What if NVIDIA and ATI were owned by the same company?

[gtsing]

Sure, flame, but I'm seriously not going to care.

Just try to keep an open mind...

It could be a possibility, in my mind anyways. I mean, don't the companies' cards' always perform in reaching distance of each other? Like look at this year, at NVIDIA's midrange lineup. It's basically a disaster compared to previous generations but then look at ATI's, it's also a screwup, and the cards perform basically the same. How much of a possibility is there for two companies of different management to "screw-up" their midrange lineup and still have them perform competitively with their counterpart from the other company? It's just weird to me. If they were owned by one company, they could do anything to control the consumers and the graphics card market by baiting and using all sorts of company strategies to maximize their income. I'd like to hear what you think of this subject.

 

[PCTC2]

hahahahaha. yeah. good one. if they were the same company, they'd be a monopoly and prices would skyrocket. anyways, ATi is owned by AMD. I don't see nVIDIA selling out anytime soon.

 

[n7]

They're all ready controlling the consumer.

Those who truely believe the mid-range fiasco this gen wasn't intentional are basically delusional.

They're already working together against the consumer; being the same company would just make things worse.

 

[cmdrdredd]

If ATi and Nvidia were the same company we would have ATI quality Vista drivers and SLI would probably work. Then for the 8800GTS you'd be paying $800 and $1000 for the GTX.

 

[gtsing]

I don't think you understand what I'm trying to say. I don't mean ATI and NVIDIA being one company like NVATI and have consumers paying a huge premium for their products since they're basically the only GPU manufacturer. It's like the Coca Cola situation. So many soft drinks, water, and consumable liquids alike are all made by the Coca Cola Company even though they come off as different brands like Barqs, Dasani, Canada Dry, etc. ATI does have pretty good Vista drivers I heard, better than NVIDIA's anyway. I think n7 get's the idea of what I'm trying to say but who knows I could be completely wrong. I just thought it'd be an interesting thing to discuss but it seems many people are straight-forward thinkers.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

You mean a cartel. Yes, they're probably working together so as not to let one get too far ahead and to make the most money for both. But then you have to wonder why the 2900 is such a disaster compared to the 8800's.

The other explanation is that they both have corporate spies in each others' R&D. I mean, look at Crossfire/SLi, AVIVO/Purevideo, and the stream processors. Both companies come out with new technologies at nearly the same time, and they both function about the same.