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Da Dego · 7th Aug 2006, 21:30

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/08/07/bye_bye_ATI/

LVMike · 7th Aug 2006, 21:36

As long as the kit is still good, and the new product naming continues some form of continuity, I am fine with it. What will piss me off, is a name and product moniker change to some thing conviluted and confusing. I dont like this merger but as long as AMD dosent rock the boat too much it will be fine.

atanum141 · 7th Aug 2006, 21:40

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

I love Ati! dont get rid of the name!

AMD X1900XTX don't sound right

[1N0V471V] · 7th Aug 2006, 21:45

The buyout of ATI was good for AMD, but this decision is not.

EVERYBODY (even my mom) knows the ATI brandname.

korhojoa · 7th Aug 2006, 21:49

Dammit. I really liked ATi.

speedfreek · 7th Aug 2006, 21:50

It wont really make much of a difference really but ATI has a good name for itself though.

yahooadam · 7th Aug 2006, 21:56

huh, how are we going to know the difference between a CPU and a GFX card now o.O

surprised ATI would allow this, takeovers generally mean firing the managers / execs of the company that is being taken over ...

EK-MDi · 7th Aug 2006, 21:57

This doesn't bother me. Makes it more simplified. Can't wait until AMD bring out those DirectX 10 graphics cards, LOL.

teamtd11 · 7th Aug 2006, 22:01

what should i buy. a AMD 3800X2 or a AMD 1900XT

or what about putting a AMD graphics card into a pc with a Intel processor

, running both Intel and AMD

Jamie · 7th Aug 2006, 22:27

The ATi brand feels dated to me.

Krikkit · 7th Aug 2006, 22:33

Peronally, I prefer ATi to AMD - it won't feel right buying a graphics card and CPU from one company. In fact, if you combine them all together, you'll have a full AMD architecture. And that's a scary thought.

The big problem with this is that people will lose the brand identity that they have with ATi (if they haven't seen the stories about the takeover), and go with the green boys (or indeed the blue boys at Intel once they get up to speed perhaps).

jjsyht · 7th Aug 2006, 22:37

For the ones who dont know, AMD is (much) bigger than ATI (and nVidia for that matter). And the ones who do, They still know is ATI underneath.
So quite good business move. Also save on marketing cost.

Krikkit · 7th Aug 2006, 22:42

We all know how big AMD and ATi and nVidia are. What I'm saying is that when Joe Bloggs goes to buy a new graphics card next year and sees only AMD and nVidia as options, he'll go for nVidia, assuming that AMD are new kids on the block, like S3's Chrome series - who's bought one of those?

samkiller42 · 7th Aug 2006, 22:42

This wont bother me in the slightest, always been an Nvidia man, but, with AMD at the helm, i might check out AMD GPU'S, still, i want a 7950GX2

DrFreeze · 7th Aug 2006, 22:53

im an nvidia fan myself, even if i ever were to get a radeon in my rig again, the chipset would probably still be a product of the allmighty green machine

just waiting for nvidia to buy out AMD so i can build an all nvidia PC :P

Fr4nk · 7th Aug 2006, 23:29

But I like red and white

, apart from that, aslong as the products preform well I'm happy.

Stuntman · 7th Aug 2006, 23:34

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Heartbreaking. I love ATI...

specofdust · 7th Aug 2006, 23:44

I gotta say, as far as PC stuff goes, I'm seriously concerned about what's happening here. While in itself it's not the end of the world, the repercusions this may have on the tech world, and the mergers or takeovers it may lead to. It's so shaken up, lot's of opertunities for annoying things to happen

gvblake22 · 7th Aug 2006, 23:49

I can see where they are coming from wanting to nix the ATI name, but DAAAAMN! It really just doesn't sound right at all

scq · 7th Aug 2006, 23:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fr4nk

But I like red and white

, apart from that, aslong as the products preform well I'm happy.

Ahahaha! ATI, on GREEN PCBS!

I personally see no problem with it all. Intel changed their classic logo. Macromedia's stuff is now called "Adobe Flash" "Adobe Dreamweaver" etc.

But I don't like the idea that there will only be one big name in discreet graphics, as I have associated AMD with processors, and processors.

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7th Aug 2006, 21:36	#2
LVMike Supermodder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Las Vegas NV & Rolla MO Posts: 412	As long as the kit is still good, and the new product naming continues some form of continuity, I am fine with it. What will piss me off, is a name and product moniker change to some thing conviluted and confusing. I dont like this merger but as long as AMD dosent rock the boat too much it will be fine.

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yahooadam Ultra csavarkulcs Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,323	huh, how are we going to know the difference between a CPU and a GFX card now o.O surprised ATI would allow this, takeovers generally mean firing the managers / execs of the company that is being taken over ...

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EK-MDi Multimodder Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 210	This doesn't bother me. Makes it more simplified. Can't wait until AMD bring out those DirectX 10 graphics cards, LOL.

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Krikkit Don't panic! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Lancs, UK Posts: 15,141	We all know how big AMD and ATi and nVidia are. What I'm saying is that when Joe Bloggs goes to buy a new graphics card next year and sees only AMD and nVidia as options, he'll go for nVidia, assuming that AMD are new kids on the block, like S3's Chrome series - who's bought one of those? __________________ \|E8400 @ 4.4GHz\|WC: 2*120.1 GT's, MCP350, Storm G5\|4GB Dominators\|DFI LT X48-T2R\|8800GT\|74GB Raptor\|Chieftec BA01\|OCZ ModXStream 600W\|Dell 2208WFP\| The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The LOL!!1!!1!, The Zlad!, The Kempness, The Braaaaaains...

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specofdust Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aberdeen, UK, EU Posts: 7,607	I gotta say, as far as PC stuff goes, I'm seriously concerned about what's happening here. While in itself it's not the end of the world, the repercusions this may have on the tech world, and the mergers or takeovers it may lead to. It's so shaken up, lot's of opertunities for annoying things to happen __________________ Like marmite, only no-one hates it Mmm bop!

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