Graphics chip designer ATI Technologies on Tuesday denied rumours regarding possible delays of shipments for its RADEON X1600- and RADEON X1800-series graphics processors introduced in early October, 2005. The company said it would ship the products on time.

When announcing the new RADEON X1300, X1600 and X1800-series of graphics processors earlier this year, ATI promised that end-users will be able to get the RADEON X1600-series and the RADEON X1800 XT starting from the 30^th and the 2^nd of November, respectively, whereas the RADEON X1800 XL and the RADEON X1300-series was projected to become available starting from the 5^th of October.

“We are on track [to deliver the products at specified timeframes],” a spokesman for ATI Technologies said, noting that several web-stores already had the RADEON X1800 XT products in stock

At press time a lot of online stores in the USA and the UK were selling the RADEON X1800 XL graphics cards with 256MB of memory from ATI’s add-in-cards partners. None of the online stores listed in PriceGrabber, Pricewatch or Shopping.com price-search engines offered RADEON X1300-series graphics cards.

Allstarshop in the U.S. had RADEON X1800 XT 512MB in-stock and available for purchase at press time, whereas popular Overclockers.co.uk and Overclock.co.uk stores in the UK offered to pre-order the RADEON X1800 XT 512MB graphics cards with shipments scheduled for early November. ATI RADEON X1800 XT-based graphics cards with 256MB of memory at press time were expected to arrive in November, but some stores listed the 28^th as the arrival date. All the RADEON X1800 XT graphics cards featured price-tags beyond recommended levels.

Sources close to ATI Technologies said that MSI Computer has already started to supply its unspecified clients with ATI RADEON X1300-series graphics cards. Several stores in the EU already sell the parts, according to Clubic.com engine.