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farewell to ATI

17 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/farewell-to-ati.136047/

Jaskanwar Singh
Jaskanwar Singh Original post #1
Jan 16, 2011 at 12:16 PM
1985: The Founding - Picture Story - Tom's Hardware
asingh
asingh #2
Jan 16, 2011 at 1:01 PM
^^
Really nice read. Seeing the chronological line up and development of a brand. My exact card featured in there too...! :)

Thanks.
R
Jan 16, 2011 at 1:13 PM
good read..thanks...

surprised they did not mention 4850, was a good seller i think..
vickybat
Jan 16, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Still amd will use the radeon brand anyway. They have the expertise to produce great cards in the future.
asingh
asingh #5
Jan 16, 2011 at 1:33 PM
^^
It was not Radeon which was removed. ATI is out.
vickybat
Jan 16, 2011 at 1:36 PM
Yaa.... gonna miss that symbol though. That red and white symbol looked great.

So from now on its amd radeon right?
thetechfreak
Jan 16, 2011 at 1:50 PM
gonna miss ATI and also the symbol..legendary..
Liverpool_fan
Jan 16, 2011 at 2:54 PM
ATI for me is synonymous to buggy drivers and poor support for Linux. Thing have improved tremendously since the AMD takeover. Hopefully with the name change, we have an omen for superb Linux support. :)
coderunknown
Jan 16, 2011 at 6:10 PM
good read..thanks...

surprised they did not mention 4850, was a good seller i think..

HD48** series named as a whole & remember what reviewers told about HD4850 when first launched? it was one hot card. using a single slot cooler for a highend card is never good (custom coolers were used later). small flat fan, perfect for making a cup of coffee :p

Yaa.... gonna miss that symbol though. That red and white symbol looked great.

luckily, i got ATI, not AMD.

So from now on its amd radeon right?

should be.
Jaskanwar Singh
Jan 16, 2011 at 7:00 PM
you are welcome asingh and rajan. :)
Piyush
Piyush #11
Jan 16, 2011 at 10:36 PM
nice pick jassy
its been months since i visited TOMs
R
rajan1311 #13
Jan 18, 2011 at 3:41 PM
HD48** series named as a whole & remember what reviewers told about HD4850 when first launched? it was one hot card. using a single slot cooler for a highend card is never good (custom coolers were used later). small flat fan, perfect for making a cup of coffee :p

Well, sometimes you could like that...when you hear you fan at full rpm while playing crysis, you kinda "feel" that its doing a lot of work and is one powerful card! Well, back then it did feel like that... :)
coderunknown
Jan 18, 2011 at 8:48 PM
yes, back than it was a nice performance card (still is, just out of stock) till it uses a custom cooler. BTW your card uses the reference cooler? if so, i may come to your place for a cup of coffee than :smile:
R
rajan1311 #15
Jan 18, 2011 at 9:34 PM
^anytime mate, just that even with stock cooler, it runs at just 70C in my new cabby. In my old cheapo cabby, it used to go around 107C,used it for almost 1 year at those temps,still runs like a champ ! :D
coderunknown
Jan 19, 2011 at 1:09 PM
^anytime mate, just that even with stock cooler, it runs at just 70C in my new cabby. In my old cheapo cabby, it used to go around 107C,used it for almost 1 year at those temps,still runs like a champ ! :D

107C :shock: so reviewers were really serious when they said this card do heats up really bad & may burn itself.
asingh
asingh #17
Jan 19, 2011 at 2:21 PM
^^
HD48xx series were made for one thing. 3D processing POWER. Rest of the metrics went out the window. Users still lapped them up...!
:)