VIA Geared for Gaming in 2004
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ECTS
London, England - September 1-3, 2004 |
VIA hit London in style as part of its 2004 Geared for
Gaming global campaign, attending the European Computer
Trade Show (ECTS), which ran from September 1st to 3rd
2004 at the famous Earls Court Exhibition Center. Running
parallel to ECTS was the European Game Developers Conference,
ensuring ECTS became a meeting point of all the key
players in the European gaming scene. Following ECTS,
VIA moved onto the ABIT Hardware Festival in Leicester
Square, central London. Stay posted for more details
on that event.
The VIA booth at ECTS 2004 featured a crowd drawing
array of bespoke gaming PCs, all powered by the leading
chipset for the AMD Athlon 64 processor platform, the
VIA K8T800 Pro. The world's top professional gamer,
Jonathon "Fatal1ty" Wendell, could be found
at the VIA booth, as part of his Fatal1ty World Tour
with VIA motherboard partner ABIT. A number of other
innovative multimedia devices powered by VIA and S3
Graphics solutions also drew in crowds throughout the
show.
See the video from ECTS 2004 here!
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Images of All the Action!
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| These gamers enjoy a high quality
Doom 3 experience on tricked out gaming PCs, featuring
the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset, built for VIA by UK
enthusiast website HEXUS.net (left) and on another
VIA K8T800 Pro powered gaming rig, this one built
by bit-tech.net. |
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| The VIA booth also displayed a host
of other exciting VIA powered solutions. From left
to right: an ultra quiet VIA EPIA SL powered Media
Center PC from Tranquil PC, VIA K8T800 chipset powered
gaming notebook from Voodoo PC, Small Form Factor
Media Center PC featuring the S3 Graphics OmniChrome.
S3 Graphics and Club 3D also
announced their OmniChrome Hi-Def Multimedia Video
Graphics solution at ECTS. |
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| ECTS 2004 also played host to final
UK qualifying event for this years World Cyber Games.
Those who played well enough to win their divisions
booked their seats on the place to San Francisco
for the 2004 WCG this October. |
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| The World's leading professional gamer,
Jonathon "Fatal1ty" Wendell, could be
found at the VIA booth, taking on anyone brave enough
to challenge him to a Doom 3 one on one deathmatch.
Fatal1ty always plays on an ABIT motherboard with
a K8T800 Pro chipset, and needless to say the 1,000
pound prize money offered to successful challengers
went unclaimed, once again. |
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| VIA and S3 Graphics booth babes (left),
and VIA also ensured that ECTS 2004 attendees didn't
go thirsty. |
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