In a further impressive move, ATI have announced a very strong line-up of partners who have decided to include the Radeon 7000 and 7500 boards in their desktop PC's. The Radeon 7000 will be featured in the IBM NetVista M Series, the HP Compaq Presario 6000 series and the Dell Precision Workstation 340 while the Radeon 7500 is the card of choice for Apple's PowerMac G4, Hewlett-Packard's EVO-310, Fujitsu's FMV-DESKPOWER and Dell's Optiplex GX260.
According to ATI the Radeon 7000 and Radeon 7500 offer manufacturers powerful and reliable graphics solutions with design flexibility. ATI's partners have been able to take advantage of the Radeon 7000 and Radeon 7500's flexible display support, including dual independent displays, integrated digital display (DVI) support and TV-out, as well as flexible memory support that allows for a range of solutions.
The ongoing demand for our Radeon 7000 and Radeon 7500 proves that these exceptional products have firmly established themselves in the market and continue to be recognized as top in their class, said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice-President of Marketing and General Manager of Desktop Business, ATI Technologies Inc. Our partners appreciate how the Radeon 7000 and Radeon 7500 bridge the gap between power, performance and value, to provide exceptional quality to even the most demanding users.
Although, according to ATI the unique features of these cards are what has drawn these giants to the Canadian company, the whole truth might also have to do with the recent announcement of the Radeon 9700 and the effect that must have had on the price of the old Radeon's.
Whatever the motives behind these deals may be, it can only benefit ATI to have such big partnerships under its belt when challenging the reigning graphics champion and undisputed money-maker called nVidia.
