Posts by [UR]GrandAndreasK

  • AMD buying ATI

    AMD buying ATI for $5.4 billion


    After months of speculation, including a period when it looked like the supposed deal was surely dead, AMD has now officially announced plans to buy graphics giant ATI for $5.4 billion. The sale, which is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter pending shareholder, regulatory, and court approval, will result in AMD paying $20.47 (in a mix of cash and stock) for each share of ATI. As you might expect, the news sent ATI's stock price skyrocketing, while shares of AMD dropped due to investor concern that the semiconductor manufacturer is overpaying for its purchase. AMD CEO Hector Ruiz cited his company's burgeoning relationship with Dell as one of the main reasons for the merger, as the newly-formed entity may now be able to snatch even more Dell business away from rival Intel. Some analysts, however, feel that the deal will have negative consequences in the short term, as it may distract both companies -- already struggling to compete on performance -- from pushing out innovative products in their respective categories. Still, the fact that AMD will now be able to offer integrated graphics solutions to PC manufacturers in the same manner as Intel should be enough to help it gain market share in the long run. Either way, we can't wait to see what the new company has in store for us...

  • Which graphic card is best

    As well as the CPU roadmap from AMD, the company's graphics business unit ATI had a few things to say to investors at the company's analyst day, and there's some bad news for anyone looking for the company's response to the Nvidia GeForce GTX 580.


    According to GPU roadmaps offered to analysts, the ATI Radeon HD 6990 dual-GPU graphics card won't be available until the first quarter of next year. While it's not a major delay, it gives the Nvidia GTX 580, which Nvidia claims is the fastest DirectX 11 card around, time to gain traction in the market place.


    The company also confirmed that its ATI Radeon HD 6970 and ATIRadeon HD 6950 are still set for launch in this quarter, although the roadmap doesn't detail a firm date as to when the cards will appear from its board partners.


    While the Cayman-based Radeon HD 6970 GPU will give ATI a high-performance competitor to rival Nvidia's "GTX 580" (http://www.bit-tech.net/hardwa…-geforce-gtx-580-review/1), many were hoping to see the Radeon HD 6990 dual-GPU card, previously codenamed Antilles, this year.


    The company also used the analyst event to sneak out the codenames for a pair of planned budget-range GPUs, designed to replace the ageing ATI Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 5750 models. Although specifications weren't discussed, the GPUs, codenamed Turks and Caicos, are expected to launch in the first quarter of next year.


    Are you disappointed that the dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990 won't be appearing in time for Christmas, or pleased that ATI is taking its time with its response to Nvidia's GTX 580? Share your thoughts.

  • Which graphic card is best

    Conclusion
    Short and sweet, we can immediately say that the Radeon HD 6870 is a very good supplement in the market. The video card certainly delivers good performance, it is power-efficient, offering low temperatures and it is silent. Best of all, perhaps, a video card in the top class, like this, simply pig was cheap overnight.


    First, as last, we must draw up a more general factor. Already have a DirectX 11-based graphics, such as AMD's 5000-series or a card in the 400-series to Nvidia, there is zero reason to upgrade anytime soon. The exception is true if you want more performance, but there is little reason to replace your HD 5850 card with a new HD 6870 card. You already have a good product. The differences for those who already have one thousand pieces of paper into the 5000-series, up to similar cards in the 6-series, is small.


    Anyway, today we have taken a closer look at Asus' version of the Radeon HD 6870. With a few exceptions, starting price for these video cards for around 1850 dollars, but is happy to just over 1900 million. Anyway, this is certainly anything but expensive, it is simply a bargain.


    The reason is simply performance you get for your money. The low temperature and low power consumption we measure is only further benefits. Performance wise, this is a real gold nut. Overall, this is a faster card than the GTX 470, while performing worse than just chopped 500 Dollar card Radeon HD 5870. For only a few FPS lower performance, you save over 160$ respectively. Nobody can complain about!


    It should also be clear that Nvidia has now dumped prices on GTX 470, which AMD says is only a temporary, but the HD 6870 is still a significantly better buy. We will also once again emphasize that both the HD 5870 and HD 5850 will disappear from store shelves within the year, and will be replaced by a range of 6000-series cards.


    In short, HD 6870 delivers a lot of performance for little money. Temperatures are low, the noise level is even lower and the power consumption is no kind of concern. AMD has certainly done a good job, we like this!


    Personally i think we should wait cos who knows when we have a HD 6990 card on our hands.



  • Silver Arrows Server Roleplay

    • I was just outside getting the newspaper and i got a wonderfull idea. :D
    • Since there is BMG why couldent it be a somthing for the Police like CGG-Clasefied-Goverment-Goods or somthing that whould solve like all the troubles for alot of ppl since the CF economy is in a dark age atm.
    • And there should be some short legal superoutes in Altair and IC that whould be awsome.