ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 series launched

Posted on Wednesday, May 17 2006 @ 14:44 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
ATI is squeezing longer life and more performance into today's notebook computers with the introduction of the new Radeon XpressT 1100 series of chipsets, supporting AMD's Turion 64 X2 mobile technology. The Radeon Xpress 1100 series is built to deliver the ultimate mobile computing experience on the AMD platform, including industry-leading battery life, a 33 percent faster graphics core, and support for Microsoft Windows Vista. Whether for work or for play, the Radeon Xpress 1100 series is designed to squeeze the maximum productivity and performance out of today's notebooks, while still resulting in ever thinner and lighter designs due to its power- and heat-efficient architecture.

The Radeon Xpress 1100 series will be available through leading notebook OEMs, including Fujitsu-Siemens Computers, Gateway, and HP.

The Radeon Xpress 1100 series optimizes performance for the mobile world, providing advanced functionality for today's graphics-intensive business applications, the latest 3D games, and high-quality multimedia and digital entertainment. Features include:

  • Epic battery life - The Radeon Xpress 1100 series eliminates the need for outlet hounds to hunt down power at airports and cafes, and ensures productive trips for the entire length of long flights, whether it's from New York to Los Angeles or London to Moscow. The Radeon Xpress 1100 series includes ATI's fifth-generation power management technology, PowerplayT, that automatically adjusts the balance between performance and power consumption based on the workload. Through a combination of hardware and software, Powerplay optimizes the clock speed and voltage of the Radeon graphics core, and the LCD refresh rate to extend battery life. In combination with AMD PowerNow!T technology, a key feature designed into AMD Turion 64 mobile technology, the Radeon Xpress 1100 series with Powerplay delivers the longest battery life yet in an AMD mobile platform.
  • Faster graphics, better multimedia - Delivering 33 percent faster graphics than the Radeon Xpress 200M, the Radeon Xpress 1100 series provides tremendous value in a mobile platform for today and tomorrow. With support for DDR2 up to 667 MHz and DirectX 9, Radeon Xpress 1100 series notebooks are ideal for media-intensive tasks such as digital content creation, viewing, and editing. Integrated video processing and acceleration makes DVD playback smooth, and the powerful graphics core easily handles the latest 3D games.
  • A view to Microsoft Vista - While the latest power and graphics features make the Radeon Xpress 1100 series a tremendous value today, the chipset is also future-proof, providing support for the Microsoft Windows Vista premium experience, including the high-resolution 3D AeroT user interface, graphically intense applications and flawless high-definition content playback. Not only does this ensure that notebook manufacturers and users get the most from their mobile computing investments, but it also makes certain that users can take advantage of all that Windows Vista has to offer upon its release.


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    Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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