AMD announces plans to buy ATI for $5.4 bil

Advanced Micro Devices announced Monday plans to buy Canadian graphics chip-maker ATI Technologies for $5.4 billion in a deal that could help AMD match or beat its rival, Intel, as a supplier of graphics chips.

But Caris & Company analyst Rick Whittington said the deal can best be described as "defensive" and presents a number of integration challenges.

AND THIS::glag:

"At this stage, their management must be focused on those tasks, not trying to marry some difficult Canadian bride."


Source
http://www.forbes.com/markets/emergi...markets11.html

Wow Wow Wow Wow

i, for one, think this is pretty shitty news. intel kinda asked for it though. they were shorting ati chipsets from us (not allowing ati to build costing them money) for quite some time now. even though, yeah, intel was advertising lots on LGA 775 sockets supporting ati chipsets for crossfire. that's exactly why i'm pissed. i'm looking forward to possibly buying a conroe and i wanted to go crossfire also. gay.

(same as news post. i can't emphasize this enough!)

id rather see AMD buy Nvidia... i hate ati cards...

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id rather see AMD buy Nvidia... i hate ati cards...

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just asking... what's to hate?

every time ive had an ATI card ive had driver problems.. never had any driver problem with Nvidia ever. so im sticking with Nvidia for life :)

u must not update ur nvidia drivers very often for they have been very problemactic and buggy for the last 6 or so months.

ive got the latest ones and I havnt had a single driver problem yet :) idk maybe im lucky

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ive got the latest ones and I havnt had a single driver problem yet :) idk maybe im lucky

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No problems here either.

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ive got the latest ones and I havnt had a single driver problem yet :) idk maybe im lucky

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so do i (91.33's) and they are great! everything imo be4 those and after the 84.43's were buggy as hell and just plain awful drivers.