ATI's (AMDs) new website?

Zardon · Oct 26, 2006, 04:17 PM

www.ati.com discuss !

ET3D · Oct 26, 2006, 04:40 PM

Less differentiation in the graphics field. ATI was red, now it's green like NVIDIA. I call that a downgrade.

Besides, where's the Catalyst link on the main page? That was a major benefit over NVIDIA.

BWX · Oct 26, 2006, 05:34 PM

AMD already have their own site, no need to dominant ati.com

Sandok · Oct 26, 2006, 06:15 PM

....... I find it worse color wise for the eyes and all but who cares? You'll rarely visit that site!

riles9262 · Oct 26, 2006, 06:15 PM

It's fine. It looks similar to the old site to me, just a different color.

CDsDontBurn · Oct 26, 2006, 06:21 PM

Undecided at the momment. Colors don't mean anything to me. What does, is how effective a company can deliver and support their products. The issue on the catalyst link no longer being on the front page is no big deal to me.

ViRuS2k · Oct 26, 2006, 06:46 PM

ati has always been red.

i agree with some people that turning the site green is bad.

Guyver2K5 · Oct 26, 2006, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BWX

AMD already have their own site, no need to dominant ati.com

i agree.

Sonata · Oct 26, 2006, 09:21 PM

I liked the old site better, but I'm sure I will get used to the new site over time.

Judas · Oct 26, 2006, 09:41 PM

ya know, it's totally amd now..

When i look, it doesn't seem to have that ATI feel at all anymore.

**temeteus82** · Oct 26, 2006, 11:16 PM

Voted : "It is awful, AMD already have their own site, no need to dominate ati.com"

And I think that sums it up for my point of view...

swimtech · Oct 26, 2006, 11:42 PM

I like the new site - the design is well done and easy to read...

The dominance of AMD as the primary presence at the site seems truthful and representative of what the company is becoming - sets the minds of users toward what AMD has in mind...

Lelisevis · Oct 26, 2006, 11:58 PM

Looks like the consumer is speaking, the question is do the corporations listen?

blackdog · Oct 27, 2006, 12:45 AM

The web site is fine but I'm more interested in what happens with ATI itself, do we still get cards that look great or are those days numbered

jimmylao · Oct 27, 2006, 05:15 AM

Don't like it. It seems that AMD just sorta said "OK, all your base belong to us" and took over ATI. ATI can't represent, but what is expected when one company buys out the other? The layout stinks too, it's like it's just one big mess (slides for ATI, the usual little window links for ATI) and then shove in some AMD stuff on the right and top.

IamLakota · Oct 27, 2006, 09:01 AM

It just plain suck's now.

Dyre Straits · Oct 27, 2006, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas

ya know, it's totally amd now..

When i look, it doesn't seem to have that ATI feel at all anymore.

That quite sums up my own impression.

CDsDontBurn · Oct 27, 2006, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas

ya know, it's totally amd now..

When i look, it doesn't seem to have that ATI feel at all anymore.

you're right. it's because it's not ATI anymore.

me972 · Oct 27, 2006, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

www.ati.com discuss !

It seems like I wasn't the only one with these feelings...

thanks for putting up the poll i asked..

I really think the results of this be sent to ATI so they can do a complete site roll back.!!

me972 · Oct 27, 2006, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IamLakota

It just plain suck's now.

my exact feeling..

and they even removed the fast link and updates to the current downloadble drivers.. and you have to go into sub menus just to know which is the latest..

this really sucks..

INSTG8R · Oct 27, 2006, 12:55 PM

I mean I love the idea of the merger and the future possibilities but I currently own 2 seperate companies parts and I now have to look at AMD1.com and AMD2.com, still says ATI on my cards wheres my ATI site??

unknownjd · Oct 27, 2006, 01:02 PM

Even if they promoted it as "ATI powered by AMD", atleast it keeps an awesome brand alive!

Going green sucks... demoting ATI to almost a product line of AMD just doesn't work in my mind...

AMD say they plan to keep discrete graphics alive; well if you ask me, there's going to be a hell of a lot of confused people out there wondering what the difference between an NVIDIA graphics card and AMD CPU or AMD graphics card is! (well not on driverheaven ofcourse, but you know what i mean

)

But can you imagine, some guy in PC World - "Erm ok, so I need an AMD CPU, but oh right and an AMD ATI Card, what's this do then? So what's NVIDIA on this other PC? Can't I just have NVIDIA and not AMD?" ummm

Matth · Oct 27, 2006, 04:11 PM

I don't think people are ready for "AMD Graphics" yet, and until they lose all Intel licences, it would be premature to brand the motherboards as AMD.

