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ATI Delivers GPU-Accelerated Video Transcoding

Published 2005-11-02 22:37 by Newsfactory 0

Back when we reviewed the new high-end X1800 cards from ATI, we made particular note of ATI's investment in making its new chip architecture shine in GPGPU (general-purpose computation on GPU) applications. That is, using the power of the graphics chip for compute-intensive tasks other than graphics.

ATI produce tool to increase Doom3 scores 'up to 35%' with AA enabled

Published 2005-10-14 16:10 by Newsfactory 1

Doom3 and nVidia > Doom3 and ATI ? Think again, ATI has a 'fix' ready for rollout in Catalyst 5.11 which improves performance by up to 35% at high AA modes. HEXUS benched the X1800XT and 7800GTX and ATI has for the first time in history overtaken nVidia's offering in the well-known app.

ATI?s Future Drivers to Take Advantage of Dual-Core Chips

Published 2005-10-12 15:02 by Newsfactory 0

According to ATI?s software product manager Terry Makedon, the company will release CATALYST drivers that take full advantage of microprocessors with two processing engines in about two or three months from now. Given that processors with two cores typically run at lower clock-speeds compared to chips with one core, whereas gaming applications typically do not benefit from the number of cores per processors, a performance boost is likely to allow owners of modern computers to enjoy higher speeds in games.

X-Bit Labs

Radeon X1K Family Video Demos

Published 2005-10-07 18:27 by Newsfactory 0

ToyShop : Toyshop demonstrates what is possible through the power of Radeon® X1800 graphics. This detailed environment includes complex rain and water effects, physical simulation on the GPU, detailed brickwork and cobblestones and a realistic dynamic lighting environment ? all of which are designed to showcase the power of ATI?s SM3.0 graphics .

ATI Promotes SM 2.0 Fear as SM 3.0

Published 2005-10-07 18:19 by Newsfactory 0

In its latest propaganda efforts, ATI has tried promoting the Fear demo as a game that uses Shader Model 3.0. Here's a peek at the chart from the "reviewers guide" they sent out to sites reviewing the cards. The problem is, however, that FEAR is not a game that uses SM3.0.

GDHardware

Radeon X1000 Series Lacks Vertex Texture Fetch

Published 2005-10-07 18:09 by Newsfactory 0

This question came up in the late stages of writing my Radeon X1000 series review, and I just got confirmation from ATI yesterday. Turns out that the vertex shaders in the Radeon X1000 series GPUs don't support a notable Shader Model 3.0 feature: vertex texture fetch.

ATI Explains Their Warranty Reduction

Published 2005-10-05 00:26 by Newsfactory 0

ATI silently lowered its warranty from three years down to a single year on the majority of their desktop graphics cards, which has created some upset and confused consumers. We talk with ATI on the changes and examine how they will impact consumers.

Legit Reviews

Interview with Dave Orton, ATI's President & CEO

Published 2005-08-30 17:30 by Newsfactory 0

Read an interview with ATI?s President and CEO, Dave Orton, after the IDF Fall 2005 event in San Francisco. He answered some questions concerning R5xx-product family, CrossFire technology, questions about moving to 90nm process technology and developments in handheld graphics technology.

HW Spirit

ATI to Cut Prices on X850 Series

Published 2005-08-13 14:44 by Newsfactory 0

Undoubtedly, NVIDIA has remedied all product launch and availability issues with its GeForce 7 series of graphics cards. First it was the 7800GTX and now the 7800GT, NVIDIA managed to deliver both cards right when it made the announcement. Not only that, but the prices from certain vendors are dropping to fairly desirable levels pretty rapidly. Needless to say, the entire community is waiting for a rebuttal from ATI and its R520 core.

ATI CrossFire Seminar - Helsinki, Finland

Published 2005-07-30 15:25 by Newsfactory 0

On Thursday, July 28th, ATI held a seminar in Helsinki, Finland to talk about ATI's multi-GPU CrossFire solution, with Richard Huddy on hand to give a presentation about the technology. Forum member Mendel was on-hand to view the show, and grabbed a few images of the presentation. It's nothing new information-wise, but may be of interest to any of you who want to see how ATI is promoting this new technology.

