It wasn't that long ago that VisionTek was one of the top manufacturers of nVidia based graphics cards. The Xtasy line offered a wide range of solutions, from the budget MX series, to the top card of the day, the GeForce 4 Ti4600. Then suddenly VisionTek was "gone". Those of us who were familiar with the company were quite surprised. There were a few rumors of trouble brewing, but no major signs that they had planned to cease production of their "Xtasy" nVidia based product line. Instead, we just woke up one morning and the "old" VisionTek was no more. Legal wrangling and asset liquidation commenced and all in all, it was a bit ugly.
A lot has changed since then. VisionTek has since been resurrected. Hartford Computer Group, based out of Connecticut, bought up the remaining VisionTek assets, realigned the inner workings of the company and found themselves a new partner in ATi. Today VisionTek manufacturers all of the OEM ATi products directly for ATi and they've brought back the Xtasy product line with a whole new look. The bottom line is, however, this is an entirely new company that is striving to make a new name for itself again in the retail video card market.
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HotHardware.com
Jul 4, 2003, 08:48 AM
