ATI nomore

[StellenboschStudent]

I just saw that AMD is going to drop the ATI name from their graphics cards. Radeon and so forth will remain, but it will all be AMD, not ATI anymore...

 

[DjStyles]

:wtf:

 

[StellenboschStudent]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/30/amd-kills-ati-brand-you-can-look-forward-to-blood-stained-radeo/

 

[NomNom]

WHAT???? :wtf: NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

It just won't be the same anymore....

 

[AstroTurf]

Just drop it in the voodoo pot and we can make a nice 3d gumbo.

 

[Penquin]

IMHO, big mistake on AMD's part culling a strong brand that's 20+ years old.

 

[BobsLawnService]

What is the difference? At the moment ATI is AMD anyway. Just another 3 letter acronym.

It's still going to be the same excellent product.

 

[nakedpeanut]

Good: AMD can focus on one brand name to market
Save costs
Customer sees AMD CPU and AMD Graphics? wow must be supper compatible over Intel+Nvidia.

Bad: Well known brand is lost. Who has heard of AMD Radeon? :wtf:
Hard to differentiate: AMD green plus Nvidia Green .. No more Red vs Green

 

[demon angel]

Whats wrong with AMD as a name?

So your i7 cpu will be powered with an AMD card.......

It will go down really welll with my little Phenom 2 x4

 

[unskinnybob]

/care about a name

 

[scotty777]

hmmm, this is a PR move for AMD, yes, people will be a little filled with wtf... but it's still a clever move... rather have people support one big company than it's little companies...
Also, people will associate AMD as a good brand, ie: if the graphics cards are this good, their processors must also be good!

 

[nakedpeanut]

Also, people will associate AMD as a good brand, ie: if the graphics cards are this good, their processors must also be good!

lol we'll see when bulldozer comes out

 

[Rkootknir]

Bad: Well known brand is lost. Who has heard of AMD Radeon? :wtf:

I remember reading about AMD taking over ATi a while ago and since then my brain must have just automatically replaced ATi with AMD. I was 100% sure that I bought an AMD Radeon a month ago until I read this yesterday.

Was quite freaked out when I actually looked at the box again and it said ATi...

 

[acidrain]

Doesn't really matter either way to me. amd.. ati.. same thing

 

[reedOsama]

what... sniff... about sniff....... red and green?

well they'd probably make the amd graphics logo red... i think

 

[NomNom]

what... sniff... about sniff....... red and green?

well they'd probably make the amd graphics logo red... i think

The logo's are pretty much the same as they used to be, just with the AMD in them now :spit:

 

[bradrap]

I'll still be buying Intel and Nvidia regardless ;D but I believe this will only be a good thing for AMD.