[ale] AMD to Retire ATI Graphics Brand

[Ron Frazier]

Unbelievable.  I think this will be bad for people who like high end 
hardware.  I've been somewhat of an ATI / AMD fan of late.  I'll throw out 
the disclaimer that I cannot currently afford high end hardware.  However, 
I did build a pc last year and I chose an MSI motherboard that is CAPABLE 
of using high end components.  Right now, it's stocked with an AMD Athlon 
X2 dual core CPU and an cheap ATI 4xxx series graphics card.  I was hoping 
to upgrade later when I have the money to a Phenom 6 core CPU and 2-4 
crossfire linked ATI graphics cards.  (Still not sure I'd want to spend a 
grand on graphics cards, though.)  If this had been their policy before, it 
doesn't seem like I would have been able to get a mid-high end motherboard 
and minimal integrated graphics.  As usual, the geeks and engineers get 
dumped for the benefit of the mass market.

Ron

At 9/1/2010 12:17 PM +0000, you wrote:
>AMD to Retire ATI Graphics Brand
>http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/amd-to-retire-ati-graphics-brand/?news=123
>
>http://preview.tinyurl.com/288fvsq
>
>keith
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>keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
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