Rick Bergman, senior vice president, marketing and general manager, desktop, ATI Technologies Inc.: "The RADEON 9000 products feature technology innovations first introduced in the highest-end segment of the market less than 12 months ago combined with the best performance of any mainstream graphics product," he continued. It is the only choice for mainstream gamers this year."

An ATI Radeon 9000 PRO card, with 64MB of DDR RAM and dual-head support is available now for about $149. Keep your eyes peeled for third-party products based on the Radeon 9000 and Radeon 9000 Pro chips, which should be appearing soon.

Cards using the Radeon 9700 chipset will be appearing sometime in August 2002. ATI's retail card will be shipping with 128MB DDR, DVI-I, VGA and TV-out connectors at a price of $399.