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(Press Release) ATI Technologies Inc. has introduced two new additions to RADEON, the world's most powerful and innovative family of graphics chip and board technologies, the entry-level RADEON 7000 and the value-line RADEON 7200 desktop graphics boards. With manufacturers' suggested retail prices (MSRPs) under (US) $100, the new products are designed to offer value-minded customers solid graphics performance.

The RADEON 7000 desktop graphics board, based on the RADEON 7000 chip (previously known as the RADEON VE chip), is a 32MB (megabytes) DDR (double data rate) board, providing solid 2D and 3D performance, excellent visual quality and DVD playback. At an MSRP of (US) $79, the RADEON 7000 graphics card offers more features and value than any other graphics card in this price range.

The RADEON 7200 is a 64MB SDR (single data rate) graphics board, and offers such features as hardware transformation, clipping and lighting (T&L) geometry, CHARISMA ENGINE(TM), and an on-chip hardware DVD decoder. The RADEON 7200 is based on the RADEON 7200 chip (previously known as the RADEON chip). It has an MSRP of (US) $99.

Both the RADEON 7000 and RADEON 7200 are available immediately and will support Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, which will be available on October 25, as well as Windows 2000, Windows Me and Windows 98.
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Weekly Memory Prices: Memory prices are down this week from last, which is certainly great news for anyone looking to make some memory upgrades. Most price changes are happening in the SDRAM category, where prices are still falling. The only price increases we tracked, this week, were on RDRAM.
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(Press Release) ATI Technologies Inc. announced that its current line of desktop and multimedia graphics boards will support Microsoft's new Windows XP operating system, available on October 25. All ATI desktop and multimedia products based on the following technologies are certified as Windows XP-optimized: RADEON 8500, RADEON 7500, RADEON 7200, RADEON 7000, RADEON, RADEON VE, RAGE 128 Pro, and RAGE 128.
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(Press Release) Intel Corporation has recently introduced three PC accessories that bring new consumer experiences to pictures, music and video. The new products are the Intel Pocket Digital PC Camera, the Intel Personal Audio Player 3000 and the Intel Play Digital Movie Creator.
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(Press Release) Canon U.S.A., Inc., has announced their new the new PowerShot S40 and S30 digital still cameras. The PowerShot S40 (4.0 megapixels) and S30 (3.2 megapixels) fit between the PowerShot S300 Digital ELPH and the PowerShot G2, and are thus positioned as upper-mid-range products that can be used and enjoyed by every kind of photographer from beginner to pro. The new cameras expand the number of current PowerShot models to eight, ranging from the entry level PowerShot A10 to the high-end PowerShot Pro90IS. The Canon PowerShot S40 and S30 will be available at authorized Canon USA dealers by the end of October and have street prices of approximately $599 and $799 respectively.
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(Press Release) NVIDIA Corporation announced that its GeForce Titanium series of graphics processing units (GPUs) has secured design wins with the industry's top suppliers. Starting October 12th, products based on these new NVIDIA GPUs will be introduced by the following add-in card companies in the next 45 days, including: ASUStek Computer, Inc., Creative Technology Ltd., ELSA, Leadtek Research, Inc., Gainward Co. Ltd., Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd., MSI, PNY Technologies, and Visiontek, Inc. In addition, the top global PC OEMs will be shipping GeForce Titanium Series PCs. Manufacturers include Compaq Computer Corporation, Fujitsu-Siemens Computers, Hewlett-Packard Company, MicroPC, and NEC Corporation. Other OEMs and partners will be announced in the coming months.
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