Qualche giorno fa erano stati immessi sul mercato i primi sample (cfr. questa news), ieri ATI ha ufficialmente annunciato e presentato la nuova gpu Radeon X1900GT che, in accordo comunicato stampa del chip-maker allegato di seguito, offre ai consumatori un livello prestazionale molto vicino al modello al top di gamma della linea X1900, ovvero la Radeon X1900XTX, pur essendo commercializzata ad un prezzo di riferimento di $299.

L'architettura standard delle schede video dotate del nuovo processore grafico, che opera ad una frequenza di clock pari a 575MHz, prevede l'impiego di 256Mb di memoria RAM GDDR3 a 600MHz ed un sistema di raffreddamento a single-slot. Le nuove Radeon X1900GT possono essere utilizzate per la realizzazione di sistemi grafici multi-gpu in abbinamento ad una card Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition.

La disponibilità sul mercato ha decorrenza immediata.

MARKHAM, ONTARIO, May 5, 2006 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX News Network) -- ATI's Radeon X1900GT offers a top-of-the-line gaming experience at a great value that will entertain and amaze

ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY)(NASDAQ:ATYT) announced today the availability of the new Radeon X1900GT graphics processor. The Radeon X1900GT captures the outstanding speed, performance and rich feature set of the award-winning Radeon X1900XTX in a card available at a suggested retail price of $299.

"The Radeon X1900GT blends lighting-fast frame rates with unmatched image realism for incredibly immersive game play-something ATI is optimized to deliver as the only company that supports features like high dynamic range and anti-aliasing simultaneously," said Vijay Sharma, Director of ATI's Desktop Discrete Products, ATI Technologies. "The Radeon X1900GT is a fantastic gaming card for the money, plain and simple."

With break-neck engine and memory clock speeds of 575MHz and 600MHz respectively, along with 256MB of dedicated GDDR3 memory in a sleek single-slot cooling design, the Radeon X1900GT delivers an astounding price-performance package. And anyone looking for even higher graphics performance can take advantage of ATI CrossFire by pairing the Radeon X1900GT with a Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition card.

The Radeon X1900GT is available immediately from ATI and its board partners around the world.

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