® 9.0 compliance

Sapphire Technology
Sapphire Technology Limited, the leading supplier of ATI-powered graphics solutions, has just introduced a new model in its range of competitively priced AGP products aimed at bringing new levels of graphics performance into the budget system sector.

The Sapphire Radeon 9250 is the latest addition to the company’s product range based on the ATI Radeon® 9200 series of graphics products. Designed to support up to 256MB of DDR memory and with a core clock speed of 240MHz, this new visual processing unit provides the ultimate value graphics upgrade for AGP8x-based desktop systems. Both home and business users will benefit from the broad range of features and powerful performance of the new Sapphire Radeon 9250 family. The Sapphire Radeon 9250 GPU features a four-pixel shader pipeline architecture with full hardware support for Microsoft® DirectX® 8.1 and with DX9 compliance. It satisfies the high demand for seamless fast action transitions in a wide range of gaming and video applications. It also offers support for ATI’s innovative SmartShader™ technology which provides more image realism for maximum visual benefits with today’s advanced 3D games.

Tul Corporation
Tul Corporation, established in 1997, is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Known as a leader within the PC industry, Tul owns the PowerColor brand which is acknowledged as the world’s third largest provider of graphic cards and the number one supplier of graphics boards powered by ATI graphic processors.

YUAN
Yuan is principally engaged in the design, development, and manufacture of high-quality computer and consumer products as well as the distribution of famous brand computer peripherals. Based on the powerful ATI chip design, Yuan will be able to offer the world the real 3D graphics performance and visual effects even for demanding professionals.