If AMD falls....  
 
will PC gaming fall with it?
 
Intel will have no reason to drop prices of its mid to high end with AMD gone  and VIA not yet ready to step in.
 
will HIGH COST pc's after AMD is gone...run all the gamers to the consoles?

 
 
Dude, you're starting to sound like Sharikou. Please, stop it.

 
 
Dude, you're starting to sound like Sharikou. Please, stop it.
 
I have to agree with BM.  
Stop with the chicken little, "The sky is falling" crap.  AMD isn't going anywhere.  Sure, they are in a bit of trouble right now, but that doesn't mean it's a deathnail for them.

 
 
Dude, you're starting to sound like Sharikou. Please, stop it.
 
just asking a question....  i am dealing in some what if scenarios we all need to be preparing for...
 
ask the 3dfx  zombies.... they said the same things u are saying now.

 
 
Dude, you're starting to sound like Sharikou. Please, stop it.
 
just asking a question....  i am dealing in some what if scenarios we all need to be preparing for...
 
ask the 3dfx  zombies.... they said the same things u are saying now.
 
Well, did PC gaming fall when 3dFX disappeared?  That should answer your question...

 
 
Dude, you're starting to sound like Sharikou. Please, stop it.
 
I have to agree with BM.  
Stop with the chicken little, "The sky is falling" crap.  AMD isn't going anywhere.  Sure, they are in a bit of trouble right now, but that doesn't mean it's a deathnail for them.
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ask the 3dfx  zombies.... they said the same things u are saying now.
 
3DFX  bought STB  and  directly competed with its partners  then died
 
AMD bought ATi and directly competed with nvida  then  what?

 
 
Dude, you're starting to sound like Sharikou. Please, stop it.
 
just asking a question....  i am dealing in some what if scenarios we all need to be preparing for...
 
ask the 3dfx  zombies.... they said the same things u are saying now.
 
The reason 3DFX went under is because nVidia had the first 3D card with 2D functions and it wasted the VooDoo 6000(?). They had to exist only on gamer income whereas the Riva128 was a "desktop" card also.
AMD has 25% of the world market. That means that though some bonuses and extra expenditures maybe put off until next year, they will NOT go out of business.
 
I mean even though they the highest debt to cash ratio, they will also sell more chips than they sold when it was lower. I guess we'll see with their Q1 YoY numbers.

ATI sneezes, you declare Bird Flu
AMD farts, you declare Mad Cow
AMD/ATI delays you declare Apocalypse  
 
In all competition every opponent requires a minute to rest when it starts getting tired, but after it's caught it's breath and it starts the initial jog all over again, you'll get the=
 
Barcelona and the R600

AMD vs  INTEL
 
is identical to   the movie 300
 
 
INTEL is the Perseian army
 
AMD is Sparta
 
sure Sparta's 300 did well against unspeakable odds
 
but in the end ...they fell

 
Can I vomit now?

Threads like this one make me wish there were two CPU forums, one for meaningless AMD/Intel flamewars like this and one for legit CPU discussions.

Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.
- Christina Baldwin
 
From the ashes...We rose
- Movie- We are Marshall

 
 i was just nominated for AMD FAN boi of the month  last month

I normaly don't get involved in threads like this.  Anyway, just because a company a few years ago did what AMD did and failed doesn't mean that it's going repeat.  AMD has differant leadership meaning differant stuff will be happening.  Also "IF" AMD falls, intel will be monitored for running a monoploy and over charging their products.  I could go on but I'll keep this simple.

 
If that unlikely event were to happen, PC gaming would continue on the same path. Supply and demand, as long as their is demand for PC gaming there will be someone who will supply it. As for high cost, I believe if no one else stepped up into intel's realm then yes price would most likely go up.

 
Short answer, no.
 
Long answer, in the advent that AMD does go out of business, and there is no one to pick up the hole left behind, Intel will likely not slow down too much.  This recent push of shrinking process would probably not increase much more then three months, as stockholders and consumers would demand improved performance.  Prices would likely increase 10-20%.
 
Would this cause PC Game designers to suddenly stop making games?  No.  Would this cause video card manufacturers stop making video cards?  No.  Therefore, no, we will be seeing games continuing for a long time to come, whether or not Intel is the only CPU player around.

look man   i want ADM to survive too
 
i own amd RIGHT NOW....  AMD fallin  would be horrible  
 
the worst
 
we lucky we had Ati around     ust like we are lucky we have VIA around
 
back then people said  hh ATI cant step up:
 
just like people are saying about via...

 
Did you win?

 
I will just go back to my pentium 2 400Mhz, play starcraft, half life, red alert, unreal tournament, ahh the good ole days..