ATI's RADEON 9800 PRO Mac Edition brings unprecedented power and visual quality to Mac users.ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT) has introduced the RADEON 9800 PRO Mac Edition, offering an entirely new level of visual realism and performance for games and 3D animation to users of Apple's Power Mac desktop systems. Also, heralding a new era of cinematic-quality 3D graphics for Mac OS (MACintosh Operating System) In late 1994, Apple officially renamed its System 7 operating system Mac OS and introduced the Mac OS logo. However, the term has been used for years to refer to all versions of Mac operating systems. X, the RADEON 9800 PRO visual processing unit (VPU VPU - Patrol Squadron Special Unit (US Navy aviation unit designation used from 1982 to present) VPU - Ven Power Unit VPU - Vice Presidential Unit (World Bank) VPU - Video Processing Unit VPU - Vulnerable Prisoner Unit (UK)) will be available as a build-to-order option on the Power Mac G5 G5 - Assistant Chief of Staff, G5 (Civil Affairs) G5 - Civil Affairs Staff at Corps & Division G5 - Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil Affairs G5 - Generation 5 (PowerPC 970 processor), while the RADEON 9600 PRO will be included in Apple's highest-end Power Mac G5 desktop. The RADEON 9800 PRO Mac Edition delivers all the performance and power of the RADEON 9800 PRO with the added feature of VERSAVISION display rotation, the new versatile dual display See dual monitor. available in landscape or portrait configurations. With eight parallel rendering pipelines, industry leading 256-bit memory interface and 128MB of double data rate (DDR) memory, the RADEON 9800 PRO Mac Edition is capable of executing up to 8.4 billion instructions per second and delivering an astounding 21 GB/sec (GigaBytes per SECond, GigaBits per SECond) One billion bytes or one billion bits per second depending on whether the B is upper case or lower case. However, using "B" for byte and "b" for bit is not always followed and often misprinted. See space/time. Upper Case "B" for Bytes GB/sec, GBytes/sec, GB/s and GBps means gigabytes per second and is used for the highest-speed data transfer ratings. memory bandwidth. The graphics board Same as display adapter.'s display flexibility supports multiple displays through its VGA, DVI and s-video outputs. "Graphics have always been central to Macs MACS - Mac Asheville Computer Society MACS - Macintosh System (creator code on system files) MACS - magnetic-activated cell separation MACS - Mail Order and Catalog System MACS - Major Apparatus and Cable System MACS - Manipulation and Beam Collimation System MACS - Manitoba Academy of Chinese Studies MACS - Manned Air Combat Simulator MACS - Mansfield Adult CoEd Soccer (Texas, USA) MACS - Manufacturing Application Control System. Whether for gaming or 3D animation, the RADEON 9800 PRO Mac Edition is the perfect graphics solution," said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President, Marketing and General Manager, Desktop, ATI Technologies Inc. "With full OpenGL support and full-floating point architecture, Mac users will now experience the stunning visual quality and the unbeatable performance of the world's leading VPUs." Mac users will also be able to find ATI's graphics power in the recently announced Power Mac G5. Apple has selected the award-winning RADEON 9800 PRO and RADEON 9600 PRO visual processors to drive the next generation graphics in their performance-driven Power Mac G5 desktop computers. The powerful RADEON 9600 PRO AGP 8X graphics card Same as display adapter. will be a standard component of the Power Mac G5 high performance configuration and the RADEON 9800 PRO will be an option for all new Power Mac G5s. "The new Power Mac G5, the world's fastest personal computer, was designed to make a giant leap in system performance. We chose the ATI RADEON 9600 PRO and RADEON 9800 PRO graphics cards to deliver a similar leap in 3D graphics performance," said Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of Hardware Product Marketing. "Whether the customer is a scientist, graphics artist, filmmaker, game designer, or hardcore gamer, they will be blown away by the stunning 3D performance of these systems." The RADEON 9800 PRO graphics card was specifically designed to accommodate the special USB, power routing and dual flat panel display requirements of the new Power Mac G5 systems, including ADC and DVI connectors. The new Power Mac features an enhanced AGP PRO slot with full AGP 8X support, eliminating the need for an additional power supply for the graphics card. Additional ATI products powering Apple notebooks and desktops include ATI's RADEON 7500 for the eMac A Macintosh from Apple designed for the educational market, but offered to the general public shortly after its introduction in 2002. With all the electronics inside the CRT case, the eMac looks similar to the first iMac in 1998, but has a 17" screen rather than 15" and a faster processor. See iMac., the Mobility RADEON 9000 for the Titanium Powerbook 15", the Mobility RADEON 7500 for the 12" and 14" iBook, as well as the RADEON 9000 PRO and the RADEON 9700 PRO for the Power Mac G4. |
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