More Engineers resign from AMD - how much more can they take?
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/new...le-and-desktop-gpu-architects-leave-amd-.aspx
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/new...le-and-desktop-gpu-architects-leave-amd-.aspx
AMD has been unable to gain more than moderate traction in GPUs and CPUs for how long now? I fear this scenario honestly.
Let's be realistic here. If the roles were reversed, AMD would have been chastised for being half a year late, and bringing out a product that is merely on par or less than the competition. What is really amazing to me is how Fermi was applauded for its prowess in non gaming workloads, and of course in tessellation. All that talk has completely gone away for this generation, in fact reviewers talk about lowering settings because, well just because.AMD marketing is really poor imo. I mean this generation people waited 7 months to buy a $300 GTX660Ti.....
Let's be realistic here. If the roles were reversed, AMD would have been chastised for being half a year late, and bringing out a product that is merely on par or less than the competition. What is really amazing to me is how Fermi was applauded for its prowess in non gaming workloads, and of course in tessellation. All that talk has completely gone away for this generation, in fact reviewers talk about lowering settings because, well just because.
They are utterly incapable of mastering the idea of product marketing. They get their asses handed to them ever. single. time.
lol yea that will be a riot. :'(It doesn't matter though because if AMD goes bankrupt, those $830+ 8800GTX Ultra prices will be back in no time. We'll see how people dance then.
The market is what it is.
Nvidia has been hitting price performance better than AMD.
This does not make AMD GPUs lesser products. There is a very good case for AMD from the HD6670 to the 7870, possibly the 7950.
The 660 Ti is a needed contibutor to the NVIDIA line up, it is a 670 cut down with less bandwidth. The greater the resolution, the better AMD performs.
The question is what next. For whatever reasons changes are being made. Nothing remains the same. Always.
The market is what it is.
Nvidia has been hitting price performance better than AMD.
This does not make AMD GPUs lesser products. There is a very good case for AMD from the HD6670 to the 7870, possibly the 7950.
The 660 Ti is a needed contibutor to the NVIDIA line up, it is a 670 cut down with less bandwidth. The greater the resolution, the better AMD performs.
The question is what next. For whatever reasons changes are being made. Nothing remains the same. Always.
100%. People were upset at AMD's credibility that 7970 GE was 1 month late but 7970 GE is a 7970 refresh product. Where is the GTX680 refresh? 7970 GE ended up launching with 3 free games and at $450-470, better than the $499 MSRP and no games promised. GTX660Ti is 7 months late, not a big deal? GTX660/GTX650/Ti nowhere to be found until September/October? That's literally almost 9 months late. We are talking about tech here not car launches every 5-6 years. If AMD was 6-9 months late with its HD7000 roll-out, it'd be steamrolled in market share. NV is 6-9 months late, nothing happens -- people just save their cash until NV releases their cards and refuse to buy AMD.
Don't forget the superstar 850mhz GTX460 overclocking and beyond to reach HD5870 in some cases. HD7950 overclocking to GTX680 speeds? Not much noise on that front....double standard?
It doesn't matter though because if AMD goes bankrupt, those $830+ 8800GTX Ultra prices will be back in no time. We'll see how people dance then.
No amount of marketing will fix their awful drivers.
Being back in the AMD camp with a 7850 has actually made me agree here.
Sure OC'ing adds instability elements, but in general from small bugs to big ones something pops up.
Does NVidia really invest that much in programming they're drivers\bios?
Even with a larger market share, you don't hear about bad drivers for Nvidia as often as you do with AMD/ATI with less cards out there overall. Both have issues and they always will. Some have more. I haven't used AMD/ATI since 5870 so I really can only go by what I read here and at other forums/articles.