25 Years Of Graphics History: A Farewell To ATI, In Pictures
25 Years Of Graphics History: A Farewell To ATI, In Pictures
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1985: The Founding
We want to commemorate the 10 years anniversary of the Radeon series with this little excursion into the past. We also want to pay our respects to ATI, whose name, following the acquisition by AMD and the launch of the Radeon HD 6000-series, is finally being removed from the market. After a quarter-century of ups and downs, hailed by fans and mocked by opponents, the end of the ATI brand marks the end of a company that has decisively influenced the history of graphics cards.
We would like to look back, once again, and mark the passage of years with ATI’s most important products. Of course, we can hardly imagine all of the company's products, so we're focusing on the desktop boards.
Let's begin in 1987...
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7200 se
9600 pro
x800 xl
2x hd 2900xt
hd 4850
none of them failed
not a fanboy... just a fan of quality products
...i'll still mumble ati before reading radeon...
64mb 7200
128mb 9600
1gb 5850 (couple nvidia in between)
X800XT All-In-Wonder
X1950 PRO
HD 3870
HD 4870
HD 6870
Until then, the 5970 will still be the fastest graphics card on the planet!