ATI Radeon 9800 Pro will stay alive
 

WE ORIGINALLY reported that the ATI Radeon 9800 PRO will live until mega German IT show, CeBIT, and that will be replaced with a bridged R430 with Realto core. You have to bridge R430 to make an AGP card out of it.
But now it has emerged that ATI will keep this chip alive after CeBIT, as its partners still love them and possibly more importantly, can still sell them. There will be a place for this chip in the future and R430 paired with Realto bridge chip will take its time to completely replace Radeon 9800 Pros.

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