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It's Official - AMD Buys ATI

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i've-become-more-powerful-then-you-can-possibly-imagine dept.

FrankNFurter writes "It's been a rumour for several weeks, but now it's confirmed: AMD buys ATI. What implications is this merger going to have for the hardware market?" In addition to AMD's release, there's plenty of coverage out there.

7 of 508 comments (clear)

  1. Tomorrow by glebd · · Score: 3, Funny

    Intel buys Nvidia. Let the war continue!

  2. Probably Not Going To Happen... by FinchWorld · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... But hopefully they'll kick the ATI driver team up the arse and get a decent set of drivers out (for Windows and Linux).

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    "I may be full of crap about this game, and I may be wrong, and that's fine." -Jack Thompson
  3. I'd say I told you so.... by Groo+Wanderer · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I did.
    http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32 197

            -Charlie

  4. AMD & ATI by digitaldc · · Score: 5, Funny

    AMD combines with ATI and has announced a new name for their company:

    DAAMIT!

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    He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
  5. Re:Maybe by Linker3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "System on a chip or at least integrated GPU and CPU cool."

    A die holding an AMD core and an ATI GPU may be 'neat', 'fab', 'brill' or even 'ace' - but 'cool' - I think not!

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    AT&ROFLMAO
  6. Re:Makes me uneasy by quakeroatz · · Score: 3, Funny

    "ATI's products tend to be miserably supported"
    Oh tell me more, NVIDIA fanboy! Tell me a opposing tale of the wonderful NVIDIA happy land, with a gumdrop house on lollipop lane!

  7. Re:Maybe by Slashcrap · · Score: 3, Funny

    I like 3D accel, but I'd be quite happy with an unaccelerated frame-buffer - just as long as is stable.

    Go into your xorg.conf and change the "Driver" line to "vga" or "vesa".

    You now have an unaccelerated frame-buffer display that will be as stable as the day is long. It will also suck donkey cock, but it is exactly what you just asked for.