World’s fastest gaming performance, unprecedented overclocking capabilities and maximum stability combine to unleash new age of enthusiast motherboards.

MARKHAM, ON – March 1, 2006 – ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ:ATYT), has changed the rules of the motherboard industry with the introduction of its CrossFire™ Xpress 3200 chipset—delivering the enthusiast gaming platform of the future. Developed from the ground up for multi-GPU gaming, the CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset enables the world’s fastest gaming performance, advanced overclocking capabilities and bedrock stability available in an AMD-based PC motherboard today.

The first chipset to unleash true, unrestricted dual x16 PCI Express® performance, CrossFire Xpress 3200’s architecture enables exceptionally advanced game play. Whether you’re gaming with two top-of-the-line ATI Radeon® graphics cards such as the Radeon® X1900 XTX or two of ATI’s mainstream graphics cards like the Radeon® X1600, the CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset is engineered to deliver the ultimate blistering acceleration and maximum ease of use in a multi-GPU gaming platform.

CrossFire Xpress 3200 hardware has been precisely engineered to enable up to 60 percent overclocking of the chipset with stock cooling and at default voltages. With the ultimate in customization and control over every system parameter, gamers can play games the way they want and start setting their sights on breaking new performance records.

The advanced architecture, speed and flexibility of CrossFire Xpress 3200 is also supported by ATI’s rigorous quality control and certification procedures to ensure unparalleled stability and ease of use of the CrossFire Platform.

Motherboards with CrossFire Xpress 3200 will be available starting March 1,
2006 from ATI partners including ABIT, ASUS, DFI, Sapphire and PC Partner with more to follow. For more about ATI’s CrossFire Xpress 3200 please visit www.ati.com.

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