|  Articles | Interview with PowerColor’s Raymen Wu | Interview with PowerColor’s Raymen Wu | Published on October 20th, 2006
Eran: What makes PowerColor different from the others?
Raymen: PowerColor has been
providing graphic cards for a long time. We have a great history and a
lot of experience to fall back on. More importantly, we have
great people throughout our organization, which really gives us a huge
advantage. This is reflected in our products and the success we have so
far.
Eran: How long are you planning to continue support for AGP architecture?
Raymen: AGP will be around for
quite some time yet. In fact, PowerColor will be introducing AGP
versions of X1650 and X1950 PRO very soon. There are still a lot of
people that have systems that work perfectly fine and simply require a
slight upgrade for their graphics.
Eran: What about motherboards, are you planning to introduce some new motherboards powered by ATI chipsets soon?
Raymen: A lot of people
don’t know this, but our company produced motherboards a couple
years back. However, the competition is extremely tough, so we pulled
out of the market eventually. It was a tough lesson.
Eran: Are there any plans to replace the current cooler? If you do, which company will you choose?
Raymen: With our the PowerColor
X1950 PRO, we have used Arctic Cooling’s Accelero X2, which has
been a very popular after market cooling solution. This partnership has
been wildly successful, as we have simply smashed the 7900GS and even
other providers of the X1950 PRO in benchmarks. Actually, NGOHQ
should have a review out soon, right? [Ed. You can count on it!]
Eran: Recently, we saw
PowerColor participating in the community -- hosting contests and
sponsoring events. Are we going to see the same in the future? Is there
any special event you are planning for us?
Raymen: It’s very
important for us to be active in the community. We don’t
want to be one of those companies that don’t know who their users
are and simply try to sell sell sell. Some of the recent
developments include the WCG Finals and all across Asia, where we were
the official VGA card for most of these tournaments. At the end
of the day, we want to interact and be involved which will benefit our
users and ourselves.
Eran: Are there any plans for the dual core card?
Raymen: If there is enough demand, then why not.
Eran: What are some other things we can expect to come from the company in both the short and long term?
Raymen: Expect great things
from us in the next few months, as we expect the PowerColor X1950 PRO
to take the mainstream market by storm; all the feedback thus far has
been amazing. We have put a lot of effort in working with ATI and our
partners for this launch. We will also be investing heavily in upcoming
marketing campaigns.
For the long term, we expect ourselves to be at the front of the pack,
as we will continue to build on our success in the past.
Providing innovative products, strengthening our partnerships and give
end-users the best value.
Eran: Are you playing PC games? If you do, which games do you play?
Raymen: I am a bit embarrassed
because you’d think someone like myself should be a gaming
addict, but I am not a huge gamer. My hand/eye coordination isn’t
very good.
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