Integrate Tools — ATI Technologies

If you're involved in graphics creation or editing, you should thank the next gamer you meet. Why? It's their nonstop need for speed in ever more complex video games that pushes graphics card development, something multimedia creators benefit from. Take ATI Technologies Radeon X800. Although priced a bit higher than the average card — there are two versions — the X800 processes more than 8 billion pixels and almost 800 million vertices per second. While those numbers might be hard to visualize, just think of the card as delivering twice the speed of ATI's top AGP entry, the Radeon 9800 XT, one of the speediest cards available.

Price: $399 (X800 Pro);
$499 (X800XT Platinum)
Markham, Ontario;
(905) 882-2626;
www.ati.com

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