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VIA Joins Gaming Elite at QuakeCon 2003
Demonstrating continued support for the gaming community,
VIA is again a key sponsor of the QuakeCon LAN gaming
convention, and will display an impressive line-up of
the latest generation of high performance hardware
Mesquite, Texas and Taipei, Taiwan, 4 August 2003,
- VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer
of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions,
today announced Key Sponsorship of QuakeCon 2003, the
USA's largest fan-based LAN gaming event, being held
in Dallas, Texas, during August 14-17, 2003.
Showcasing its technology leadership in core logic
design, VIA will demonstrate the very latest high performance
chipsets for the Intel® Pentium® 4, and the AMD Athlon™
and Opteron™ processor platforms. Combining leading-edge
performance based on VIA FastStream64 memory technology
with a commanding feature set that includes native Serial
ATA, V-RAID and Vinyl Audio, VIA's chipset solutions
fit perfectly with the requirements of gamers who demand
only the best.
VIA will also highlight its audio portfolio that leads
the market with support for the latest 24-bit, 8-channel
content, and leading 3D audio gaming performance, and
will feature the ultra compact, highly integrated VIA
EPIA Mini-ITX platform, including an EPIA-based audio
playstation, new small form factor cases from Casetronics,
and a special "mod" from the rapidly expanding
community of Mini-ITX enthusiasts.
"In its unfailing ability to attract the world's
top gamers, we found that there is no better place than
QuakeCon to demonstrate our leadership in high performance
PC solutions," commented Richard Brown, Associate
Vice President of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc.
"With this year's QuakeCon looking bigger and better
than ever, it's an event we just couldn't afford to
miss."
"We are delighted that VIA will again be supporting
QuakeCon," said Todd Hollenshead, CEO of id Software.
"Our games continually push the edge of technology,
and our fans demand the type of power and performance
that VIA packs into their products."
About QuakeCon
QuakeCon began in 1996 as a LAN party dedicated to
fans of id Software's games, and has grown to include
QUAKE®, QUAKE II™, QUAKE III Arena, QUAKE III: Team
Arena™ and Return to Castle Wolfenstein™. It was created
by gamers to commune with online friends in real life,
meet the makers of the games they crave, talk shop with
industry veterans and compete with the best players
in the world. QuakeCon enjoys continued success, growing
from a small gathering of 150 players in 1996 to more
than 3,250 in 2002.
About id Software
id - Freud's primal part of the human psyche and one
of the hottest game shops on Earth - has been rocking
the gaming world from Mesquite, Texas, since 1991. As
a renowned leader in the industry, id Software forged
such frenetic titles as Wolfenstein 3D®, DOOM®, DOOM
II™, QUAKE® and QUAKE II™. With intense graphics and
mind-blowing action, id's games have helped redefine
the modern video game, continually setting industry
standards for technology and gameplay. And, in keeping
with tradition, id Software has amplified the world
of adrenaline pumping 3-D gaming with the release of
action titles, QUAKE III Arena™, QUAKE III: Team Arena™
and the executive production of Return to Castle Wolfenstein™.
id's advanced DOOM III™ engine is leading the next revolution
in 3-D interactive games with both single and multiplayer
technology. Check out more about id Software at www.idsoftware.com.
Contact:
www.quakecon.org
info@quakecon.org
QuakeCon Press Contact:
Wendy Zaas
Carry On Communications
+1 (323) 988 4666
wendz@carryonpr.com
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