Taipei, Taiwan, September 29, 2004--Info-Tek, producer of the leading GECUBE brand name graphics cards, has announced its latest high-end optimized 3D graphics card – the GECUBE RADEON® 9800 eXTreme – built on ATI® RADEON® 9800(R360) 128bit core graphics technology (VPU). Like the RADEON® 9800XT, the GECUBE RADEON® 9800 eXTreme uses a powerful 8-pipeline architecture coupled with 128-bit memory bandwidth to meet the demands of the most serious gamers looking for extreme high-end graphics processing power.

With a overclock speed up to 400MHz, the GECUBE RADEON® 9800 eXTreme supports the latest DirectX9.0 and OpenGL® standards and is compatible with 128MB/256MB DDR memory to provide resolutions up to 1280x1024. With twice the efficiency of a normal graphics card, the GECUBE RADEON® 9800 eXTreme is an excellent value for gamers and is also the highest efficiency 3D graphics card in the high-end graphics market.

Additionally, the GECUBE RADEON® 9800 eXTreme supports multiple video output standards including VGA, DVI and TV, and includes a variety of interface connectors such as: DVI-VGA converter, S-Video cable and AV cable for high-speed video processing and outstanding image conversion to achieve theatre-like picture quality. The GECUBE RADEON® 9800 eXTreme also includes FULLSTREAM™ and SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1 technologies so that you can get the most out of all your 3D multimedia applications.

GECUBE comes packaged with the latest games including full versions of the popular Counter-Strike (single-player and multiplayer), as well as full-function DVD playback software. The GECUBE RADEON® 9800 eXTreme’s thoughtful design allows users to immediately experience the thrill of extreme graphics performance.

l About GECUBE RADEON® 9800 eXtreme

- Powered by ATI® RADEON® X800XT chipset.
- Features 8-pipeline architecture for top rendering power, with a overclock speed up to 400MHz
- FULLSTREAM™ removes blocky artifacts from streaming Internet video to deliver smoother looking, higher quality online content.
- Supports DirectX® 9.0C and the latest OpenGL® 1.5 functionality.
- 3Dc technology provides High-detail compressed normal maps make low poly 3D objects appear more detailed.

Product Name GECUBE RADEON® 9800 eXTreme 128MB
GECUBE RADEON® 9800 eXTreme 256MB

Model Name GC-R360-C3
GC-R360-D3

ASIC
RADEON® 9800 eXtreme (R360)
RADEON® 9800 eXtreme (R360)

Pixel Pipelines
8
8

Memory Size
128MB
256MB

Memory Type
8*16 TSSOP
16*16 TSSOP

Memory Bus
128bit
128bit

Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x

D-Sub
Yes
Yes

TV-Out
S/HDTV-out
S/HDTV-out

DVI
Yes
Yes

Video-In
No
No

Cooling
Fansink
Fansink


l About Info-Tek and GECUBE
"GECUBE” is a brand name of Info-Tek Taiwan's Multimedia Business Unit. Products under this brand name include graphics cards and other computer peripheral hardware products.

Info-Tek Corp., established in 1990, has been primarily devoted to contract manufacturing services for motherboards and interface cards. Over the years it has grown its business to establish four main production centers both in Taiwan and China. The Multimedia Business Unit of Info-Tek is completely dedicated to the development, marketing and sales of GECUBE brand name products, and has its own, independent R&D team. It also has a complete marketing and sales network and can provide total multimedia solutions. For more information, please see: http://www.gecube.com