EliteBastards

24-pipes R520 Yield Rate at 3%

Published 2005-07-26 22:50 by Newsfactory 1

We heard that the last R520 spin at TSMC is at 3% yield rate for 24 pipes and we can certainly expect a much lower yield for 32-pipes R520. Obviously ATi is still facing some yield issues for their R520 @ 90nm process and ATI could resort to a 16 pipes R520 for better yield and make up the loss with a much higher core clock of 700MHz+ as INQ has previously suggested.

VR-Zone

ATI offers $100 rebate for buying into CrossFire

Published 2005-07-18 23:35 by Newsfactory 0

offers a rebate when you register your x800 or x850 series card and then buy a CrossFire edition card. It is unclear if existing, unregistered, x8x0 cards will work, but it appears that they will. The CrossFire edition card will have to be purchased before September 29th, 2005.

techPowerUp

ATI revenue report, paper launches take their toll?

Published 2005-06-30 13:37 by Newsfactory 0

ATI's revenue report came as a surpise to most of us, as for the first time they reported a net loss for the third quarter, has ATI fallen victim to its own marketing tactics?

HardwareAnalysis

ATI Multi-Threading Patent - for WGF2.0 and Xenon Graphics?

Published 2005-04-05 19:53 by Newsfactory 0

Filed on 29 September 2003, ATI patent "Multi-thread graphic processing system" was granted on 31 March 2005 and although deals primarily with a multi-threaded graphics command queuing system this gives further evidence of a unified shader pipeline and also gives some potential insights into Eric Demers comments.

Beyond3D

Official Catalyst Top 10 Tips

Published 2005-02-01 23:42 by [NT] 2

Terry Makedon has developed a document with the Top 10 tips how to use ATI Catalyst Drivers and he would like to share with CATALYST users. Quote:It is basically a guide for the 95% of the market (a.k.a. non-enthusiasts), that have no idea what anti-aliasing, refresh rates, or even a driver is. It is a simple guide that has ten very basic tips for improving computing experience (and should be used by anyone with an ATI card and CATALYST drivers). Read More for details what the file contains and for the local download link.

Open Letter To ATI

Published 2004-12-17 13:52 by Newsfactory 5

We've slapped up an Open Letter to ATI in an effort to get them to discuss many of the issues that are affecting their profitability and ultimately you, the customer at Gamers Depot

New Ruby and Crytek Demos

Published 2004-12-01 18:00 by [NT] 0

ATi has released some new demos for the Radeon X8X0 line.
Quite impressive stuff, if you got the right hardware.

An alternate workaround for X800 Windows XP Artifacting Issue

Published 2004-11-23 13:19 by Newsfactory 0

My name is Kevin Keenan. I?m a network system admin at Digital Networks North America. Also known as Rio Audio, ReplayTV, Escient, Marantz, DENON, McIntosh Audio. We were also formerly Sonic Blue and the infamous Diamond Multimedia. Anyway onto the story?

Catalyst 4.11 vs. 4.12 Beta

Published 2004-11-15 22:49 by [NT] 0

Auf MyDrivers.com findet sich ein kurzer Vergleich beider Catalyst-Treiber. Getestet wurden die synthetischen Benchmarks 3DMark2001, 3DMark03, 3DMark05, AquaMark 3, sowie GL Excess. Klickt auf 'mehr', um an die Ergebnisse zu gelangen.

ATI's CATALYST 4.12 Beta's Reveal Interesting Secrets

Published 2004-11-14 13:57 by Newsfactory 1

ATI's CAT 4.12's, which are intended to fix punkbuster related issues, also have support for some of ATI's as yes unreleased graphics cards. HEXUS.net have been doing some poking around.

