Originally posted by: krnmastersgt
Well if they wanted to act altruistically, they'd sell their cards at exactly the cost it took them to design/manufacture and maybe a tad more to keep their employees paid, but even as a private company they are a business. But the advantage they'd receive is that they don't have to prematurely release products or re-release old products with new branding and getting hounded by the small portion of the market that publishes all the reviews.
The one example that immediately comes to mind as far as an altruistic hardware venture is the OLPC project. But that seems to have been an epic failure in terms of actual product delivery to customers.Originally posted by: krnmastersgt
Well if they wanted to act altruistically, they'd sell their cards at exactly the cost it took them to design/manufacture and maybe a tad more to keep their employees paid, but even as a private company they are a business. But the advantage they'd receive is that they don't have to prematurely release products or re-release old products with new branding and getting hounded by the small portion of the market that publishes all the reviews.
I actually managed to introduce that phrase to a forum.Originally posted by: AmberClad
I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one around here who uses that term to refer to AMD+ATI...
Originally posted by: AmberClad
Is there some other company in the discrete video card business I'm not aware ofOriginally posted by: Azn
If AMD or Nvidia didn't do it someone else will.?