Buy an AMD CPU and get an ATi GPU free... :o)

Well the only thing now is that Intel and nVidia merge and we've lesser options.

Let Microsoft lock Linux somehow and we're definitely up sh it's creek!

I'm no advocate of any manufacturer. I use/buy what is right at the time I buy for me.

This merger with A(Ti)MD is definitely going to influence a lot of people's decisions in upgrading/buying their next CPU.

Opinions...people. I don't post here that much anymore but I still do read the forums.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the topic yet. Don't want to start a flame war. Like I said, I am not a fan of either of the CPU, GPU manufacturers. As a matter of fact I'm using all 4 in one way or another.

I am tending towards Intel's Core2Duo Procs. I have a friend who recently bought a Toshiba laptop with said processor and ATi's X1400 and I was amazed at its performance.

Definitely going laptop because of its portability. Had a Sony Vaio w/ the Pentium M but I sold that to my Dad so I can get my hands on a C2D system.

Does anyone have the new Dell laptops with the Turion CPUs in them? I was thinking of getting one of those because of the GPU in it. ATi's 1150 mobile. Not sure if this is a stand alone GPU or IGP type like Intel's.

I play AmericasArmyOnline. That's it as far as the gaming scene is concerned.

exactly, the OP confused me like crazy.

*Laughs at the unanimousness

I think that's the idea behind it...he just wanted everyone to hear his silly notions.

If you want I can make a place for anyone to say whatever they want....

If you haven't seen this being discussed you didn't look hard enough, as it has been a tropic since the merger was announced, quite a while ago.

Why do people allways seem to think that Intel need Nvidia?

Nvidia didn't create Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950(just an example) and in fact Intel, with their onboard graphics, are the grapics in most computers today. They're not top notch, but they do what they're supposed to.

The reason is that not all computers are made for high end gaming and for the big rest (offices, factories, people who just e-mail, ect.) graphics just have to do the job. Actually this is quite a big market, where Intel so far have been alone with their onboard solution.
That is probably why this is one of the first place I expect the merger to attack. Radeon is a better name than Intel GMA, when it comes to graphics, and it's likely that AMD could make a solution that gives the same, or more, performance pr. watt, if you count the whole system. This might not be important for the ordinary user, but for a company that buys a coupple of hundred PCs this can be felt on the bottom line

Actually I like the merger as it makes AMD and Intel more equal, which can only translate into more competition = better products, faster and at a lower price.

Oh, it's been mentioned. It hasn't been done to death like C2D vs. A64, but it has been discussed.

One thing that is pretty scary is that if AMD ever was to fold we'd be left with a monopoly in both the CPU and GPU market.

Hmmmm, let's debate the options if AMD was to cease to exist:

Option 1:
Intel CPU, nVidia GPU, Microsoft OS

Option 2: See option 1

Hmm. What if Apple went under? What if Ford went under? What if a lot of companies went under? Well I guess the world would just go on. Who cares?

You guys honestly don't think that someone else would rise to take their place? Someone would. It might be a couple of years, maybe half a decade, but nobody can have a monopoly on a product. There are already other chip designers and so on, and actually a fresh view could help things. Let's not forget the parts of the world where a lot of our products are made...don't think there isn't an Asian somewhere who wouldn't start a new company with his knowledge if ATi ended up on the operating table.

That's why you find financial partners that believe in your ideas, like a tech company. Learn CAD, draw it up, get it patented. It's not that hard to get a "patent pending" status.

Yep. Just look at all the worthless crap people sell. As tough a question as the meaning of life is: "Why are women compelled to buy so many damned decorations that clutter up a home?"