"Gigabyte Technology has had an interesting history when it comes to what video cards they were offering. Back before 2002 Gigabyte only produced NVIDIA based video cards. Their “Thundra” product line consisted of GeForce3 Ti200/500 based cards. Then something happened in late 2001 when ATI released the Radeon 8500. Relations between Gigabyte and NVIDIA became unstable. In early 2002 Gigabyte switched to only producing ATI based video cards. For the next year Gigabyte solely produced ATI based cards. Then nearly a year and a half later in October of 2003 Gigabyte announced a renewed partnership with NVIDIA to manufacture new NVIDIA based cards. So here we are today and Gigabyte is among many others that now offer a brand for both ATI and NVIDIA based video cards."
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