BobyJo
09-20-2002, 10:59 AM
DigiTimes has posted an article on upcoming video graphics cards coming out. The article is titled Nvidia to launch NV18 and NV28 chips on September 25 but contained Radoen 9500 news as well.
Facing the new competition from Nvidia, especially in the medium-range market, ATI Technologies announced that in October it will introduce its Radeon 9500 series, a simpler version of its top-end Radeon 9700 PRO. Though based on the R300 core and offering the AGP 8x specification, the Radeon 9500 series (Radeon 9500 and Radeon 9500 PRO) is designed with four pipelines and DirectX 8.1 support.
The Radeon 9500 PRO and 9500 are quoted at US$219 and US$179, respectively. ATI started small-scale shipments to its card-manufacturing partners lately. Full-scale production will begin next month.
Facing the new competition from Nvidia, especially in the medium-range market, ATI Technologies announced that in October it will introduce its Radeon 9500 series, a simpler version of its top-end Radeon 9700 PRO. Though based on the R300 core and offering the AGP 8x specification, the Radeon 9500 series (Radeon 9500 and Radeon 9500 PRO) is designed with four pipelines and DirectX 8.1 support.
The Radeon 9500 PRO and 9500 are quoted at US$219 and US$179, respectively. ATI started small-scale shipments to its card-manufacturing partners lately. Full-scale production will begin next month.