The discrete graphics card market in 2008 was dominated by two major GPU players – AMD with its ATI Radeon HD series and Nvidia with its GeForce series.

Gigabyte Technology has recently released its 61.5% stake in GeCube to officially withdraw from it board of directors, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report.

AMD announced its latest high-end ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, delivering 2.4 teraflops of processing power. Also announced today is the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 graphics card.

MSI and GeCube have unveiled ATI Radeon HD 4870-series graphics cards.

Asustek Computer and GeCube have unveiled graphics card products based on AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4850 GPU.

Taiwan-based notebook makers, including Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Acer, GeCube, Dialogue Technology and Asustek Computer...