We all know that new cards from ATI are coming soon. We don't know when exactly, but rumors suggest CeBIT event will be used to launch some of these new cards. We all know the code-names so far: RV280 for a low end 8x AGP card, RV350 for the mainstream market and R350 for the high-end market.

The recently launched Catalyst 3.1 driver update now tells us what these code-name chips will likely to be called when the final products arrive. This is as follows:

RV280 is likely to be called Radeon 9200. This card will appear in both Pro and Non-Pro versions. RV350 is likely to be called Radeon 9600, and there is no mention of Pro or Non-Pro versions in the drivers (at this time). R350 is likely to be called Radeon 9800 (not 9900 as recent rumors suggest) and again there's no mention in the drivers at this time of Pro or Non-Pro versions of this chipset.

That is all the drivers revealed so far, and you can confirm this information above by opening up any of the key ATI driver files (eg. ati2mtag.sys) with any text or hex editor.

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