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Why does ATI choose Africa to launch R600?

Keysplayr

Keysplayr

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ATI to launch R600 in Africa

Am I missing something? Why Africa? Is there a tech boom there? Is there an enormous market to play to over there? Why not launch it in the UK or the USA, or even ASIA??? The biggest consumers of consumer electronics??

I just don't understand their marketing dept. Either they have no clue, or are too ingenius for me to understand there motives. You tell me. 😉
 
Didn't think of that, and it's a good shot in the dark at any rate. Well, at least we have a launch date(s). April 24/25. Lets see if they can hold to it this time.
 
What would be funny is if theinquirer saw a web post about AMD (africa malaria day) and thought it was referring to AMD's (advanced micro devices) launch.
 
I'd like to hear from some of the ATI faithful who may have some "inside info". Mainly in the form of "What the hell are they thinking?". They being AMD. Didn't ATI launch X1800 in Australia? Or am I thinking of something else.?>*&%
 
Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
I'd like to hear from some of the ATI faithful who may have some "inside info". Mainly in the form of "What the hell are they thinking?". They being AMD. Didn't ATI launch X1800 in Australia? Or am I thinking of something else.?>*&%
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Africa Malaria Day (april 25) = AMD ... cruel joke, stupidity,or misinformation?
 
Well if this story is true they are just launching the GDDR3 boards at that date. In Africa. So when do the GDDR4 boards so up for most of us?

Is anyone really going to buy one of these (either model)?? It's so late (May when you buy one) that you know both AMD and Nvidia will have something better in 1 to 2 months. Gigantic waste of $ to buy an R600 IMHO.
 
LOL, you guys really ARE harsh.

Out of curiosity, anyone here from the African continent?
Egypt, Morocco, Algeria... it's possible that there might be quite a few computer hobbyists over there as well... those countries aren't doing THAT bad from an economical point of view.
 

One might remember that the Inq previously reported from the 1st cancelled launch that it was launching in Amsterdam in mid-March . . . which also was not correct usage of the word "launch".
 
Pretty hard to beleive they are launching in Tunis. However it does sound pretty exotic and maybe that is what they are shooting for in choosing such a location? Maybe they figure not to many people will show up and that way they are sure to have enough cards to go around.
 
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