VIA all'ECTS e all'ABIT Fatal1ty Shootout and Hardware Festi

[Staff]

<br><blockquote><i>Taipei, Taiwan, 1 September 2004, - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, is set to bring its Geared for Gaming tour to London, England with events at ECTS and Leicester Square that will put the spotlight on VIA’s latest cutting edge gaming solutions.<p>

Starting today, Wednesday 1st September, VIA will demo high performance Entertainment and Gaming solutions at ECTS 2004 (Booth #2320). Thursday 2nd September sees VIA having the honor of hosting a Fatal1ty shootout at the booth, with Jonathan “Fatal1ty” Wendell taking on all comers in one-on-one battles for great cash and other prizes.<p>

Then on Friday 5th September, VIA will take part in an action packed event in London’s Leicester Square from 11am to 5pm, as part of the ABIT Hardware Festival; VIA will host a one-hour, fun-filled presentation with exciting contests and an informative overclocking seminar.<p>

At both events, VIA will be highlighting the K8T800 Pro performance chipset, combining amazing performance on the AMD64 platform with a blistering 1GHz Hyper-Transport chipset to processor interconnect, with support for VIA Vinyl Audio, native Serial ATA, multi-configuration V-RAID, as well as superior overclocking features, fitting perfectly with the requirements of gamers who demand only the best.<p>

“VIA is proud to be taking part at ECTS 2004 and the ABIT Hardware Festival, which will focus attention on our Geared for Gaming products that clearly step up to the challenge of the growing number of new games being released that demand higher performance PC hardware,” commented Richard Brown, Associate Vice President of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. “We are also very excited to be involved at these events with Fatal1ty, whose shootouts are incredible to watch and certainly not to be missed.”</i></blockquote><p>