Visiontek XTASY Radeon X800 Pro

Hartford Computer Group, supplier of VisionTek PC graphics cards, Argusdigital cameras, and INKE inkjet refill systems, today announced the immediateavailability of its VisionTek XTASY RADEON X800 PRO graphics accelerator poweredby the world’s fastest visual processor, ATI’s RADEON™ X800.

VisionTek’s new card is expected to be available within days from CircuitCity, CompUSA, Fry’s Electronics, Micro Center, and other outlets for VisionTekproducts. “ATI has enabled us to reach the larger gaming community who like tobuy from a wider range of national chains, on-line resellers, and localdealers,” related Michael Innes, director of sales for Hartford Computer Group.“We have a large base of loyal gamers and we wanted to give them a shot at thenewest technology as soon as it was available.”

The VisionTek XTASY RADEON X800 PRO is based on ATI’s RADEON™ X800 visualprocessing unit (VPU). The X800 PRO’s incredible performance is driven by amassively parallel pixel processing engine and six vertex pipes. VisionTek’s newcard features 256MB of next-generation, high speed DDR-3 graphics memory runningat 900MHz, a graphics core clock speed of 475MHz, and multiple video outputoptions including VGA, DVI-I, S-video, and dual monitor support. The card has asuggested retail price of $ 399.99 and is backed by VisionTek’s toll-freetechnical support and lifetime warranty.

VisionTek is a Premium Retail Partner for ATI in North America and has beenselling ATI based graphics products exclusively since February of 2003. "VisionTekhas recorded solid market share gains over the past year and they’ve really puttogether a great product offering," commented Rick Bergman, senior vicepresident marketing and general manager, desktop, ATI Technologies, Inc. "We areexcited to see our new processors matched with a supplier that has such a strongcommitment to providing outstanding service to North American customers."

The launch of VisionTek’s latest offering also marks the debut of aredesigned retail package that brings a fresh look and delivers more informationand excitement to retail shelves. “Here we are in the most innovative segment ofthe PC industry and all of the packaging for 3D graphics cards looks the same,”stated Jeff Hoeft, product manager for graphics at Hartford. “We were the firstto introduce a see-through plastic package and with our newest package designwe’ll have something that’s totally different from everybody else again.”