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Skillian
11-16-2006, 10:20 AM
http://www.theinquirer.net/images/articles/RebrandedFireStream-AMDCTM.jpg

Don't know why, but that's just weird to see.

Picture comes from here (http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35774).
Skiz
11-16-2006, 11:31 AM
Don't know why, but that's just weird to see.

Picture comes from here (http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35774).

It's even stranger to say. :huh:
mr. nails
11-16-2006, 01:12 PM
i think it looks gay. maybe i'm gay? i think they shoulda left the name ATI on the board. um, ford ownz mazda, lincoln and what else? they didn't take those names off of those vehicles and put FORD on everything now did they?
Skiz
11-16-2006, 05:34 PM
i think it looks gay. maybe i'm gay? i think they shoulda left the name ATI on the board. um, ford ownz mazda, lincoln and what else? they didn't take those names off of those vehicles and put FORD on everything now did they?

Apples and oranges. :rolleyes:
RudeYute
11-16-2006, 05:45 PM
I thought they would leave ATI name all over their products, AMD on them would just put potential customers off.
ram82082
11-16-2006, 09:55 PM
not if they know that theres nomore ati.

nails u might be, how can comp cards LOOK gay? its a board with chips n shit on it. I could understand if there was like a rainbow or sum other gay shit on it.

think about in the business sense, would u buy say a recipe or company and not put your name on it? the avg consumer might go looking 4 an ATI card and see that Amd's NEW cards look just like ATI's. Joe blow might think "wow AMD is really doing well".......... BAM instant FREE advertising, not too mention what that would do for AMD's existing line of products. joe blow thinks, "hey i just bought an AMD graphics card, let me check out AMD some more." we live in capitalist world you should think that way and understand why companies do/dont do these types of things.

the serious gamers know AMD bought ATI..... no prob w/ those potential customers
Wolfmight
11-18-2006, 04:08 PM
http://www.theinquirer.net/images/articles/RebrandedFireStream-AMDCTM.jpg

Don't know why, but that's just weird to see.

Picture comes from here (http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35774).
:noes:
tesco
11-18-2006, 04:16 PM
i think it looks gay. maybe i'm gay? i think they shoulda left the name ATI on the board. um, ford ownz mazda, lincoln and what else? they didn't take those names off of those vehicles and put FORD on everything now did they?That's 'cause if they did no one would buy them.:pinch:
mr. nails
11-18-2006, 10:21 PM
not if they know that theres nomore ati.

nails u might be, how can comp cards LOOK gay? its a board with chips n shit on it. I could understand if there was like a rainbow or sum other gay shit on it.

think about in the business sense, would u buy say a recipe or company and not put your name on it? the avg consumer might go looking 4 an ATI card and see that Amd's NEW cards look just like ATI's. Joe blow might think "wow AMD is really doing well".......... BAM instant FREE advertising, not too mention what that would do for AMD's existing line of products. joe blow thinks, "hey i just bought an AMD graphics card, let me check out AMD some more." we live in capitalist world you should think that way and understand why companies do/dont do these types of things.

the serious gamers know AMD bought ATI..... no prob w/ those potential customers
i don't concur. "w0w, amd's doing fabulous! Let's check out some other gay products." so, "they" check out other products and they cum to this (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4919) and then amd goes bankrupt.
ram82082
11-19-2006, 05:46 AM
i would say they tried to capitlize on macs recent success. it did say 2004 dude. u kno when mac actually strarted to turn a profit. besides if you like ATI u'll probably still buy it, even if it does says AmD on it
mr. nails
11-19-2006, 11:29 AM
besides if you like ATI u'll probably still buy it...

i'm not a fanboy. i buy whats good for the price atm.
ram82082
11-21-2006, 08:32 PM
it has nothing to do with being a fanboy. if you like ati sh*t then u'll by it from amd now. thats it
grchl3
12-14-2006, 07:32 AM
I thought they would still label their cards with ATI. Not sure its such a good move rebranding them AMD although it is the same company now.
Snee
12-14-2006, 05:19 PM
Effing broken board made me dp.
Snee
12-14-2006, 05:19 PM
I don't get it, really.

Were people planning to buy the reference design, then?



Last ATi-card I put in someone's computer said "sapphire" on the heatsink, the one before that "Creative".

People who don't know much about computers will notice that before they notice who makes the GPU, most vendors will probably have a section called AMD/ATi, now, and it'll be a transition period that'll give people plenty of time to catch up to reality, if they need notice anything at all.

I hardly think the products of either company will suffer from this, either.

There will be plenty of useful tricks to improve manufacturing and function coming from both directions, I imagine.