AMD to buy ATI for 5.5 billion

ivwshane · 07-21-2006, 11:59 PM

http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/21/tech...n=money_latest

I guess the rumors were true (assuming nothing crazy happens and the deal falls through).

saint seiya · 07-22-2006, 12:02 AM

o shit...

Axl_Rose · 07-22-2006, 12:06 AM

Sweet, my 2 favorite companies will combine

Nothing. · 07-22-2006, 12:49 AM

OMG REALLY?! I didn't see this.

super_Chris · 07-22-2006, 01:05 AM

I hope this helps ATI's Linux driver situation. I doubt it will.

Oh well, as long as I can still use nvidia cards on my AMD machines I'll be happy enough.

namelessentity · 07-22-2006, 01:14 AM

What a weird move. Pretty much every good AMD based motherboard was Nforce, seems stupid to aquire the company that is directly competing with your chipset manufacturer.

ivwshane · 07-22-2006, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by namelessentity

What a weird move. Pretty much every good AMD based motherboard was Nforce, seems stupid to aquire the company that is directly competing with your chipset manufacturer.

That's precisely why they wanted ati. Nvidia can and will continue to make chipsets for them but not with ati they can make their own.

tweakmonkey · 07-22-2006, 01:36 AM

Crap I own Nvidia and Intel stock. This could be bad news for me.

mistawiskas · 07-22-2006, 06:27 AM

Diversify, get ahold of some ATI/AMD stock....cover both cheeks of yer ass.

If AMD, MIcrosoft and Intel were to converge:
Would they going to become "Skynet"?

ThatHideousStrength · 07-22-2006, 09:35 AM

I think they should be seperate

I hated it already when I saw " Made for Nvidia" garbage for games. Now I'm gonna see crap loads of ATI and AMD compatibility or optimized junk. Hopefully they own it but don't interfere.

MSP · 07-22-2006, 11:35 AM

Given AMDs CPU expertise this could be GREAT news for 3D graphics. Or they could screw up both companies like the merger of Chrysler and Mercedes.

Amazing_Creep · 07-22-2006, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSP

Given AMDs CPU expertise this could be GREAT news for 3D graphics. Or they could screw up both companies like the merger of Chrysler and Mercedes.

Definately the former. I always run AMD and ATI products... and they run great together as it is... I can only imagine greater optimization.

c6comp · 07-22-2006, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSP

Given AMDs CPU expertise this could be GREAT news for 3D graphics. Or they could screw up both companies like the merger of Chrysler and Mercedes.

eeeww, you reminded me of that horrible merger, i also remember the merger between western geco and some other companie, they almost went into bankrupcy

ivanolo · 07-22-2006, 02:23 PM

But AMD + nVidia has always been the killer combo!

NoseMaster · 07-22-2006, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ivanolo

But AMD + nVidia has always been the killer combo!

Your sig is annoying btw

hans5849 · 07-22-2006, 03:28 PM

maybe Nvidia will start to work more with Intel after this...

tex · 07-22-2006, 05:53 PM

thats interesting. i wonder if theres some attempt at market gain here or what. intel is making a strong comeback (conroe > *, providing you will be able to get one. sorry amd fanboys) and i believe nvidia is a larger company (all divisions considered). i think AMD might be trying to take back the performance crown. either way, this *should* help both companies out

btw i have an athlon 64 and ATI 9600XT as my main system...

Drakkon · 07-22-2006, 06:16 PM

anyone else have recolections of SGI? i could see some really awesome 3d machines coming from this merger but then after a few years the govt would take them over and all we'd be left with is the crap the company can release.

yeah i got my tin foil hat ready :P

Undertaker989 · 07-22-2006, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoseMaster

Quote:

Originally Posted by ivanolo

But AMD + nVidia has always been the killer combo!

Your sig is annoying btw

His sig is great.

As for the merger: I love it. It will lead for more optimization and developers can also develop for a specific mobo/cpu/gpu platform that is almost as good as programming for a gaming console, minus the memory usage tweaks.

MSP · 07-22-2006, 07:15 PM

I found his sig to be oddly mesmerizing, but I have no idea where it came from.

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