r/pcmasterrace • u/AaronDotCom • May 03 '24

TIL AMD almost bought Nvidia before settling with ATI in 2006 News/Article

https://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2012/02/22/amd-talked-with-nvidia-about-acquisition-before-grabbing-ati/?sh=7ced24a87a79
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u/MCA2142 May 03 '24

I remember nforce chipsets being a requirement for using multiple 8800s in SLI.

Wow that was such a long time ago.

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u/Andrew_hl2 May 03 '24

I remember nForce (soundstorm) being the first motherboard that had integrated audio that was good enough I didn't feel like I needed an extra sound blaster.

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u/DuckCleaning May 03 '24

So glad that sound cards are a thing of the past

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u/Andrew_hl2 May 03 '24

Yeah I don't really have a lot of nostalgia for sound cards and their fidgety drivers...

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u/animeman59 R9-5950X|64GB DDR4-3200|EVGA 2080 Ti Hybrid May 04 '24 edited May 04 '24

I remember Asus having one of the best sound cards years ago, because it's drivers didn't fuck with anything.

Sound card drivers are right up there with printer drivers as some of the most god awful software you can install.

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u/Berfs1 9900K 53x 8c8t | 2x16GB 3900 CL16 | Maximus 11 Gene | 2080 Ti May 04 '24

With very high impedance headphones, you can tell the difference, especially in the bass with the DT 990 600ohm. On board audio without an on board amplifier would barely play any bass, but on another board whose on board audio had an amplifier, the bass was pretty deep. At the moment I am using a Maximus XI Gene, versus an X Hero previously, so I ended up getting a SupremeFX HiFi which fits in one of my 5.25" bays, and the audio is stupidly awesome for a 40$ DAC, and it even has a nice brushed aluminum volume dial!