AMD, Intel, ATI, and Nvidia...

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XvMMvX

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Let me get this straight...

AMD designs and makes CPUs and owns ATI which makes Videos cards...their solution to compete with SLI is crossfire...Intel makes intel chipsets that support crossfire as well as makes CPUs to compete with AMDs CPUs who also owns ATI...

Can somebody explain this to me...

My head hurts...

Why would AMD/ATI give intel the rights to do this?
 
XvMMvX said:
Why would AMD/ATI give intel the rights to do this?
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To make money? Regardless of what CPU a person goes with, they still have the option to crossfire. That means more money in AMD/ATi's pocket.
 
Yes, but why not do like Nvidia and create your own chipset and force the consumer to use if they want a crossfire solution?

If you have the best hardware then people will use whatever craptacular chipset you put out...see Nvidia since about the 6 series.
 
They compete much better in the videocard market.

If anything, they should be glad intel makes chipsets that support crossfire.

I imagine that if Intel had it's own multi GPU solution they wouldn't even bother with AMD's.
 
ATI had pre-existing deals with Intel taht were honored. Remember, AMD used to be closer to Nvidia (hence the good nForce AMD chipsets, not the current crap). And remember, Intel has always dominated the market, so more video card sales can only help
 
Thats not entirely true. For the Enthusiast market yes but for the lower mainstream/HTPC market AMD is pretty much more dominant. The release of the 790GX is even solidifying that position even more.
 
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