youshi10_at_u.washington.edu writes: > On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 eculp_at_encontacto.net wrote: > > Quoting "Kenneth P. Stox" <ken_at_stox.org>: > > > AMD bought ATI, not NVidia. > > Thanks Kenneth, but now I am confused. Why would all the AMD64 > > laptops that I've been looking at have nvidia video? > Business contracts. HP probably gets ATI cheaper on bulk compared to > nVidia. The ATI / AMD merge happened in the past 5 months too, so > it's not going to affect purchasing for a while I think.. AMD bought ATI last fall, more than five months ago. The reason so many AMD-based laptops have nVidia GPUs is simply that nVidia is by far the largest supplier of AMD-compatible chipsets, and it makes sense to get your GPU from the same source (especially when it's integrated in the chipset). AMD don't make desktop or laptop chipsets themselves. ATI do, but don't have much of a market share. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des_at_des.noReceived on Wed Jun 06 2007 - 08:55:02 UTC
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