CATALYST 4.11 Available

Published 2004-11-12 19:24 by [NT] 4

ATI released Catalyst 4.11 for your download and update pleasure.
The 11th Microsoft certified official CATALYST posting of the year updates the driver to 8.071. This is a fairly minor update this month. Of note is that CATALYST 4.12 is slated to be posted as a beta in the next few days, and will be our best offering for an exciting and upcoming new game. Read More

ATi Desktop Roadmap Q2'04 - Q4'04

Published 2004-10-23 15:09 by [NT] 0

Wie auf dieser Roadmap zu erkennen ist wird ATi noch dieses Jahr neue High-End-GPUs auf PCI-E-Basis herausbringen. Aber auch Mainstreamkarten, welche noch auf AGP basieren werden Ende des Jahres an den Endkunden gebracht. Roadmap Quelle: HKEPC

ATI Career Fair 2004

Published 2004-10-13 12:52 by Newsfactory 0

ATI is on a hiring blitz. Right now, we have a number of exciting opportunities available. These positions demand experienced, top quality individuals with proven skills and talent. If you are that star employee and think you have what it takes to succeed at ATI, we invite you to come and explore our world of opportunities

ATI Earnings

Published 2004-10-07 18:39 by Newsfactory 0

ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) today announced its second consecutive record revenue quarter, driven by sales increases in both the personal computer and consumer product lines.

2004 revenues up 44.1% to $2.0 billion

ATI to roll out R500 GPU for Xbox 2 in 1Q 2005

Published 2004-10-01 14:25 by [NT] 0

ATI Technologies is expected to roll out a new GPU, codenamed R500, for the Xbox 2 in the first quarter of next year, according to market sources.
The R500 will be built using a 90nm process at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and will deliver performance similar to ATI?s next-generation high-end graphics chip, the R520, the sources said.
ATI is cooperating with Microsoft to develop the chip, but the software vendor will be responsible for placing orders with TSMC. ATI will receive royalties from Microsoft based on the number of chips produced.
In related news, the sources said that ATI has completed the tape-out of its R480 chip, which is due to launch in the fourth quarter. The R480 is being manufactured at TSMC, using a 0.11-micron process. Source: DigiTimes

ATI Coupon Holders finishes 3rd

Published 2004-09-30 23:45 by Newsfactory 2

Half-Life 2 Fallout reports that ATI Coupon Holders will be granted the Bronze Package which will contain HL2, and CS: Source: As quoted by Steam Technical Support:

The ATI coupon vouchers will be transfered automatically to the Bronze Package. We will be offering upgrades to silver and gold for additional cost, but the details have not been fully worked out yet.

Catalyst A.I. - The future of optimisations?

Published 2004-09-23 18:53 by Newsfactory 3

As we've seen alongside several of the recent Radeon X700 previews scattered around, ATI have unveiled a new concept and driver feature which should be with us for the official Catalyst 4.10 release - Catalyst A.I.

ATI CATALYST A.I.

Published 2004-09-21 16:49 by Newsfactory 8

ATI is today launching a new feature in their upcoming drivers called CATALYST A.I. which ?allows the driver to intelligently analyze applications and textures to maximize graphics performance and stability?. It?s ironic that a year later ATI are making this feature public and active in their driver which both they and nVidia used to try and deceive us.

ATI CATALYST AI - coming soon

Published 2004-09-20 23:21 by Newsfactory 0

Thanks to our bro's over at DriverHeaven for the Heads up!

Tomorrow NDA breaks on a new driver option from those smart folks at ATI Technologies. ATI have kindly allowed Driverheaven to post a little teaser from our article coming online tomorrow. Overall though its great that ATI now offer the user control over optimizations, even if its not worth their while disabling them.

Modded ATI Catalyst 4.9s for all 9800SE cards flashed to 9800XT

Published 2004-09-16 22:41 by Newsfactory 0

This just in from our bro's over at Driverheaven!

One of our dedicated forum members has been able to supply a very useful patch for all of you 9800SE owners with it flashed to XT.

