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Gainward and Palit blast AMD for their GPU product policy
DriverHeaven.net —
... Recently, a lot of media grabbed attention at the decision brought forward by PALIT and its subsidiaries. We can reveal that it is not just Gainward that is considering ditching the ATI lineup, it's the whole PALIT Group. Given the fact that the Palit Group [Palit, Palit Multimedia, Gainward, Galaxy] is one of world's largest manufacturers of graphics cards, these words should be taken with caution by all people in the graphics chain.
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Source: BSN ...
Palit extremely unhappy with AMD's GPU policy
DV Hardware —
... Bright Side of News claims it's not only Gainward that is considering to dump ATI, parent company Palit is reportedly extremely unsatisfied with the way how AMD treats them. The rumor is that AMD is trying to protect vendors such as Sapphire and PowerColor, and doesn't allow others that don't belong to the select few to build custom Radeon graphics cards.
The reason why AMD allegedly did not sell 4770/4890 chips to Gainward was the Radeon 4850 card with GDDR5 memory. Partners did not like what Gainward did, ATI requested that Gainward ...
Gainward and Palit Blast AMD For GPU Policy
AMDZone Frontpage —
BSN says Gainward and Palit are blasting AMD for their GPU policies. According to our sources, Gainward is "extremely unsatisfied" and "unhappy" with the way how AMD allegedly treats them. According to our sources, AMD is "trying to keep its current partners happy and does not allow custom building boards" if you "don't belong to the select few". The sources cited their decision to go with custom-built GeForce GTX275 from day one, and not offering a reference based product. We asked what about ATI Radeon 4890 and 4770 parts, and the answers were surprising and go in the ...
AMD Graphics Chip Marketing Approach Not Compatible with Gainward's, Palit's - Report
X-bit labs —
... ATI business unit: a media report claims that the developer does not really welcome, and sometimes prohibits, its customers to create own designs of graphics cards. Palit Microsystems and Gainward want to address the high-end market with their own graphics cards and in order to do that, they want to create their own print-circuit boards (PCBs) for all of their products and introduce factory-overclocked graphics adapters along with every new graphics processing unit (GPU), reports Bright Sight of News web-site. The strategy does involve heavily tweaked graphics cards with ...
Thursday Shortbread
The Tech Report: News —
... announces HSPA 7.2 upgrade Engadget reports SATA revision 3.0 specification completed and released Intel: The future of netbook vs. notebook PC World reports Asus G51 gaming laptop due in US by July TG Daily reports Apple upgrades MacBook with faster processor, larger hard drive bit-tech reports Intel P55 and Lynnfield to launch on September 1st and Intel to discontinue Core i7 920 & 940 CPUs Bright Side of News: Gainward and Palit blast AMD for their GPU product policy and AMD and ...
