ATI ships RADEON 9800 PRO.

ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY) (NASDAQ:ATYT) is now shipping its RADEON 9800 PRO visual processing unit (VPU). Boards based on the world's fastest VPU have shipped to OEM, retail, distribution and online customers, fulfilling ATI's promise of delivering product within 30 days of the March 6 launch.

The RADEON 9800 PRO VPU is the only visual processor to run at full speed and full precision all of the time, providing excellent performance and visual quality without compromise. Numerous positive reviews and awards from leading online and print technology publications have generated huge demand for the graphics boards. A limited quantity pre-order campaign on ATI's web site (www.ati.com) saw excellent demand for the RADEON 9800 PRO, selling out in a matter of days. Products for customers who pre-ordered RADEON 9800 PRO boards begin shipping today.

"Once again we promised and we delivered. Consumers and all of our channel partners are about to get their hands on the fastest, best image quality graphics cards available," said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President, Marketing and General Manager, Desktop, ATI Technologies Inc. "We will ship our RADEON 9600 and RADEON 9200 products later this month, delivering on that promise as well."

Graphics boards based on the RADEON 9800 PRO VPU, from ATI and its numerous board partners, will be available in systems from the world's leading OEMs and system integrators.