ATI Catalyst(TM) Drivers Named Most Stable by Independent Test Organization AppLabs
09 Junho 2005 - 11:15AM
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ATI Catalyst(TM) Drivers Named Most Stable by Independent Test
Organization AppLabs - Report shows that ATI Catalyst(TM) Software
Suite exceeds NVIDIA in head-to-head stability testing LINDON,
Utah, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- In an independent quality and
stability test by AppLabs (formerly KeyLabs(TM)), ATI's recently
released Catalyst(TM) 5.6 Software Suite proved to be more stable
than the equivalent publicly available NVIDIA offering. An
executive summary of this test is now available and the full
Display Adapter Stability Test Report issued by AppLabs and ATI
Technologies Inc. will be available June 24, 2005. In June 2005,
ATI commissioned AppLabs, a leading provider of quality assurance
and testing, to conduct the test, pitting ATI's Radeon(R) display
adaptors against comparable NVIDIA GeForce products. The objective
of the test was to perform advanced software stress testing of the
Radeon product line against the GeForce product line. AppLabs used
publicly available test applications extracted from Microsoft's
latest Windows Hardware Quality Lab test suite 5.3 to conduct the
study in its Lindon, Utah facility. Testing was conducted on a
variety of graphics adaptors from each of the two manufacturers,
and included the repeated execution of a multitude of test cases
(for more than 500 times on each card) to mimic a typical, long
term, real-world PC usability scenario. In this series of
independent trials, ATI consistently earned higher stability
rankings, scoring as high as 8.6 percent above NVIDIA. The AppLabs
report concluded: "Based on the results of these software stress
tests, the stability of the ATI Catalyst software exceeded that of
their NVIDIA counterpart." "In a world that is increasingly
dependent on visual technology, software stability is critical to
ensure the best possible user experience," said Ben Bar-Haim, Vice
President, Software, ATI Technologies. "We built the Catalyst
software suite with the intent to deliver the most stable graphics
software in the industry today, and these tests provide further
validation to that commitment." "AppLabs offers the industry's most
trusted and comprehensive set of testing resources," said Mike
Fahnert, AppLabs executive vice president of client services. "The
results of this test are clear: ATI's Catalyst Software Suite
offers users of visually intensive applications the most stable 3D
graphics driver available." About AppLabs(TM) AppLabs(TM) is the
premier quality assurance and risk mitigation consulting and
testing provider for technology producers and corporate IT
departments. The company provides a comprehensive suite of network
testing services, including e-commerce stress and security testing,
SAN testing, performance analysis, scalability verification, and
proof-of-concept testing. AppLabs develops and manages industry
certification programs for many leading software and hardware
vendors, and assists major corporations in validating large-scale
technology environments. AppLabs customers include Cisco, Novell,
RealNetworks, U.S. Robotics, SAP and InstallShield, as well as
enterprise clients in key vertical sectors like financial services.
AppLabs is one of only a handful of software testing experts to
have achieved SEI CMM Level 5, the highest quality standard
attainable in software engineering. More information is available
at http://www.keylabs.com/. About ATI Technologies ATI Technologies
Inc. is the world leader in the design and manufacture of
innovative 3D graphics and digital media silicon solutions. An
industry pioneer since 1985, ATI is the world's foremost graphics
processing unit (GPU) provider and is dedicated to delivering
leading-edge performance solutions for the full range of PC and Mac
desktop and notebook platforms, workstation, set-top and digital
television, game console and handheld device markets. With 2004
revenues of approximately US $2 billion, ATI has more than 2,700
employees in the Americas, Europe and Asia. ATI common shares trade
on NASDAQ (ATYT) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ATY). For media or
industry analyst support, visit our Web site at http://www.ati.com/
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