ATI Wins Bid For Next Xbox

TypoNAM writes "CNET News is reporting that graphics chip underdog ATI Technologies has signed a contract with Microsoft to produce components for future versions of the Xbox game console, beating out market leader Nvidia." According to the article, "The announcement ends months of speculation over whether Nvidia, the leading maker of graphics processors for PCs, would renew its troubled partnership with Microsoft on the Xbox."

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Hardware Isn't Everything

[Gothic_Walrus]

Remember: no matter how powerful the system is or how pretty the graphics are, the games are what make the system great. If Microsoft can't pull in good games, their new console will die fairly quickly.

Re:Gotta love marketing jargon

[digitalunity]

Hah! Here's a funny story for you. When I was 17, I pointed out nVidia as an up and coming star. I got a loan, for $6000. Bought at $6.22 a share. That's a bunch of shares. Almost a 1000. :(

I wasn't old enough, per SEC, to own stock. So, in my parents name, I purchased the stock. When they found out about it, they sold it and kept the profits and didn't tell me until the end of the fiscal year. I had an outstanding sell order to sell at $50 and would have made over $40,000 if they hadn't sold. Apparently, they hadn't heard from me in a couple days and the stock went down. They assumed I wanted to sell. I didn't.

My parents sold my college education fund :(
It's only funny now because that was years ago. I was bitter pissed at the time and moved a really long ways away from them.