jmke

I am sure those of you who have recently purchased cards in the X1800 family are quite thrilled that ATI has managed to launch a refreshed product line just three scant months later--that is, those of you who managed to track down one of the elusive X1800 cards. ATI was delayed in their launch of the X1800 line, based on the R520 core, due to production issues. Because of that setback, they had to choose between delaying the X1900 series, or getting back on schedule. With the negative press they were getting about the scarcity of products on shelves, the term “paper launch” was fresh in everyone's minds this go 'round. The added determination to hard launch the X1900 line payed off as we actually saw X1900XT's and X1900XTS's on store shelves as early as two days before the actual launch.

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