I think this makes sense. For people like bit-tech readers we care less about its name but more how well it fairs against others. For the common consumer they couldn't care less what brand of GPU they have because they don't know what a GPU is.
I don't think it's a good move. When I hear AMD I associate that with processors. I hear ATI I associate that with graphics cards as I think many will for a long time.
If "AMD" runs into problems somewhere along the line and they have a problem with one of their products it's going to be associated it with the entire AMD line and could potentially lose them money.
Absolutely ridiculous stupid move. ATI is known for making good GPUs with awful drivers. AMD is known for making awful CPUs (all thing compared). Now if we combine it we have awful product with awful drivers. I don't see ??? Profit! in that.
25 years ATi have been around, remember seeing the ATi Rage Pro back in '97 or '98 and going WOW!! Ever since had ATi cards, an 8500LE, a 9800Pro, a 3870x2 and my current 5870... Really kind of sad to think that the current range of cards could potentially be the LAST ATi cards.
Either way they had a great run, and at least the 5000 series was a HELL of goodbye!! The crazy batman cooler with the red and black kinda makes sence now. A last salute kind of thing. *sniffles into his cup of tea*
Problem is people dont understand the market. I know someone who is a loyal AMD fan yet refuse to buy ATI graphics until I told him theyre produced by AMD. Also How many back to school kids look up performance charts about gpu or CPU's? The best comparison is 2.1GHz AMD vs 2.1Ghz intel with the most amount of memory on the graphics card. Batterlife is manipulated by battery size but its not as if many consumers actually see that past approx hours stat. How many people know that their wii has ATI graphics either? People do know AMD more than ATI since laptops have far more intel/AMD branding than ATI. In Currys/PCworld the other day there are far more AMD laptops than intel. Like the first example, alot of people would choose Nvidia over ATI but if that was changed to AMD I'd say some would sing to AMD over Nvidia. Personally I say its due to AMD's successful period. Yes ATI have been successful but processorsis what people know more about than graphics.
Originally Posted by Slavedriver Absolutely ridiculous stupid move. ATI is known for making good GPUs with awful drivers. AMD is known for making awful CPUs (all thing compared). Now if we combine it we have awful product with awful drivers. I don't see ??? Profit! in that.
Well done sir......both AMD divisions trolled in one short concise post...
What does it matter. The informed base their opinion on the quality of the product and the reviews that follow and are well aware of the merger that happened years ago.
Originally Posted by billysielu I presume they're sick of the "rubbish ATI driver" reputation.
Unworthy reputation, btw.
Had more troubles with nVidia drivers than with ATIs (including the 6 month! when the nvidia drivers caused ETW to be unplayable).
the move would tend to move them closer to Intel where they have less advantage on the cpu side and awy from their graphics proposition where they hold an advantage over both intel and nvidia.
I was moaning loads about how terrible ATI drivers were after getting my 5770 and how my 8800gt was flawless, then I was reminded by my girlfriend that it wasn't, she witnessed my "Yes, we will go in a minute I just need to sort this bloody driver out" on maybe occasions.
This was further reinforced by my brother moaning that the very same 8800gt was crapping out and had to roll back and try beta drivers for a few days until it was playable. My friend has a gtx275 and he gets crashes in tf2 every 20 or 30 minutes with the latest drivers and rolling back only seemed to slightly help.
To me AMD cpus have always been the underdog, and us Brits love an underdog, maybe they are going for blanket domination of the British market :p
For me there are 3 times of people, those in the know, those not, and idiots. Those in the know will see this as nothing more than a name change and be on their merry way. Those not in the know will go into PC world and get told to buy that one, and be on their merry way. Idiots will always be idiots and never let anyone else just be on their merry way.
Originally Posted by Matticus My friend has a gtx275 and he gets crashes in tf2 every 20 or 30 minutes with the latest drivers and rolling back only seemed to slightly help.
It really doesn't matter as long as the products as good. If in 2011 we see a range of AMD Raedon 6000 series GPUs that blow the socks off the competition, no-one's going to give two hoots about the branding.
Who it matters to are people who are actually swayed by branding: the great uninformed masses. And to them, a unified brand is always more powerful than multiple confusing ones, so I say it's a good move by AMD.
If you're a BT reader and you care about what sticker AMD put on their GPUs, you clearly don't need to be here.
Bad move IMO. The ATI brand name is a well known one, not just by enthusiasts (I don't think it matters there), but also by consumers who at least have a little bit of knowledge.
Personally, I'm like most of you guys; I don't mind what brand or whatever my card is, as long as the performance is the best I can get for the money.
"I've got an ATi Radeon 5870, and I'm not afraid to use it" has the ladies forming an orderly queue...
"I've got an AMD Radeon 5870" leads to some uncomfortable questions about why I'm out of the home, where I left my slippers, and if I have any cute grandsons who visit me on the weekend.
But I guess that's just my personal preference. I like ATi, logos and all. I KNOW deep down that baseline performance and value are where my thoughts should be at, but I can't help but ponder why AMD couldn't just ask manufacturers to stick a big "ATi, by AMD" logo on the box.
To be honest, i thought the Ati logo would disappear a lot quicker than it has. Having gone through a merger with my ex-employees everything was re-branded straight away with elements of both companies styling (a takeover you would expect the junior partner's brand logo to disappear more quickly).
