Bye, Bye ATI?

[gvblake22]

Could this be the end of ATI for good :?: :!:

Originally Posted by bit-tech

Richard Baker, Marketing Manager for AMD in Northern Europe, also weighed in during the interview, saying that it was unknown whether the familiar Radeon brand name would bite the dust as well. "'We haven't made any final decisions yet," he said. "But I'd personally be very surprised if we dropped any of those product names. The ATI company name is definitely going, though."

[yurimxpxman]

Eh, who cares? I know from personal experience that ATI sucks :(

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Wait a minute! Does that mean that they're also dropping that hot Ruby girl?? :shock:

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[polobunny]

Well if they still give good products, it's not a bad thing.
However for all the "fame" ATI acquired, I say it's rather stupid to dump the name.

[yurimxpxman]

AMD isn't exactly an unknown name ;-) But I agree. And hopefully AMD will come up with something better than that silly CrossFire crap.

[Jokerswild]

I doubt that they bought it and don't have plans to continue making graphics cards.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

AMD isn't exactly an unknown name ;-) But I agree. And hopefully AMD will come up with something better than that silly CrossFire crap.

Who said it was?
CrossFire crap? What about SLI crap? :twisted:

[yurimxpxman]

Originally Posted by polobunny

Who said it was?
CrossFire crap? What about SLI crap? :twisted:

My point exactly. Why would anyone in their right mind use huge external cables when SLI is all internal? Not to mention the fact that SLI mobos are much more ubiquitous...

[sbohdan]

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

AMD isn't exactly an unknown name ;-) But I agree. And hopefully AMD will come up with something better than that silly CrossFire crap.

I totally agree with that. the name grew to be a giant. it's like dropping the rolls royce name in cars... :shock:

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

My point exactly. Why would anyone in their right mind use huge external cables when SLI is all internal? Not to mention the fact that SLI mobos are much more ubiquitous...

I don't see the problem. There's already billions of cables connected to my computer. Besides you don't need to open your computer if you want to remove it.

[yurimxpxman]

To each his own. The debate is irrellavent and off-topic.

I'm curious to see what AMD has in store for ATI. I have no idea why they'd collaborate. Perhaps AMD will start making better GPUs. I've always wondered why they don't just stick regular CPUs on graphics cards.