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<font size=+1>HIS launches X1950XTX, X1900XT IceQ 3 256MB, X1650Pro IceQ Turbo and X1300XT IceQ Turbo, featuring the latest technology, bringing the gamer cards you’re waiting for.</font>

Hong Kong, Wednesday, Aug 23, 2006 – HIS (Hightech Information System Limited) launches HIS X1950XTX, X1900XT IceQ 3 256MB, X1650Pro IceQ Turbo and X1300XT IceQ Turbo. All cards feature the latest technology from ATI, fitting the continuous demand of gaming users.

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HIS X1950XTX 2x Dual Link DVI VIVO 512MB GDDR4 PCIe
With the HIS X1950 series, your graphics performance will never be compromised. Imagine games with hyper realistic light blooms, life like skin textures, and silky smooth hair. Now imagine the non-stop action packed gaming on a CrossFire™ platform – the only choice for hardcore gamers. That’s what it’s like with the HIS X1950, ATI’s fastest and most flexible 3D processor.

* Feel the power of ATI’s fastest CrossFire™ platform as it turns your PC into a gaming powerhouse
* Take advantage of HDR effects, adaptive anti-aliasing, Shader 3.0, and up to 512 MB GDDR4 memory for the ultimate 3D gaming experience
* Prepare your system for Windows Vista™ and take advantage of premium graphics features
* Experience over 1 billion colors in photos and movies with ATI’s Avivo™ video and display technology

HIS X1900XT IceQ 3 2x Dual Link DVI VIVO 256MB GDDR3 PCIe
Equips exactly the same features and clock as X1900XT 512MB, HIS X1900XT 256MB come with full 48 pixel shader processors. Together with award winning HIS latest IceQ 3 cooler, provides you the best air cooling solution! HIS X1900XT supports HDCP, features 2x Dual Link DVI and VIVO, a complete solution from game enthusiast to multimedia applications. The unmatched price / performance ratio is the ideal solution for price conscious enthusiasts.

HIS IceQ 3 – the best air cooling solution
HIS IceQ 3 is the 3rd generation of IceQ cooling technology which is endorsed by worldwide media. HIS IceQ 3 innovative design doubles the strength to its predecessor.

* Innovative design: Significantly improve cooling performance and lower weight.
* Heatpipe with sintered powder wicks: Heat is rapidly transferred from the core area reducing the GPU temperature.
* Isolated heatsinks: Memory and GPU heatsinks are completely separated, preventing any heat transfer from GPU to memory.
* Bi-directional air in-take channels: Cool air is drawn from both sides of the fan. Improving air flow. This ensures effective cooling even for CrossFire platform.
* Ultra silent and durable fan: Significantly reduced noise level and extended service lift.
* Larger heatsink surface area: Ensure maximum heat dissipation.
* Dual-slot cooling design: Directly exhausts hot air out of PC case.

HIS X1650Pro IceQ Turbo 2x Dual Link DVI 256MB GDDR3 PCIe
The HIS X1650Pro delivers stunning 3D graphics, excellent performance, and all the extensive features of a high-end graphics card. Your system will be able to handle the latest games, high definition digital video, and Windows Vista™ with aplomb. The X1650Pro is capable of displaying a billion colors more than competing graphics cards, boasts one of the highest video performance scores in the industry, and can bring today’s top games to life through outstanding shader performance and simultaneous high dynamic range lighting and full screen anti-aliasing, available only with ATI products.

Fastest X1650Pro series card!
HIS X1650Pro IceQ Turbo runs as higher clock rate than generic model. Push the engine to the next level of 3D performance.

HIS X1300XT IceQ Turbo 2x Dual Link DVI 256MB GDDR3 PCIe
Pay for what you need — and get a whole lot more. From playing games and surfing the Internet to watching digital video and editing photographs, the HIS X1300XT breathes life into the graphics of all your media applications. The HIS X1300XT can accelerate digital imaging tasks, enhance 3D graphics in PC games, output a billion more colors than the competition, and deliver top performance for high definition video.
What’s more, the HIS X1300XT has received ATI’s stamp of approval for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Vista™ operating system, enabling your machine to summon some serious graphical glitz without affecting system performance.

Turbo clock runs as X1600XT speed!
HIS X1300XT IceQ Turbo uses ultra high speed GDDR3 memory, together with pre-defined X1600XT clock speed in both core and memory. HIS X1300XT IceQ Turbo runs as fast as X1600XT by default. Users benefit on the next level of speed with the best price/performance solution.

* Experience cutting edge, 3D graphics with full screen anti-aliasing, high dynamic range lighting, and stunning shader performance
* Take advantage of CrossFire™ technology and double your system’s graphics potential with a second graphics card and a CrossFire Ready motherboard
* Enjoy industry leading1 high-definition video performance with ATI’s industry-leading Avivo™ technology
* Make your photos burst with a billion more colors than competing graphics solutions
* Prepare your PC with a graphics card that beats Microsoft’s stated GPU requirements for a premium Windows Vista experience

The strongest air cooling technology - IceQ
HIS X1650Pro and X1300XT IceQ Turbo equips with the most efficient cooling technology among the current graphic cards' series. HIS IceQ can actively draw the air inside your PC case to cool down the card, and blows amounts of hot air out of your case, dramatically decreasing the GPU temperature together with your PC components. Our laboratory tests have proven that there is a temperature decrease of at least 11°C, a cooling system with no equivalent! Ultra quiet HIS IceQ fan keeps the noise level below 20dB. HIS IceQ is also UV sensitive; enhancing the gamer's UV light case.

IceQ = Faster, Quieter and Cooler
Faster: Higher clock speed than generic model
Cooler: Lower than original cooler 11 °C
Quieter: Less than 20dB
All Cool: Durability, IceQ extends the Card Life


About Hightech Info. System Ltd. (HIS)
Founded in the Hong Kong in 1987, Hightech Information System Ltd. developed the most advanced and superior quality graphic display card and to provide the best services and tailor-made support to each customer. Commitment to Excellence is the bedrock of their company direction. HIS manufactures a completed range of graphic display cards. The models range from entry level to the most professional level products. HIS have hundreds of choice to satisfy our customers’ demand. The strategic partnership with the chipset vendors enables to accelerate and shorten the development process. For further information, please visit the web site at http://www.hisdigital.com

About ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies Inc. is a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative 3D graphics and digital media silicon solutions. An industry pioneer since 1985, ATI is the world’s foremost visual processor unit (VPU) provider and is dedicated to deliver leading-edge performance solutions for the full range of PC and Mac desktop and notebook platforms, workstation, set-top and digital television, game console and handheld device markets. With 2004 revenues in excess of US $2 billion, ATI has more than 2,700 employees in the Americas, Europe and Asia. ATI common shares trade on NASDAQ (ATYT) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ATY).

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