Meridian, Idaho, June 10, 2003 -
Crucial Technology, a division of Micron and one of the world's largest direct memory upgrade providers, introduced today the Crucial(R) Radeon(TM) 9800 Pro video card, powered by ATI(R) technology and featuring 128MB 2.86 nanosecond double data rate (DDR) synchronous DRAM (SDRAM). The next evolution in the high-end video card line, the Radeon 9800 Pro video card replaces the
Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro video card with measurably improved cinematic-quality graphics for gaming and sophisticated CAD and graphic design.
"Tests in Crucial's performance lab show the
Crucial Radeon 9800 Pro card delivers a 22 percent performance gain over the 9700 Pro card when running 3Dmark(R)03, a leading third-party graphics benchmarking software," said
Crucial Technical Support Manager Mike Sanor. "That is an incredible jump in performance and results in some of the fastest, most life-like graphics achievable on computers today."
The
Crucial Radeon 9800 Pro video card features 400MHz core clock speed, 128MB 2.86 nanosecond DDR SDRAM, 256-bit memory interface, dual-display capability, DVI-I output, six-foot S-video and RCA cables, a DVI to CRT converter, an S-video to RCA converter, DirectX(R) 9 support, and AGP 8X support. The video card is available on Crucial's Web site at
http://www.crucial.com and is currently priced at $399.99. All
Crucial video cards come with a multilingual user guide, limited lifetime warranty, free second-day shipping within the contiguous U.S. on qualified orders, and Crucial's renowned customer service and technical support.
About Crucial
Crucial Technology is a division of Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Micron Technology, Inc.
Crucial sells high-quality RAM upgrades, flash memory cards, flash devices, and video cards on its Web site at
http://www.crucial.com. Crucial offers over 95,000 upgrades for more than 19,000 desktops,
notebooks, servers, routers, printers, and electronic devices.
Micron Technology, Inc., is one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures and markets DRAMs, Flash memory, CMOS image sensors, other semiconductor components and memory modules for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, and mobile products. Micron's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit its Web site at
http://www.micron.com.