This patch is for 9800SE cards flashed to XT only!!!

Catalyst Control Center Examined

Published 2004-09-16 22:41 by Newsfactory 3

ATIs Catalyst 4.8 drivers saw the introduction of something of a revolution as far as drivers go, in the form of the Catalyst Control Center. This application has supposedly been somewhat improved upon in the latest Catalyst 4.9 release,

Catalyst 4.8 / 4.9 CP V.s CCC Test

Published 2004-09-11 17:51 by Newsfactory 0

Mussels over at 3DChipset reports spent much time downloading all the versions needed, a pain on dial up, and did some tests. With no ATI drivers installed, commit charge was at 167MB

The Catalyst Control Center Review

Published 2004-09-02 23:33 by Newsfactory 7

The following sites have thrown up their reviews of ATi's all new Catalyst Control Center!

AnandTech - Beyond 3D - HardOCP - Tweak Town

Team Radeon's Report on ATI's VCall Conference

Published 2004-08-12 15:56 by Newsfactory 0

Team Radeon has posted their report on the ATI VCall Conference Schwab Soundview Semiconductor Conference which was held today.

As per your prior news posting about the X800 XT PE being cancelled, ATI makes no mention of any product being cancelled.

How to Boost your Doom3 Performance by 40% on ATI Hardware

Published 2004-08-09 17:10 by Newsfactory 4

Humus has found a tweak that can boost your Doom3 performance by 40% on ATI hardware.

I picked up Doom3 today and let be begin by saying it's a kickass game so far. A few minuses like weapon reload (which I find add nothing to a game, except annoyance, so I don't know why many devs keep adding it to their games), but overall much above my expectations.

ATI and Instancing, further investigation @ Driverheaven

Published 2004-07-26 00:35 by Newsfactory 1

Yesterday we published details on FarCry 1.2, part of that editorial focused on the ability to enable Instancing on the Radeon X800 within FarCry. Since publishing the details we have been working with www.tommti-systems.de to get their Nvidia Instancing demo working on the X800. With very little trouble (only a change to the program which removed a SM3.0 check) Tommti provided a fixed exe and the demo was up and running.

New Team Radeon Features - ATI Guides

Published 2004-07-18 13:17 by Newsfactory 0

The Guy's at Team Radeon send news of their new ATI Guides! First up is their Exclusive ATI Price Guide and the second item is their ATI X800 Real-Time Demo Menu!

ATI X800 Real-Time Demo Menu

Another new feature, not found on other ATI-specific sites is our ATI X800 Real-Time Demo Menu that is featured on Team Radeon's homepage. Each selection has a description that details what is found in each demo.

ATI Radeon PCI-Express-Karten ausgeliefert

Published 2004-06-23 15:14 by [NT] 0

In Japan wurden die ersten finalen Karten der PCI-Express-Generation ausgeliefert. Auf den folgenden Fotos kann man die Karten vom Hersteller PowerColor sehen. Angeboten werden X300, X600 XT und X800 XT. Foto #1
Foto #2
Foto #3 Quelle: MyDrivers

ATI RADEON X800 XT & X600 XT PCI-E Performance

Published 2004-06-22 15:54 by Newsfactory 0

The Firing Squad have thrown up their Performance Comparison of ATI's all new Radeon X800 XT and X600 XT PCI-E garphics cards! Here's a snip.

With today?s launch of Intel?s 915 and 925 family of chipsets, PCI Express finally makes its debut on the PC. In case you didn?t know, PCI Express is Intel?s next generation bus that?s been designed to replace today?s PCI and AGP devices. On the graphics side, PCI Express can deliver up to twice the bandwidth of AGP 8X when fully configured, ushering in the capability to perform a wide variety of applications beyond just gaming.

Radeon x800pro softmod?

