- Report shows that ATI CatalystTM Software Suite exceeds NVIDIA in head-to-head stability testing
Lindon, UT - June 9, 2005 - In an independent quality and stability test by AppLabs (formerly KeyLabsTM), ATI’s recently released CatalystTM 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® 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
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).