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SLI On Life Support For the AMD Platform
JoshMST writes "For years AMD and Nvidia were like peas and carrots, and their SNAP partnership proved to be quite successful for both companies. Things changed dramatically when AMD bought up ATI, and now it seems like Nvidia is pulling the plug on SLI support for the AMD platform. While the chipset division at AMD may be a bitter rival to Nvidia, the CPU guys there have had a long and prosperous relationship with the Green Machine. While declining chipset margins on the AMD side was attributed to AMD's lackluster processor offerings for the past several years, the Phenom II chips have reawakened interest in the platform and they have found a place in enthusiasts' hearts again. Unfortunately for Nvidia, they are seemingly missing out on a significant revenue stream by not offering new chipsets to go with these processors. They have also curtailed SLI adoption on the AMD platform as well, which couldn't be happening at a worse time."
ATI & AMD is just power-housing the craptitude under one roof.
ATI has and always will be a second rate hardware company, and a fall-flat-on-their-face failure at drivers. Crab all you want about NVIDIA but they got the goods and the business strategy that put them on top.
AMD's most important product to date has simply been the act of competing with Intel. Lying about how great their products were forced Intel to make products better than AMDs marketing BS.
When your competition says 'We're #1 at XYZ' you don't get more customers by putting out full page ads saying 'Our competitors are liars!'.. You either lie harder or make your product better than their hype.