"ATI's RADEON 9700 PRO is the card of choice for gamers," said Paul Ayscough, Director, Corporate Marketing, ATI Technologies Inc. "Our continuing support and involvement in gaming events like GDFest allows us to put the world's best graphics into the hands of more gaming enthusiasts."

"It makes perfect sense for one of the biggest and best gaming events to be sponsored by ATI -the king of the graphics industry," said Duane Pemberton, Publisher, Gamer's Depot. "ATI's RADEON 9700 PRO is by far the best graphics board on the market, and we're thrilled to have ATI as the title sponsor for GDFest 2003."

At GDFest, gamers will compete against one-another on high-end gaming machines powered by the RADEON 9700 PRO. Winners of the tournaments will be awarded various hardware components, and every registrant will have the chance to win a RADEON 9700 PRO through regular door prize draws.

ATI's RADEON 9700 PRO, the world's first visual processing unit (VPU), delivers 3D graphics at unparalleled speed. With a 256-bit memory interface and industry-leading support of Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0, the RADEON 9700 PRO puts cinematic-quality real time graphics in the hands of gamers.

GDFest will run from 10:00 AM until 10:00 PM on February 1, 2003. Registration and further details can be found at www.gdfest.com

For more information about ATI's award-winning RADEON 9700 PRO, please visit www.ati.com