Quo vadis AMD?

Seriously guys, I don’t what to start another doomsday scenario thread …

I’m sick of them, and what am I trying to say is that after the disappointment that R600 is likely to be (from what we’ve seen by now), it’s clear to me that ATI will not recover very soon and the only chance for AMD to remain at the top of their game is their CPU business and to be more concrete K10 core …

I want to be clear on one thing, I don’t think that AMD will disappear or die, but I really want them to be a powerful company that can fight for supremacy and leadership, and because it’s the only way they can remain in a striking distance of Intel, and we (the consumers) need this competition.

There is no point in having only one big and powerful company and the other just for show. Let’s face it, for many years AMD was just for show, they never were able to influence the competition or the industry, they were never a big player.

In the last years there were on a position to really make a difference and influence the market and the competition with a great portfolio of very competitive products and we all saw the results ... (I don’t have to remained you all how much a mediocre processor was 2-3 years ago).

This is really the question… can AMD remain a credible player if K10 fails???

I really hope we won’t have to find out, but after the R600 failure I have to wonder …
Hopefully AMD did not make the same mistakes as ATI.

Thoughts, opinions …

SO STOP DOING IT ALREADY :?

Doomsday scenario's for AMD are popping up every day it seems. Believe it or not, this mess with the R600 actually brings tears to my eyes. I used ATI cards for several years, and it pains me to see them in this state.

Doomsday scenario's for AMD are popping up every day it seems. Believe it or not, this mess with the R600 actually brings tears to my eyes. I used ATI cards for several years, and it pains me to see them in this state.

Same here ... I am sad that 2900 XTX is a failure also, but as long as their other stuff (low-end and middle-end) remains competitive than maybe it's not a lost cause after all ...

Why is everyone so damn emotional when it comes to AMD/ATI? AMD and ATI will be back on top someday, but today just isn't the day.

While Intel is at the other side, shaking the rope.

May as well support AMDATI . . . or your future looks like this . . .

$6000 worth of 8800GTX in sli . . .

Major is right with the bonds just floated AMD has got cash until till mid 2008. Thats a long way out look back 14 months ago AMD was kicking the sh*t out of Intel and riding high. And then came Conroe and the party was over maybe Barcelona is good and just under tighter security than the gold at Fort Knox.

Technically AMD has NEVER been on top....their market share has never been higher than 14% or so. Even when they had the best product they didn't even come close to touching Intel's 80% market share.....nor will they ever for the forseeable future....Its nice that the fanbois like the AMD chips, but keep things in perspective guys. AMD is little fish.