ATi continued

ATi was demonstrating their latest product the Radeon VE. It's basically an OEM videocard for system builders demanding good quality and a strong feature pack. For an absolute low and competitive price you'll get a videocard with dual display controlled by two ramdacs with memory and core running at I believe 187 MHz.
ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT), the world's largest supplier of graphics, video and multimedia solutions, announced today that it is shipping the RADEON™ VE desktop graphics board to the mainstream market with an ESP (estimated street price) of just (US) $99.

The RADEON VE board integrates HydraVision™ technology, allowing for multi-monitor support for increased productivity. Exclusively available with the RADEON VE graphics board, HydraVision enables users to define up to nine multi-monitor configurations, enabling work to be spread across the entire workspace. The RADEON VE graphics board also features ATI's VIDEO IMMERSION™ technology for high-quality video and DVD playback.

"The RADEON VE desktop graphics board furthers ATI's commitment to leadership in the retail computer space," said Deanna Perkins, Product Manager, Desktop Marketing, ATI Technologies Inc. "With an estimated street price of just $99, the RADEON VE delivers affordable, high-quality, industry-leading graphics designed to meet all the varied requirements of today's mainstream consumer -- with no compromise."
What was very interesting to see was the powerful HydraVision software which will allow you to (for example) assign a application to a key or macro and switch swiftly and fast to that application on a preferred monitor. really cool stuff. The VE has a srabdard VGA output and a DVI connector output as standard, you'll get a DVI gender-changer towards VGA with the board to hook up two monitors easily.
 

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The last question to ATi was of course, what will your next consumer graphics videocard be and what about it's specifications ? As I already assumed Nicole could not get me any information regarding this product besides the fact that it's called Radeon II and it'll go into mass production already at the end of this summer. The Radeon II will definitely have improved HyperZ technology and will be a competitive videocard against NVIDIA GeForce3. I for sure, can't wait on that release :)

 

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