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Why ATI Delayed The R600
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Posted by Donster on: 2007-03-31 15:45:04 720
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Author: C. Lee Yu @ TechARP
ATI fans have been waiting for the R600 for ages. It's been delayed for so long, it's in danger of going the way of Duke Nukem Forever. Now that ATI has pushed it back to a Q2 launch, one really wonders what's really going on.
To be honest, ATI has never had a reputation of being cosy with tech websites like ours. Maybe we are just too small for them to waste time on. Even the ATI Radeon X1950 GT that we touched on recently was actually a sample from elsewhere.
But we have been making some progress on that front recently. While that hasn't gotten us any ATI review samples, it gave us a chance to ask ATI about the R600. After some surreptitious questions over the last few weeks, we pieced together this fascinating tale of strategy in the GPU-CPU business.
It starts with the admission that the R600 had been ready for some time now. In fact, the earlier news reports were accurate - ATI could have been ready for a massive CeBIT launch, but that launch was axed by AMD. Why? Read on and find out.
Read the rest of the article here.
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