AMD's Sr vice president of Graphics: PC gaming is very healthy

[rudedog]

VentureBeat , speaking with Rick Bergman of AMD, tells them his feelings about the PC industry:
VB: Is PC gaming healthy?
RB: There is a very compelling story on why PC gaming is so healthy now. When you consider shipments of high-end gaming rigs and strong sales of online games such as World of Warcraft , you can see how strong it is. Sales at the high end continue to astound me. We address that by putting two of our sweet spot chips into one board. The gaming platforms tend to be the first place where games appear, but we are in about 80 percent of the gaming consoles sold, since we’re in the Microsoft and Nintendo consoles.

The interview mainly covers AMD's ATI division and how their graphics card business is going.

- Read the full interview here (http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/26/qa-with-rick-bergman-head-of-amds-graphics-business-on-fighting-nvidia-with-a-sweet-spot-strategy/)

[=ACID RAIN=]

I've been considering buying AMD stock, but it's been so bouncy over the years that I have avoided it. If they can get a decent desktop chip out, this will put them on the upswing.

[Pendragon]

I have always used AMD and felt that a little part of me died inside when building my current gaming rig used Intel for the first time. I have never held ATI in the same regard but I have no issue with using them, but not right now...

"Not right now!" is how I feel about their CPU's as well. As a former AMD fanboy it pains me to say AMD no way! Not right now! Too Slow!

Speed is king and AMD isn't doing it, not for me and not for millions of gamers today.

[=ACID RAIN=]

Yep, I'm in the same boat. I used AMD for 10 years, then dropped them at 939 and went to a quad 775.