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To: Sig who wrote (43523)	5/19/1998 6:31:00 PM
From: esterina	Respond to of 176387

ATI'S GRAPHICS AND VIDEO ACCELERATORS SELECTED BY DELL FOR OPTIPLEX DESKTOP AND NET PC SYSTEMS RAGE(TM) PRO TURBO part of Dell's managed solutions for corporate networked computing environments TORONTO, May 19 /CNW/ - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE:ATY) today announced that the ATI RAGE(TM) PRO TURBO graphics accelerator has been selected by the Dell Computer Corporation as the graphics solution for its new top-of-the-line OptiPlex GX1 corporate and institutional desktop PC and OptiPlex NX1 Net PC. Dell, the world's leading direct computer systems company, has designed the OptiPlex desktop PCs and Net PC series expressly for business and institutional customers who require stellar computing performance and manageability with their networked PCs. ATI's RAGE PRO TURBO accelerators offer state-of-the-art corporate IT management functionality, resulting in the most advanced graphics-enabled systems available for corporate use. Dell wanted powerful, high-quality multimedia business applications ability with the OptiPlex GX1 and NX1, its most powerful business and institutional desktop models. Dell chose the ATI RAGE PRO TURBO to provide these systems with outstanding performance and network manageability, key requirements of corporate users,'' said Ed Grondahl, vice president of product marketing, ATI Technologies Inc. The Dell OptiPlex PCs for network environments The new Dell OptiPlex GX1 and NX1 come equipped with ATI's RAGE PRO TURBO to provide leading-edge 3D/2D and video acceleration to business multimedia applications. Both systems feature the new Intel 350 and 400MHz Pentium II processors, 100MHz system bus and 440BX AGP chipset. The ATI RAGE PRO TURBO is a perfect complement to the new Intel technology, supporting numerous industry-standard technologies and tools designed to provide network system management, for enhanced IT control and lower ownership costs. Drivers for the ATI RAGE PRO TURBO are backwards compatible to the OptiPlex GXa and NX systems announced last fall, for seamless enterprise network deployment. ATI's RAGE PRO TURBO for superior multimedia business applications and network manageability ATI is the market leader in supplying full AGP solutions that can handle with ease the massive amounts of visual data and rich 3D and video applications AGP can create. For corporate end users, the RAGE PRO TURBO chip and ATI's driver software delivers rock-solid reliability and robust delivery of mission critical business applications. With ATI's support of the DMI (Desktop Management Interface) standard, the Dell OptiPlex GX1 and OptiPlex NX1 Net PC can feature sophisticated Intelligent Manageability capabilities permitting seamless interoperability and management of individual PCs and graphics controllers from a single network point. These managability features result in great time and cost savings, a primary concern for all corporate system administrators. ATI also supports network scalability through the provision of a single driver, to bridge all network users with an ATI graphics subsystem in a corporate environment, including both low and high-end PCs. In addition, all ATI display drivers are fully Microsoft certified for Windows 95 and NT, and support the PC 98 design specification. ATI's RAGE PRO TURBO accelerator is quickly becoming the graphics technology of choice in the corporate segment, where high performance 3D, fast 2D and video acceleration applications are now a standard business requirement. ATI's products will empower corporate users of the Dell OptiPlex series of desktop and Net PCs to develop state-of-the-art 3D imaging, corporate Intranet systems and business-winning presentations. Corporate Profile ATI Technologies Inc., one of only two major suppliers of 3D graphics and multimedia technology in the world, designs, manufactures and markets innovative and award-winning multimedia solutions and graphics components for personal computers. An ISO 9002 company, ATI is one of the world's leading suppliers of video and 2D/3D graphics accelerators to OEM and retail customers. Founded in 1985, ATI employs more than 1,200 people at headquarters in Thornhill, Ontario, and offices in the United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan and Malaysia. ATI is a public company whose shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange. For other ATI news releases visit our web site at atitech.com.