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    NVIDIA: AMD/ATI merger will make us stronger

    We predicted trouble ahead for NVIDIA in our analysis of the AMD/ATI merger, but unsurprisingly, they're rather upbeat, if a little on the back foot, about the whole thing.
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    What were the chances of nvidia saying "omg this is terrible help us" in a press release

    But seriously nvidia is the biggest gainer from all this. They have elimated a big chunk of competition from one market while losing nothing another.
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    "However, they will make this an opportunity to work closer with Intel, and the 'distracting, complex merger' will make them 'more competitive than ever' against ATI."

    But will Intel want to work with someone else closely? Not exactly the kind of company you want to get into bed with based on the past..
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    Whatever happens, I can see NVIDIA having to have a bit of a rethink about they tackle things now. The market just changed appearance, so they'll have to adjust to fit in with that.

    Still, I don't see AMD as having screwed NVIDIA over. It's going to create a few difficulties for NVIDIA, sure, but I reckon they'll get by.
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    Their products, both GPU and core-logic, are very popular in conjunction with AMD CPUs, so they can't go abandoning their support for AMD.
    Exactly. This combo has been one of the best the last few years, and it wouldn't be healthy for AMD to screw such relationship with nVidia.

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    I fail to see the benefits of AMD buying ATi... They are very unlikely to gear products to work with a rival CPU producer, so limit the market - especially if nVidia keep producing products that work with AMD boards and CPU's!

    I personally prefer nVidia GPU's to Ati anyway. This is based on the experience that nVidia have been far more reliable for me than the brief (due to failure) liason I had with a 9800 Pro.

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    There's an interesting article on The Inquirer about this:

    http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33219

    Incidentally, I won't be buying anything from ATi since I rather like GNU/Linux!
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    Quote Originally Posted by chuckskull
    What were the chances of nvidia saying "omg this is terrible help us" in a press release

    But seriously nvidia is the biggest gainer from all this. They have elimated a big chunk of competition from one market while losing nothing another.
    I don't get this. Why have they eliminated anyone from any market? AMD/ATI are still going to produce CPUs, GPUs, chipsets etc. Intel hasn't pulled their licence for ATI to create chipsets, like some rumours said (although I'll be interested to see if they do renew it or not). Which market has ATI been "eliminated" from?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barkotron
    I don't get this. Why have they eliminated anyone from any market? AMD/ATI are still going to produce CPUs, GPUs, chipsets etc. Intel hasn't pulled their licence for ATI to create chipsets, like some rumours said (although I'll be interested to see if they do renew it or not). Which market has ATI been "eliminated" from?
    That was posted when the intel/ati contract was reported to be dead.

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