AMD Pulls the Plug on ATI
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Misleading article, had me going for a minute there that ATI was being completely scrapped. This would have been horrendous (and bizzare) news for the PC gaming world due to Nvidia prices being almost uncapped due to lack of competition.
Just losing the name however is a somewhat pointless stunt which I imagine will change very little.
Just losing the name however is a somewhat pointless stunt which I imagine will change very little.
I've only ever bought 1 nvidia card, I prefer ATI, but none of mine have ever crapped out. They were all still running when I replaced them, and I normally go 2+ years before replacing parts if I have to. Never had an AMD chip fail on me, though I've had a couple of Intel chips get really, really hot. I switched back to AMD about 5 years ago after testing some of the Intel chips, and I've never looked back. I might change again to see if Intel is any better, but I'm comfortable with AMD at the moment.Darktau said:
Screw ATi anyways, piece of crap card can't even work right with this VIA chipset, and is the reason why i got a memory dump five seconds into playing ANYTHING.
By contrast, I worked for many years at a lan center with 30+ computers all set up, and back when the 9800 card was being released, ATI sent us 15 cards prelaunch to get the name out. Within a month 10 of the cards had burnt out and ATI tech support was nonexistant (to the point of us calling, being placed on hold and the line just dropping out).Lawyer105 said:
After an additional month of issues, we contacted nVidia who also had a new card coming out (don't remember which one, GForce4 something) and they replaced all of our ATI cards with their own as part of a new promotion. To THIS day, most of those cards are still functioning, though they are shelved as backup units.
Nvidia is a nice brand
My friend is even playing STALKER call of pripyat on my 7900GTX that I got back in 2006.
I replaced it with a 9800GTX, 28 months ago and it still works like new
all in all ATi vs Nvidia is silly, AMD's money just gets drained away by the CPU business getting it's ass handed to it by Intel which will ultimatly kill Nvidia by never selling them the x86 licence
The only real winner is Intel
My friend is even playing STALKER call of pripyat on my 7900GTX that I got back in 2006.
I replaced it with a 9800GTX, 28 months ago and it still works like new
all in all ATi vs Nvidia is silly, AMD's money just gets drained away by the CPU business getting it's ass handed to it by Intel which will ultimatly kill Nvidia by never selling them the x86 licence
The only real winner is Intel
I like how all the Nvidia users are just coming in to bash ATI and AMD products without even reading the article and making brash statements.
I like ATI, my Mobility Radeon HD4330 is a tough little integrated card. It can run everything from Rome Total War to Mass Effect 2!
I like ATI, my Mobility Radeon HD4330 is a tough little integrated card. It can run everything from Rome Total War to Mass Effect 2!
I've been creating and maintaining custom PCs for nearly 10 years now.
There is no dispute in my mind: For all practical purposes, ATI was no better than nVidia, and vice versa.
Yes, there was some variation, sometimes ATI would have a good year, sometimes there was a recall. Sometimes great hardware got lazy, shitty drivers because their company had developed a newer, much better model before their current model was even on sale.
But there was NEVER any indication (not even sales figures) that suggested that one manufacturer was strictly better than the other.
So ATI is just undergoing a changing of the colors...fine. I hope their new product continues to be progressive.
There is no dispute in my mind: For all practical purposes, ATI was no better than nVidia, and vice versa.
Yes, there was some variation, sometimes ATI would have a good year, sometimes there was a recall. Sometimes great hardware got lazy, shitty drivers because their company had developed a newer, much better model before their current model was even on sale.
But there was NEVER any indication (not even sales figures) that suggested that one manufacturer was strictly better than the other.
So ATI is just undergoing a changing of the colors...fine. I hope their new product continues to be progressive.
Wait a sec............you're blaming Nvidia......for a manufacturing error...on a prebuilt computer?Ultratwinkie said:
You do know Nvidia only makes the chipsets right? The manufacturer builds and is responsible for the circuit board, memory, cooling and overall quality of the card; and if a system is prebuilt they are going to go with the cheapest manufacturer they can find so they can pull as much profit from the computer as possible. Meaning your Nvidia card was most likely built by the lowest bidder and nothing you should judge the company on.
I meant the first paragraph in the article's body. But even phrases like "a sad day for PC nerds" and "hardware heaven" in the lead heavily imply that this is about more than just a different name.Andy Chalk said:
Most of the comments on the first page were misinformed about what had actually happened, and I thought clarifying the title might help.
So AMD-ATI changes name to AMD? Nothing to see here folks, move along. Radeon cards aren't going anywhere (except inside your next portable CPU maybe) and are still kicking Nvidian asses in the bangs per buck category. Really misleading title there Andy. You scared me half to death.
THAT IS A TERRIBLE TITLE. and from the looks of the comments everyone is very confused. the name ati is going away, but amd will still be making gpus, just under a different name. its not really a huge deal.
Edit: on topic, im glad to see its not actually gone. ive had one nvidia chip and 3 ati chips, and the next gpu i get will be ati (maybe amd, im not sure if the laptop will change in the time i save up to get it) i like ati
Edit: on topic, im glad to see its not actually gone. ive had one nvidia chip and 3 ati chips, and the next gpu i get will be ati (maybe amd, im not sure if the laptop will change in the time i save up to get it) i like ati
