ATI Defines The Next-Generation of Enthusiast Gaming With CrossFireâ„¢ Multi-Graphics Processor Platform

ATI Defines The Next-Generation of Enthusiast Gaming With CrossFireâ„¢ Multi-Graphics Processor Platform

CrossFire combines the power of ATI’s Radeon® Xpress chipsets and Radeon® GPUs to deliver the best performance, image quality and game compatibility in the industry

ATI Technologies Inc., (TSX:ATY)(NASDAQ:ATYT), a leader in graphics and media processors, is revolutionizing gaming with the introduction of CrossFireâ„¢, the ultimate gaming platform. The CrossFire platform has been designed to give gamers the best performance and more flexibility and game compatibility than any other multiple graphics processor platform. It combines the power of ATI’s Radeon® Xpress chipsets for Intel and AMD processors, a standard Radeon® graphics processor and a Radeon® CrossFire Edition graphics card to bring massive performance and image quality to gamers.

When gamers add a CrossFire Edition graphics card, which includes the CrossFire compositing engine, to their Radeon Xpress powered system they are doubling their graphics rendering potential. With a variety of settings, they can use the rendering horsepower to get up to twice the performance of a single graphics card, or they can choose to put the horsepower to work increasing the image quality of their games, making them look better than ever before.

“ATI’s CrossFire platform delivers the best gaming experience bar none,” said Rick Bergman, Senior Vice President and General Manager, PC Business Unit, ATI Technologies. “It is by far the most broadly compatible and flexible multi-GPU platform and gives users the most options for enhancing performance and visual quality. We believe this platform sets the stage for outstanding gaming now and in the future, with systems powered by ATI’s graphics processors and chipsets.”

The strength of ATI’s CrossFire platform is its broad game compatibility. ATI’s unique multiple graphics processor implementation allows CrossFire to automatically work with every game, new or old, without requiring special game profiles or driver updates. Whether a customer is playing a game that was released last night or last year, CrossFire can automatically make the game run faster and look better.