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by **charibdis** » Fri Jun 28, 2002 1:54 pm

this is just something that me and one of my friends had talked about. Would be interesting to see what the two companies would come up with if they combined forces.

by **Hardware Junkie** » Fri Jun 28, 2002 2:28 pm

I don't really understand what would be gained. I think think you would lose alot of performance in the merging of technoligies.
Not to mention the fact that they are direct compeditors.

by **charibdis** » Fri Jun 28, 2002 2:31 pm

Oh I know they are direct competitors. But some of their technologies would be interesting to see if they'd boost performance. Such as the HyperZ and Charisma II engine. And also the Trueform capabilities of the ATI chip. And then the capabilities of the Nvidia chip on top of that. Of course it would probably take massive re-engineering to get it to work.

by **Aibohphobia** » Fri Jun 28, 2002 6:20 pm

Any sort of merging would result in one company dominating, and the other basically dying [nVidia, 3DfX]. It would be fantastic if they would, but ATi has much more innovative technology than nVidia and, if anything, the consumer would lose out on the merits of the original ATi cards. I just couldn't see nVidia and ATi ever buying each other out, they seem to play the game all too well. Maybe a Matrox-ATi merger would do good.

And I don't see what technologies nVidia has..

by **charibdis** » Sat Jun 29, 2002 5:30 am

I'm not talking merger on the company here. I'm talking a joint project on a graphics card.

by **datektrader21** » Sat Jun 29, 2002 11:13 am

would never happen. if anything it would be funny to see microsoft buy nvidia then they could build the entire xbox in house. and Mvidia Cards would only work on windows :lol:

by **charibdis** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 3:35 pm

That reminds me of an old Wav file I once heard.

"We are Microsoft, resistance is futile!"

Somehow that sounds taken from somewhere but I can't seem to put my finger on it. Oh well... Back to using my MS products.

by **effika** » Mon Jul 01, 2002 3:42 pm

Well, the "Resistance is futile!" is what the Borg always say on Start Trek: The Next Generation, so maybe that's what's jogging your memory?

by **charibdis** » Tue Jul 02, 2002 9:48 am

It was meant as sarcasm. Note the last part of my post:

"Oh well... Back to using my MS products"

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Just something I've thought about

What do you think of this idea. An ATI-NVidia Hybrid card?

Just something I've thought about

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