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  1. July 24th, 2006 06:17 AM #1
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    AMD to buy ATI

    http://news.com.com/2061-10791_3-609...7453&subj=news

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  2. July 24th, 2006 07:26 AM #2
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    It should be interesting. I use to sell AMD's but then started running into overheating problems and went back to Intel. Should be interesting to see how things go with the two companies working together.
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  3. July 24th, 2006 07:48 AM #3
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    I'm sort of annoyed at the brain drain effect- as ATI is probably one of the better known commercial technology companies out of Canada. Now it's just..located in Canada.

    Anyway, I don't really know anything about AMD, but ATI has been annoying to me because they refuse to open their source which would give alternative operating systems competitive ground on the desktop market.
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  4. July 24th, 2006 08:22 AM #4
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    I think it's a good move. My best friend for a decade worked at ATI for a few years. Visiting the site every so often in Burlington MA, and from the stories told to me by him and a few others, ATI was run like a kindergarten, with high school petty politics for the most part. Smart kids, but a sort of amateur air to the place.
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    The only downside to this is if AMD tries to tie their CPUs/motherboards to work better or synergize with the ATI chips.

    I like AMD, but I really hate ATI cards. But I hate ATI more than I like AMD, so I would be forced to go Intel/NVIDIA.
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  6. July 24th, 2006 10:52 AM #6
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    It would be nice if AMD will actually get the ATI people to not suck fucking balls with their graphics drivers... that could actually be a good thing. Then I might actually one day consider buying an ATI card.
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  7. July 24th, 2006 12:29 PM #7
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    I've had no problems with ATI cards but at the same time, I'm not a gamer so all i've ever needed was basic functionality.

    I think the most graphically intensive thing my computer has to do is redraw the mouse cursor as i move it around.
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  8. July 24th, 2006 09:20 PM #8
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    ATI is famously horendous for taking forever to put out a driver update. Whereas nVidia updates and improves their stuff like there's no tomorrow. Which is nice for when new games come out.
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    Interesting Rumour:

    AMD to shed ATI brand?

    "word on the street is that AMD has decided to drop the ATI brand name from future products"

    http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/07/a...hed-ati-brand/
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  10. August 9th, 2006 10:31 AM #10
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    Originally posted by Bael
    ATI is famously horendous for taking forever to put out a driver update. Whereas nVidia updates and improves their stuff like there's no tomorrow. Which is nice for when new games come out.
    My next graphic card will be an Nvidia, largely for this reason.
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