Also leads to the inevitable questions about using AMD Graphics with a non-AMD processor.

bug77 · Oct 27, 2006, 04:14 PM

It's really the same site (even the problems with Firefox/SeaMonkey are the same). They just changed the theme.

OmegaRED · Oct 27, 2006, 09:26 PM

All that matters is how quickly you can find the driver section and that's in the same place as before. Although the link to the drivers doesn't work for me.

pr0digal jenius · Oct 27, 2006, 10:36 PM

it's the exact same site guys.....right down to the clunky tree-structured ASP pages full of links.

THey simply changed the front page, the URL, and the CSS to "green". Although, the links in the drop down menus on the front page still light up red, which i find kind of funny since they went to such lengths to make everything else green and pruple [why purple?]

I like it though....it's clean and effective, and didn't really change aside from some styling queues from the new corporate landscape.

I do however, think HP is taking a much better road with their buyout of VoodooPC then AMD has with ATi, however. ATi is too powerful a brand name to toss to the wind like that, but nobody asked me

GeneralClaymore · Oct 28, 2006, 10:04 AM

I dont care what the site look like, It Could had became Bright pink with 60s colors. I wouldnt have cared. Just as long the site still easy to get around.

~~bobbytomorow~~ · Oct 28, 2006, 10:39 AM

I miss the red =(

Sonata · Oct 28, 2006, 01:51 PM

Bright pink with 60's colours if done right could actually look cool!
Like someone else said before me, the latest driver should be shown on the home page.
Thankfully other sites usually announce when new drivers are released, speaking of which not many days of this month left, I'm looking forward to the 6.10's.

Falstaff · Oct 28, 2006, 03:59 PM

I noticed that most people think the site is awful...
frankly I think it just looks and functions the same, what ever subtle differences there are I have not realized yet...
bloody whiners..

Oct 26, 2006, 04:17 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	ATI's (AMDs) new website? www.ati.com discuss !

Oct 26, 2006, 06:15 PM	#5
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	It's fine. It looks similar to the old site to me, just a different color. __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Oct 26, 2006, 06:21 PM	#6
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	Undecided at the momment. Colors don't mean anything to me. What does, is how effective a company can deliver and support their products. The issue on the catalyst link no longer being on the front page is no big deal to me. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 26, 2006, 11:42 PM	#12
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	I like the new site - the design is well done and easy to read... The dominance of AMD as the primary presence at the site seems truthful and representative of what the company is becoming - sets the minds of users toward what AMD has in mind... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Oct 27, 2006, 09:01 AM	#16
IamLakota HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Viriginia Posts: 552 Rep Power: 0	It just plain suck's now. __________________ Harley Davidson: If You Have To Ask You Wouldn't Understand!!! System Specs: Mobo:Asus P6T Deluxe V2,intel i7 920,2x BFG GTX 250 oc in SLI,Corsair 6gigs tri channel pc12800CL8 2xWD Velociraptor's 2x74gig WD Raptor , X-Fi Fatal1ty Titainium,HANNS-G HG281HD 1080p 28" monitor,Coolermaster HAF/922,PC-PWR&Cooling Sliencer 750,CoolerMaster V8 HSF

Oct 26, 2006, 04:40 PM	#2
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,055 Rep Power: 103 System Specs	Less differentiation in the graphics field. ATI was red, now it's green like NVIDIA. I call that a downgrade. Besides, where's the Catalyst link on the main page? That was a major benefit over NVIDIA.

Oct 26, 2006, 05:34 PM	#3
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	AMD already have their own site, no need to dominant ati.com

Oct 26, 2006, 06:15 PM	#4
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 66	....... I find it worse color wise for the eyes and all but who cares? You'll rarely visit that site!

Oct 26, 2006, 06:46 PM	#7
ViRuS2k HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Uk Posts: 8,334 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	ati has always been red. i agree with some people that turning the site green is bad.

Oct 26, 2006, 09:21 PM	#9
Sonata DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hot as hell in summer Posts: 284 Rep Power: 0	I liked the old site better, but I'm sure I will get used to the new site over time.

Oct 26, 2006, 11:58 PM	#13
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	Looks like the consumer is speaking, the question is do the corporations listen?

