r/pcmasterrace • u/AaronDotCom • 29d ago

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/oandakid718 29d ago

This is back in the days of nForce motherboards from Nvidia. If ATI bought Nvidia it would have led to the biggest hardware monopoly you’d ever seen

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u/MCA2142 29d ago

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 29d ago

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/[deleted] 28d ago

RIP Aureal