Back in October of last year, ATI launched a whole new range of Radeon graphics cards that are typically referred to as the X1000 or X1K family. The X1000 family was the first set of cards unleashed by ATI to support Shader Model 3.0 across the entire range of cards. This set of cards includes the X1300 series (entry-level), the X1600 series (mid-range) and the X1800 series (high-end). More info on the X1000 family can be found in our launch article covering the cards.