The Radeon + red logo is a decent compromise, although i did prefer the Ati logo. In the long run people are going to buy products based on performance/cost (plus a bit of marketing hype) so i don't think it is that important an issue at this time. Especially with the Fusion APU which will include technology from both divisions.
Originally Posted by Slavedriver Absolutely ridiculous stupid move. ATI is known for making good GPUs with awful drivers. AMD is known for making awful CPUs (all thing compared). Now if we combine it we have awful product with awful drivers. I don't see ??? Profit! in that.
Well done sir......both AMD divisions trolled in one short concise post...
Well done....
Thank you :p I do own ATI Radeon 5870 and am quite happy with it (as long as I don't update the drivers without prior investigation of what they managed to break (yes, I am talking about post-10.5 idle clocks for example)). I would, however, never ever own AMD CPU because they loose to Intel in every way.
Originally Posted by Slavedriver I would, however, never ever own AMD CPU because they loose to Intel in every way.
Never is a long, long time....
That about sums up my faith in AMD making a good CPU I guess.
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Originally Posted by Woollster00 Nvidia fanboys still going on about Ati driver problems i've never had a single one all i ever see people complaining about these days are sli microstutter and physx driver issues and nvidia cards blowing up ATI poor drivers are a thing of the past but i will be sad to see them merge all together i think ATI sounds cooler than AMD
I am not an NVidia fanboy owning ATi GPU and all but there are multiple major epic fails with ATi drivers. Maybe you are not updating them, maybe you are not playing games, maybe you have an old GPU or maybe you are damn lucky, I dunno. However ATi drivers are like walking on a minefield where half of the mines a pinatas with sweet candy. Can't comment about NVidia drivers because I did own a rather old NVidia GPU (problem-free) and mobile NVidia GPU (problem-free again) and I don't count these as driver quality benchmarks.
I do still enjoy my ATi and don't want it to be AMDfied. I mean imagine buying Pegatron AMD Radeon (Asus wants to rename itself to Pegatron, remember?).
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ReplyIf "AMD" runs into problems somewhere along the line and they have a problem with one of their products it's going to be associated it with the entire AMD line and could potentially lose them money.
Either way they had a great run, and at least the 5000 series was a HELL of goodbye!! The crazy batman cooler with the red and black kinda makes sence now. A last salute kind of thing. *sniffles into his cup of tea*
Well done sir......both AMD divisions trolled in one short concise post...
Well done....
Had more troubles with nVidia drivers than with ATIs (including the 6 month! when the nvidia drivers caused ETW to be unplayable).
This was further reinforced by my brother moaning that the very same 8800gt was crapping out and had to roll back and try beta drivers for a few days until it was playable. My friend has a gtx275 and he gets crashes in tf2 every 20 or 30 minutes with the latest drivers and rolling back only seemed to slightly help.
To me AMD cpus have always been the underdog, and us Brits love an underdog, maybe they are going for blanket domination of the British market :p
For me there are 3 times of people, those in the know, those not, and idiots. Those in the know will see this as nothing more than a name change and be on their merry way. Those not in the know will go into PC world and get told to buy that one, and be on their merry way. Idiots will always be idiots and never let anyone else just be on their merry way.
Who it matters to are people who are actually swayed by branding: the great uninformed masses. And to them, a unified brand is always more powerful than multiple confusing ones, so I say it's a good move by AMD.
If you're a BT reader and you care about what sticker AMD put on their GPUs, you clearly don't need to be here.
Who gives a damn what it's called, why get sentimental over hardware manufacturer naming?
Personally, I'm like most of you guys; I don't mind what brand or whatever my card is, as long as the performance is the best I can get for the money.
"I've got an ATi Radeon 5870, and I'm not afraid to use it" has the ladies forming an orderly queue...
"I've got an AMD Radeon 5870" leads to some uncomfortable questions about why I'm out of the home, where I left my slippers, and if I have any cute grandsons who visit me on the weekend.
But I guess that's just my personal preference. I like ATi, logos and all. I KNOW deep down that baseline performance and value are where my thoughts should be at, but I can't help but ponder why AMD couldn't just ask manufacturers to stick a big "ATi, by AMD" logo on the box.
The Radeon + red logo is a decent compromise, although i did prefer the Ati logo. In the long run people are going to buy products based on performance/cost (plus a bit of marketing hype) so i don't think it is that important an issue at this time. Especially with the Fusion APU which will include technology from both divisions.
Thank you :p I do own ATI Radeon 5870 and am quite happy with it (as long as I don't update the drivers without prior investigation of what they managed to break (yes, I am talking about post-10.5 idle clocks for example)). I would, however, never ever own AMD CPU because they loose to Intel in every way.
Never is a long, long time....
That about sums up my faith in AMD making a good CPU I guess.
I am not an NVidia fanboy owning ATi GPU and all but there are multiple major epic fails with ATi drivers. Maybe you are not updating them, maybe you are not playing games, maybe you have an old GPU or maybe you are damn lucky, I dunno. However ATi drivers are like walking on a minefield where half of the mines a pinatas with sweet candy. Can't comment about NVidia drivers because I did own a rather old NVidia GPU (problem-free) and mobile NVidia GPU (problem-free again) and I don't count these as driver quality benchmarks.
I do still enjoy my ATi and don't want it to be AMDfied. I mean imagine buying Pegatron AMD Radeon (Asus wants to rename itself to Pegatron, remember?).
The real concern is, will Ruby be sticking around?
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