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ATI/Half-Life 2 Bundle Confirmed

Posted by simoniker on from the gorgeous-shiny-headcrabs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Inquirer has a recent article on the launch of ATI's Radeon 9800 XT and 9600 XT, happening tonight at Alcatraz." In fact, there's now a press release announcing that "...customers purchasing ATI's Radeon 9800 XT and 9600 XT will also get a free copy of Half-Life 2 when the game ships", whenever that is, and confirming the price of the 9800 at $499, and the 9600 at "under $200."

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  1. Beware the Bundle by MBCook · · Score: 2, Informative

    My understanding is that at least at the start, you don't get a CD, you get a cupon that let's you download it from Valve's Steam system. In the future will it switch? I somewhat doubt it, but I hope I'm wrong.

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  2. Castrated version of HL2... by zoobaby · · Score: 2, Informative

    I heard previuosly that it will not be the full version of HL2 shipping with the ATI 9800XT. I heard it will be a single player only version. WTF is with that, or am I wrong?

    1. Re:Castrated version of HL2... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      http://ati.com/companyinfo/press/2003/4692.html

      MARKHAM, Ontario - ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX: ATY, NASDAQ: ATYT) today announced that Valve(R), a leading game developer, has named ATI as the preferred graphics card partner for its upcoming game Half-Life(R) 2. As a part of this agreement with Valve, ATI customers will get the full Half-Life 2 game free1 with the purchase of select RADEON(TM) products.

      1 Shipping, handling and applicable taxes or customs charges are not included. Charges vary depending on purchaser's mailing address and method of delivery (i.e.; download vs. land delivery). Offer only available while supplies last.