Charlie's at it again. Any truth to this? And if not ATi, who the hell would they be defecting to? Intel doesn't have anything ready for market yet, to my knowledge...
XFX & EVGA defecting? (Inquirer Rumor)
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I've already posted the news item in the thread below, but if this is to deserve own thread, then OK.
Yeah, I saw that in the NV thread as I checked it immediately afterwards. Should've done that first
Could this be a simple matter of wordplay i.e. "ATi" instead of "AMD"? I've seen the theory posited in the comments section of the article, seems like something the Inq would do.
I'd love to buy a Radeon from either of these companies. ATi fans have been clamoring for such a move for years now! I constantly see threads something along the lines of "is there an ATi equivalent to EVGA/XFX/BFG?"
According to Jakup ((Jacob over at EVGA)) this isn't true.
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=466366&mpage=3&key=
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=466366&mpage=3&key=
That's not exactly what he said now is it.
Although perhaps a weak denial is more profound, because whenever anyone (in a position to know) vehemently denies a rumor it seems that it turns out to be true.
If the first denial wasn't clear enough....
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=466366&mpage=4&key=񲙖
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=466366&mpage=4&key=񲙖
That's the problem though. Companies (by way of their officers) outright deny rumors like these all the time, but never via any official channels. Case-in-point: see AMD buying ATi. Categorically denied time and again, and what do you know - it happened. The whole time they were denying it in public up and down, they were negotiating behind the scenes to secure a deal.
Now I'm not saying Charlie's right. We all know how much he hates NV, and how much of a rumor-mongering site the Inq is, so take with a grain of salt.
Why would AMD turn down EVGA? You know, likely the most respected vendor Nvidia side? Hell, I'd pick up EVGA even if they wanted more money than the others... it's just that big of a mind share deal.
Seeing as how wishiknew was too lazy to actually provide the damn link... here it is.
There is some sense to not having too many partners, but I seriously doubt the validity of that story. Doesn't ATI already have more than 8 partners (as suggested in the article)? (Asus, Diamond, Gigabyte, HIS, MSI, Palit, Powercolor, Sapphire, Visiontek and a few other regional partners like gecube)
There is some sense to not having too many partners, but I seriously doubt the validity of that story. Doesn't ATI already have more than 8 partners (as suggested in the article)? (Asus, Diamond, Gigabyte, HIS, MSI, Palit, Powercolor, Sapphire, Visiontek and a few other regional partners like gecube)
If it were true, it seems like a silly refusal. Unless there aren't actually enough cores and GDDR5 to go around right now for their current partners.
Let's assume it isn't true and keep our notion that AMD's 'top brass' consists of professionals who wouldn't kiss and tell.
Let's assume it isn't true and keep our notion that AMD's 'top brass' consists of professionals who wouldn't kiss and tell.