I suppose you never really know until it happens...
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Erik wrote:
I can't imagine nVidia being that shortsighted, they make a lot of their
money off of the AMD gamers running Athlon64's with fat nVidia cards.
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out but I don't expect nVidia
to not support AMD chipsets anymore, at least not at the card level,
they just put out AGP/PCI Express cards that'll run on any x86. More
interesting is what this means for their chipsets though, not sure if
they'll be too happy putting out nForce chipsets supporting their
biggest competitor...
Erik
On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 22:03 -0400, Wayne wrote:
Same here L
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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
Behalf Of Kris Rivel
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 9:27 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: OT:AMD to make bid for ATI
Well that would really suck since I prefer the AMD and Nvidia combo in
my machine if I have the choice.
Kris
Wayne wrote:
Hey Kris,
Yeah, I'm 99.9% sure this is the real deal. It's up at various
hardware sites as well as a few stock sites. I'm just unsure how this
will affect us down the line..if Nvidia possibly quits making their
cards to run on any AMD/ATI based chipsets..how will support be for
XSI with ATI etc? Guess we'll just have to wait and see!
______________________________________________________________________
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
Behalf Of Kris Rivel
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 6:23 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: OT:AMD to make bid for ATI
Hmmmm...I thought we heard about this a little while back but it was
apparently not true. I wonder if it really is for real. Would be
interesting for sure if it is.
Kris
Wayne wrote:
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BFCFC6BFB%
<http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BFCFC6BFB%25>
2D1B2C%2D42A5%2DA959%2D5832B23561DF%7D&dist=rss&siteid=mktwdist%
3Drss&siteid=mktw
I wonder what this will mean for us later on down the road?
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color:#3B608D'>I’m not so sure, I think it makes a lot of sense =
for AMD. The
processing power of GPUs continues to skyrocket and there’s been =
talk of using
this power more directly in conjunction with CPUs so I’m not =
surprised AMD are
showing interest in a GPU manufacturer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#3B608D'>I also think it’s highly unlikely there would be =
any compatibility
issues. Why would they cut of such a large chunk of their market, =
alienating it
at the same time. Makes no sense.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
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color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
[mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rafe Sacks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 24 July 2006 00:47<br>
<b>To:</b> XSI(at)Softimage.COM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: OT:AMD to make bid for ATI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>From
what I have read, it is real, it is almost a surety and it sounds like a =
really
bad merger. Sort of a last ditch effort to win out market share during a =
price
war they can't sustain as well as Intel. The big point has been brought =
up here
already... what about the conflict of interest - will the competing =
hardware
still work with each other?<br>
<br>
I suppose you never really know until it =
happens...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<br>
Erik wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<pre>I can't imagine nVidia being that shortsighted, they make a lot of =
their<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>money off of the AMD gamers running =
Athlon64's with fat nVidia cards.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>It'll be =
interesting to see how this plays out but I don't expect =
nVidia<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>to not support AMD chipsets anymore, at =
least not at the card level,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>they just put out =
AGP/PCI Express cards that'll run on any x86. =
More<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>interesting is what this means for their =
chipsets though, not sure if<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>they'll be too happy =
putting out nForce chipsets supporting =
their<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>biggest =
competitor...<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Erik<o:p><=
/o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>On Sat, 2006-07-22 at 22:03 =
-0400, Wayne wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre>
<blockquote style=3D'margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>Same =
here L <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> =
<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>  =
; =
&=
nbsp; =
<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>___________________________________________________=
___________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>From=
: <a
href=3D"mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM">owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM</a> [<a
href=3D"mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM">mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM</a=
>] On<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Behalf Of Kris =
Rivel<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 9:27 =
PM<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To: <a
href=3D"mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM">XSI(at)Softimage.COM</a><o:p></o:p></pre><=
pre>Subject: Re: OT:AMD to make bid for =
ATI<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></p=
re><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Well that =
would really suck since I prefer the AMD and Nvidia combo =
in<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>my machine if I have the =
choice.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Kris<o:p></o:p><=
/pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Wayne wrote: =
<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Hey =
Kris,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Yeah, I’m =
99.9% sure this is the real deal. It’s up at =
various<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>hardware sites as well as a few stock =
sites. I’m just unsure how this<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>will affect =
us down the line……if Nvidia possibly quits making =
their<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>cards to run on any AMD/ATI based =
chipsets….how will support be for<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>XSI with =
ATI etc? Guess we’ll just have to wait and =
see!<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> =
<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>  =
; =
&=
nbsp; =
<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>___________________________________________________=
___________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>From=
: <a
href=3D"mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM">owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM</a> [<a
href=3D"mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM">mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM</a=
>] On<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Behalf Of Kris =
Rivel<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 6:23 =
PM<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To: <a
href=3D"mailto:XSI(at)Softimage.COM">XSI(at)Softimage.COM</a><o:p></o:p></pre><=
pre>Subject: Re: OT:AMD to make bid for =
ATI<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></p=
re><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Hmmmm...I =
thought we heard about this a little while back but it =
was<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>apparently not true. I wonder if it =
really is for real. Would be<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>interesting for =
sure if it =
is.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Kris<o:p></o:p></pre=
><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Wayne wrote: =
<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><a
href=3D"http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=3D%7BFCFC6B=
FB%25">http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=3D%7BFCFC6BF=
B%</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>2D1B2C%2D42A5%2DA959%2D5832B23561DF%7D&di=
st=3Drss&siteid=3Dmktwdist%<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>3Drss&siteid=3Dm=
ktw<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I wonder what this =
will mean for us later on down the =
road?<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p><=
/pre><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote>
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