Sapphire CEO Interviewed 47
Steve from HEXUS writes "How does the battle between ATI and nVidia look from the inside? In his first press interview in four years, CEO of graphics card manufacturing giant Sapphire - add-in-board partner of ATI - talks about what it's like being in the thick of it and how things may pan out for Sapphire in the future."
Drivers (Score:3, Funny)
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just a guess, but (Score:1, Insightful)
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Holy crap some people don't get it (Score:2)
Parent didn't got the joke (Score:1)
2 Types of People (Score:2)
I guess I am not a person since I like the Volkswagen GTI MkV [vw.com]
Man, it was difficult to read that interview with 2 annoying OCZ and NewEgg flash ads moving up and down and side to side on each side of the article. Do these people think about the effect these ads have on their readers? It makes you not want to read the page at all IMHO.
Re:2 Types of People (Score:1)
You're in the other class of people with better things to do with their money than spend it on BMW (or Mercedes) repairs.
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Hexus should work for the underpants knomes!!! (Score:2)
2. Post on web site containing many, many ads
3. Submit story to Slashdot
4. Profit!!!
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Missing PR bunnies? (Score:3, Interesting)
He admits to Sapphire being weak in Asia and Turkey, talks openly about ATI's problems and his reliance on them being a weakness, suggests he's going to move into Nvidia parts too and then says he want to shift the firm from being an AIB maker to a "multimedia company".
Sell, sell, sell would be a sensible shareholder reaction.
But maybe it's his first interview in 4 years because he has good marketing people and they've successfully managed to keep him away from the journalists for that long?
Re:Missing PR bunnies? (Score:2)
Except that Sapphire is not a publicly traded company, so there are no shareholders to have that reaction (as far as I could tell with about 60 seconds of Googling). And besides, Sapphire was really stating that it has big growth opportunities in Turkey and Asia. Could be good for the company long-term.
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But how else can you achieve successification? And the synergies, For god sake think of the poor synergies!
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Summary of article (Score:3, Informative)
Good interview (Score:5, Interesting)
Nice little interview (Score:2, Insightful)
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Look Ma! No Ads! (Score:1)
So THATS why... (Score:2, Insightful)
And THAT would explain why ATI is so damn inconsiderate with Linux users (i.e. it's been what, three years since I bought my AIW Radeon 9800? And gatos [sourceforge.net] is just now starting to get some things into the mainstream as far as TV tuning support). I didn't know that ATI made the graphics hardware in the 360; I'm sure I should have, but I have no interest in the expensive-as-hell 360. :)
EVEN ON WINDOWS, the latest ATI drivers (for the last ye
Re:So THATS why... (Score:1)
Hmm, you misunderstood me I guess? The card doesn't work because of their drivers. Under Windows, I mean. I can either have a functioning TV tuner, or up-to-date 3D functionality; not both, because their latest drivers (last year and a half) break the TV functionality.
It would be nice if they acknowledge that people want to use the All-In-Wonder cards under Linux; but I understand, most manufacturers
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What good is it to make shitty nVidia cards too? (Score:2, Informative)
I've had several saphires (Score:2)
Sure.. blame the monkey. (Score:1)
Re:What good is it to make shitty nVidia cards too (Score:2)
I plan on replacing it with a Sapphire x800 card (best AGP Radeon I can find in Canada) "soon" unless I can trick my wife into letting me order whatever the x86 PowerMac replacement is going to be (MacMac Pro?).