AMD 2009 Channel Outlook Interview featuring Darren Grasby

The second in a series of interviews with Darren Grasby, Sales Director, AMD which looks at the outlook of the EMEA channel for AMD business partners. The interview identifies key trends that AMD business partners have had to face in 2009 and looks forward to key opportunities and challenges for the rest of 2009.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• AMD
• Business Partner
• Channel
• Future
• Darren Grasby
• Processor
• GPU
• CPU
• Component

[QUINTIX256]

Some people do not seem to understand the words "As for everyone else"... I may or may not try to be more clear in the future.

[bastec666]

I don't use intel? when did I say I used intel? rofl

I use AMD ATI, but if you go back, although ATI was "working" on the R600, AMD was the one who made it "great". If it wasn't for AMD, ATI wouldn't be as good as they are. AMD is amazing and they moved that style of progress to their graphics cards.

if you read what I said, I didn't say anything against them, I love AMD. My AMD6000x2 with a 4870 1Gb gets the same frame rates as those with i7's. though, other applications are lacking...

[QUINTIX256]

6:27

What on earth is going on? I detect an edit.

[QUINTIX256]

bull. ATI was working on the R600 when AMD was considering buying them.

As for everyone else, AMD currently has the best gpu and that's it. They have good cpus, but not the best cpus. They have good chipsets, but not the best chipsets. They didn't always have the best GPU's.

And you know what, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. If you want to spend $1800+ on an intel rig that will rarely give a visible and obvious advantage over a high end amd system, be my guest.

I'm sticking with AMD.

[bastec666]

As long as you run INTEL processors with INTEL chipsets, you can run ATI just as fast as AMD's chipsets, because INTEL bought the rights to use ATI hardware in their chipsets, enabling CROSSFIRE in INTEL chipsets, hence why Nvidia SLI is shit.

We can all agree that INTEL makes the BEST chipsets on the market, EVEN IF they are overpriced. They bought into ATI technology for a reason.

[bastec666]

ATI and AMD have been the same company for years man, where you been? Last card ATI made before it was bought by AMD was the 9000 series. AMD is what made ATI great, anyone who was a gamer back in those days would know that Nvidia was better than ATI during the 9000 series dates. Then AMD helped ATI step up with AMD's technological research.

[sobchuk]

But when you can spend that same money on an AMD platform and putting the money saved towards something like another graphics card, or an upgraded one, or a BluRay player, etc, the AMD system looks mighty attractive.

[thelasthallow]

Well its retarded because you get no performance increase at all. these 2 components do not work any better when in the same system. as a matter of fact i bileve an ATI card in an Intel system to be the optimal setup.

[hootis8]

they should rename bulldozer bfg lol

[UKAnder]

just waiting for AMD Thuban tbh.