Nachdem dieses Jahr nVidia bereits ein Zertifizierungsprogramm zur besseren Qualität der angebotenen Grafikkarten vorgestellt hat, zieht nun auch ATI nach, um qualitativ hochwertige Produkte sicherzustellen.
Welchen Umfang dieses Zertifizierungsprogramm hat und welche Produkte bereits als dafür würdig betrachtet wurden, ist auf der zweiten Seite nachzulesen.
The Inquirer weiß zu
berichten, dass ATI die Radeon 9500 GPU bereits nächste Woche, am 15. Oktober, offiziell vorstellen will. Die niedrigeren Kosten des "kleinen Bruders" werden wohl durch die Verwendung eines 128-Bit-Speicherbusses erreicht. Somit hat dann nVidia's GeForce 4 TI 4200 im Low-Cost-Markt auf jeden Fall eine starke Konkurrenz.
[pagebreak]press release[/pagebreak]
Wer lieber das Orginal auf ATI's Website lesen möchte, möge hier weiterlesen.MARKHAM, Ontario - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT) today introduced its Certified By ATI program, which will enable AIB (Add-In-Board) partners to verify their product's quality through a certification process. Attaining certification helps ensure that customers will have a positive experience when using a graphics product manufactured by an ATI partner. To our partners, this approval means that they have met product reliability standards set by ATI and can display their product's certification on boxes and marketing materials.
"When customers see Certified by ATI on a graphics board, they can feel confident that they are purchasing a quality product," said Matt Skynner, Director, Graphics Partner Marketing, ATI Technologies Inc. "We work very closely with our partners at all stages of product development and this is one more way that we demonstrate that."
The Certified By ATI approval process is available to all ATI partners and covers all areas of the end-user experience including functionality and reliability. The extensive suite of certification tests involves the following:
Hardware and driver installation
12 hour 3D application test
12 hour DVD playback test
Visual check of display outputs
Evaluation of packaging (hardware/accessories, software, and manuals)
As a result of the certification process ATI's Customer Service department has access to valuable information about each product that has been certified. This translates into a greater ability to troubleshoot and provide driver support to our partners' valued customers.
The following RADEON™ 9000 PRO-based products from ATI's board partners have been Certified by ATI:
CONNECT 3D'S RADEON 9000 PRO;
FIC's AT009;
GIGABYTE'S MAYA RADEON 9000 PRO;
HIGHTECH'S HIS EXCALIBUR RADEON 9000™ PRO;
SAPPHIRE's RADEON 9000 ATLANTIS PRO;
TYAN's Tachyon G9000 PRO;
WISTRON'S ATRV2500-D64 S-Media.
Additional products will be certified soon. For a list of ATI partners that have taken advantage of this new program please see;
http://www.ati.com/technology/certified/index.html
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