Published 2004-06-15 22:15 by Newsfactory 2

The Forum over at 3Dchips-fr.com is buzzing with the news of a softmod for ATi's Radeon x800pro? as my french is a bit rusrty! Here's a translation by Google, unless someone can do a better translation for us.

method to regulate the problem of the x800pro, to download just the softmod above, to replace the x800xt.sys file softmod (driver spirit) by that that you come from telecharger and to start again the setup.bat to reinstall the drivers correctly

Catalyst 4.7 Beta

Published 2004-06-15 13:36 by [NT] 0

Heute wurde auf Station-Drivers eine Betaversion des kommenden Catalyst 4.7 veröffentlicht. Der Download wiegt an die 20MB.
Was bisher bekannt ist, ist, dass er das alte Control Panel (6.14.10.5113) beinhaltet und die Versionsnummer 8-03-040528 (6.14.10.6458) lautet.
Außerdem werden folgende ATI-Karten unterstützt (nur unter Windows 2000/XP):

- RADEON 7xxx/8xxx/9xxx & X800 Serie
- FIRE GL T2/V1100/V3200/X1/X2/Z1/8800/M22 GL
- R420/423 RV370/380

Den Download findet ihr hier

ATI Crowd Demo!

Published 2004-06-02 13:01 by [NT] 2

ATI has released a new RADEON X800 demo - Crowd. This demonstration shows the vertex shader processing power of the X800 being used to render a large crowd of soldiers (1400 in total) running across a rocky terrain. All of the models feature weighted skinned vertices and are independently animated. Grab it from here or see some pics here!

X800Pro > X800XT 'Hardmod' been done?

Published 2004-05-27 12:28 by [NT] 2

Spotted this score on 3DMark 03's result browser, a guy claiming to have modded his x800 pro to a 16 pipe x800 xt. Screenshots of the score details and ATi tool clearly showing 16 pipes enabled can be viewed here.
This was discussed before when Chinese site Unkia claimed they had found bridges that need to be joined to reclaim 4 pipes. Xbitlabs tried this however and did not have any luck.
thanks L33

ATi shipping .11 graphic chip NEXT MONTH?

Published 2004-05-26 14:30 by [NT] 3

Digitimes report:
"ATI Technologies will begin sourcing flip-chip substrates from Taiwan-based Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT) for its 0.11-micron graphics chip, with first shipments of 500,000 units scheduled for next month, according to sources."

UK WEBSITE LISTS ATi X800 XT AVAILABILITY in 23 DAYS

Published 2004-05-13 01:48 by [NT] 1

Blissware Ltd are taking pre-orders for Connect 3D and Sapphire ATi X800 XT graphics cards www.blisware.com
Connect 3D version for sale at £375
Price to be confirmed for Sapphire version.

Catalyst 4.5 Beta Update

Published 2004-05-12 19:46 by [NT] 0

Mit der neuen Grafikkartengeneration von ATI kommt auch ein neuer Treiber. Für die X800 ist der neue Catalyst 4.5 in einer Betaversion aufgetaucht.
Auf der MyDrivers-Seite ist sogar von einem Bug die Rede. Leider ist es mir nicht möglich die Informationen zu übersetzen.
Update: FrancoisC aus dem w2s-Forum hat den Treiber so modifiziert, dass man ihn nun auf allen Radeons installieren kann. Downloaden könnt ihr euch die Datei hier. 3DChipset.com hat einen kurzen Vergleich zwischen dem 4.4 und dem 4.5 Beta veröffentlicht. Hier könnt ihr euch von den leichten Shaderperformanceverbesserung überzeugen. Informationen (u.a. Benchmarks): Link
Download: Link Quelle: Orange.ru

Lots of ATI X800 News

Published 2004-05-04 16:17 by [NT] 0

OverclockersClub.com has posted a list of ATI X800 related news (Previews, Reviews, etc.) from around the net. Looks like that is going to be one hell of a video card.

This site updates the links to reviews as they roll in - this saves us for flooding W2S with reviews ;)

X800 NDA Lifted

Published 2004-05-04 16:16 by [NT] 4

If you signed up for the ATi newsletter you would just have been informed about the stuff going on at ATi currently. Read more for site :P

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