Oct 27, 2006, 12:45 AM	#14
blackdog HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Frozen North of 49 Posts: 104 Rep Power: 0	The web site is fine but I'm more interested in what happens with ATI itself, do we still get cards that look great or are those days numbered

Oct 27, 2006, 05:15 AM	#15
jimmylao DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 117 Rep Power: 0	Don't like it. It seems that AMD just sorta said "OK, all your base belong to us" and took over ATI. ATI can't represent, but what is expected when one company buys out the other? The layout stinks too, it's like it's just one big mess (slides for ATI, the usual little window links for ATI) and then shove in some AMD stuff on the right and top.

Oct 27, 2006, 12:55 PM	#21
INSTG8R DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canadian lost in Norway Posts: 527 Rep Power: 0	I mean I love the idea of the merger and the future possibilities but I currently own 2 seperate companies parts and I now have to look at AMD1.com and AMD2.com, still says ATI on my cards wheres my ATI site?? __________________ Sys. Specs. Intel E6600@3.2\|Abit IP35 Pro\|2x1024 Crucial Ballistix PC8500 \|Sapphire HD4870 512\|Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500G SATAII 16MB w/PRT\|SB X-Fi Fatality\|TT Tough Power 1200W\|TT Kandalf L.C.S.\|Samsung 204B 20" 5ms LCD\|Logitech G25\|Logitech G5\|Logitech G15\|Saitek X-52+Pro Rudder Pedals\|TrackIR w/Trackclip Pro 3DMark06

Oct 27, 2006, 01:02 PM	#22
unknownjd DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	Even if they promoted it as "ATI powered by AMD", atleast it keeps an awesome brand alive! Going green sucks... demoting ATI to almost a product line of AMD just doesn't work in my mind... AMD say they plan to keep discrete graphics alive; well if you ask me, there's going to be a hell of a lot of confused people out there wondering what the difference between an NVIDIA graphics card and AMD CPU or AMD graphics card is! (well not on driverheaven ofcourse, but you know what i mean ) But can you imagine, some guy in PC World - "Erm ok, so I need an AMD CPU, but oh right and an AMD ATI Card, what's this do then? So what's NVIDIA on this other PC? Can't I just have NVIDIA and not AMD?" ummm

Oct 27, 2006, 04:11 PM	#23
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,410 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	I don't think people are ready for "AMD Graphics" yet, and until they lose all Intel licences, it would be premature to brand the motherboards as AMD. Also leads to the inevitable questions about using AMD Graphics with a non-AMD processor. __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread

Oct 27, 2006, 04:14 PM	#24
bug77 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: around Posts: 792 Rep Power: 0	It's really the same site (even the problems with Firefox/SeaMonkey are the same). They just changed the theme.

Oct 27, 2006, 09:26 PM	#25
OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,625 Rep Power: 171 System Specs	All that matters is how quickly you can find the driver section and that's in the same place as before. Although the link to the drivers doesn't work for me. __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

Oct 27, 2006, 10:36 PM	#26
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	it's the exact same site guys.....right down to the clunky tree-structured ASP pages full of links. THey simply changed the front page, the URL, and the CSS to "green". Although, the links in the drop down menus on the front page still light up red, which i find kind of funny since they went to such lengths to make everything else green and pruple [why purple?] I like it though....it's clean and effective, and didn't really change aside from some styling queues from the new corporate landscape. I do however, think HP is taking a much better road with their buyout of VoodooPC then AMD has with ATi, however. ATi is too powerful a brand name to toss to the wind like that, but nobody asked me

Oct 28, 2006, 10:04 AM	#27
GeneralClaymore HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: MI Posts: 431 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I dont care what the site look like, It Could had became Bright pink with 60s colors. I wouldnt have cared. Just as long the site still easy to get around. __________________ Source: x-fi titanium hd 2x LME49720NA + 2x LME49710NA > Fiio E9(OPA2111AM)> DT880 pro 250ohm

Oct 28, 2006, 10:39 AM	#28
~~bobbytomorow~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: vancouver Posts: 450 Rep Power: 0	I miss the red =(

Oct 28, 2006, 01:51 PM	#29
Sonata DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hot as hell in summer Posts: 284 Rep Power: 0	Bright pink with 60's colours if done right could actually look cool! Like someone else said before me, the latest driver should be shown on the home page. Thankfully other sites usually announce when new drivers are released, speaking of which not many days of this month left, I'm looking forward to the 6.10's.

Oct 28, 2006, 03:59 PM	#30
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,047 Rep Power: 206	I noticed that most people think the site is awful... frankly I think it just looks and functions the same, what ever subtle differences there are I have not realized yet... bloody whiners.. __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."