They're not dumping the hardware (or engineers) just the name.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Ron Frazier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Unbelievable. I think this will be bad for people who like high end<br>
hardware. I've been somewhat of an ATI / AMD fan of late. I'll throw out<br>
the disclaimer that I cannot currently afford high end hardware. However,<br>
I did build a pc last year and I chose an MSI motherboard that is CAPABLE<br>
of using high end components. Right now, it's stocked with an AMD Athlon<br>
X2 dual core CPU and an cheap ATI 4xxx series graphics card. I was hoping<br>
to upgrade later when I have the money to a Phenom 6 core CPU and 2-4<br>
crossfire linked ATI graphics cards. (Still not sure I'd want to spend a<br>
grand on graphics cards, though.) If this had been their policy before, it<br>
doesn't seem like I would have been able to get a mid-high end motherboard<br>
and minimal integrated graphics. As usual, the geeks and engineers get<br>
dumped for the benefit of the mass market.<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
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At 9/1/2010 12:17 PM +0000, you wrote:<br>
>AMD to Retire ATI Graphics Brand<br>
><a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/amd-to-retire-ati-graphics-brand/?news=123" target="_blank">http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/amd-to-retire-ati-graphics-brand/?news=123</a><br>
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><a href="http://preview.tinyurl.com/288fvsq" target="_blank">http://preview.tinyurl.com/288fvsq</a><br>
><br>
>keith<br>
><br>
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