   ATI gets X-box contract
  may be old news to you guys, im not sure.Here is the linklooks like it was more about the contract terms than any technology advantage. 
  these tables are fudged upput an end quote in your href please  thank you[edited by - Mirgatroid on August 18, 2003 1:06:38 AM] [edited by - Mirgatroid on August 18, 2003 1:09:48 AM];  oh yeaharticlei didn''t know that, and it pleases me ;  Actually, I think this will be a better thing for NVidia than for ATI, because NV actually had troubles with the original NV30 getting off of the ground, since they spread themselves out a bit thin (Xbox,NForce,and graphics cards). Perhaps this means they will be able to focus more, and create better products,so there can be competition, well without driver cheats anyway. ;  I agree with bastard2k5. It seems that Microsoft really just wants the name, not the product. I mean, sure, the Radeon 9700 was better than the Geforce FX 5800, but that was mainly because of a few bad decisions on Nvidia''s part (.13 micron, the memory, etc.). It doesn''t make Nvidia a bad company or anything. I wouldn''t be surprised if they are a lot better than ATi. Just ATi got lucky. Microsoft must definitely be going for the name more than anything... ;  did my post mess up the tables? sorry if so. yeah the writer said it was more a function of contract terms and friction with NVidia than a technological advantage. My best video cards are ATI''s but i have an older Nvidia card just to test on. ;  NVidia wouldn''t supply their chips for chicken-feed so Microsoft got upset because the GFX card was by far the most expensive part of the console.  I wonder if ATI know what they are in for? ;  I''m pleased because Nvidia is teh suck. ;  Since ATI now has the contracts for both Microsoft and Nintendo''s next systems, I think they''re going to be making a very large amount of money. Heck, sell ''em both the same chip to cut costs, they''ll never know the difference . But with Nintendo launching in ''05 and MS not till ''06, MS will definetly get a more powerful chip (and system as a whole). We''ll see if helps them again as much as it did this time.But with ATI branching into chipsets as well as two consoles, and their core graphics business (although they are getting out of the board business), they may be making the same mistake as nVidia. We shall see...   "The sun is the same in a relative way,but you''re older"--Pink Floyd ;  I remember one article saying NVidia got screwed because of changes and got stuck with a bunch of useless chips.  They didn''t feel so bad about not getting the contract.Although ATI got a better contract that protects against getting screwed in the same way.  MSFT will probably find a different way to screw them though. 