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It could ultimately raise the prices of the hardware since we always pay for these things in future purchases anyway.
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Originally posted by 1c3d0g View PostI don't understand or particularly like the last comment: "perhaps they'll buy NVIDIA just to join in on the fun"...what the hell is that supposed to mean? Are they jealous that AMD is getting their asses spanked and there's nothing they can do about it?
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I don't understand or particularly like the last comment: "perhaps they'll buy NVIDIA just to join in on the fun"...what the hell is that supposed to mean? Are they jealous that AMD is getting their asses spanked and there's nothing they can do about it?
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Turns out NVIDIA, AMD and ATI have been accused of some antitrust shenanigans, with the DoJ alleging the firms "have engaged in a contract combination, trust or conspiracy, the effect of which was to raise the prices at which they sold graphics processing units and cards to artificially inflated levels." We're not so sure that the main argument -- that graphics card prices are almost always the same, reaching around $500 in the high end -- will hold a lot of water, given the specs pumping nature of the graphics card biz, but allegations of secret meetings between graphics card execs to discuss pricing could be a bit more damning. The DoJ is requesting documents as far back as 1990, so this could get messy. Intel has managed to steer clear of this whole cartel fiasco, thanks to its lack of a discrete graphics biz, but we're sure they're totally jealous right now -- perhaps they'll buy NVIDIA just to join in on the fun.Hoo boy, this could be a nasty one. You know how NVIDIA and AMD got slapped with those federal subpoenas a week ago? At the time, no one was sure what the DoJ was getting at, but apparently it wasn't just to look at the pretty graphics these firms churn out. Turns out NVIDIA, AMD and ATI have been accused of some antitrust shenanigans, with the DoJ alleging the firms "have engaged in a contract combination, trust or conspiracy, the effect of which was to raise the prices at which they sold graphics processing units and cards to artificially inflated levels." We're not so sure that the main argument -- that graphics card prices are almost always the same, reaching around $500 in the high end -- will hold a lot of water, given the specs pumping nature of the graphics card biz, but allegations of secret meetings between graphics card execs to discuss pricing could be a bit more damning. The DoJ is requesting documents as far back as 1990, so this could get messy. Intel has managed to steer clear of this whole cartel fiasco, thanks to its lack of a discrete graphics biz, but we're sure they're totally jealous right now -- perhaps they'll buy NVIDIA just to join in on the fun.[Thanks, Mack S.]
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Originally posted by joshuapurcell View PostBy the way... what would that sound card be? I may make a purchase within the next couple of days so it will arrive around the same time as my new motherboard.
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Originally posted by 1c3d0g View PostWhatever they do, I hope both companies can continue producing awesome GPU's unimpeded. We need the competition, or else we'll have another Creative on our hands...and that's not a good thing. :-/
By the way... what would that sound card be? I may make a purchase within the next couple of days so it will arrive around the same time as my new motherboard.Last edited by joshuapurcell; 04 December 2006, 11:02 PM.
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Originally posted by 1c3d0g View PostWhatever they do, I hope both companies can continue producing awesome GPU's unimpeded. We need the competition, or else we'll have another Creative on our hands...and that's not a good thing. :-/
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Whatever they do, I hope both companies can continue producing awesome GPU's unimpeded. We need the competition, or else we'll have another Creative on our hands...and that's not a good thing. :-/
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I have a few beliefs as to what it is, but first I need to get it confirmed before posting.
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The article doesn't really elaborate about what the suspicion is with Nvidia. I can understand why they want to investigate AMD.
What do you guys think it could be?
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