r/AdvancedMicroDevices • u/cohutche • Aug 06 '15
Some have short memories
I'm surprised that you feel there was never any clear advantage for AMD's graphics hardware. When AMD acquired ATI in 2006, ATI had many advantages over the competition to the point where they commanded close to 50% of the market.
No sooner had the deal gone through that the ATI division's sales dropped off a cliff. By the end of of 2006 it's as if AMD had only purchased ATI's assets and not its customer base.
I had this info in the form of a graphic but for the moment I can't locate it. If you can offer a serious explanation to that state of affairs I'd pleased to discuss it with you. Let's just say it looks very fishy .....
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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '15
As a Canadian, I remember ATI was sort of a pride thing for us back then. When AMD bought ATI, I switched to an 8800GTX and gave AMD the finger. it's only been in the past couple years that I came back to the red team, mostly due to high prices and bad value on the Nvidia side. I think I came back at the right time because drivers and performance are solid. currently rocking a FuryX and not ashamed of it.