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[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Dude what are you talking about, it was still here less than 15 years ago. The Nintendo Wii literally had an ATI GPU

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I hate to break it to you but the Wii came out 17 years ago

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

It came out in 2006, but production didn’t stop until 2013. There is still a very active homebrew and modding community out there.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Oh come on that's not even that old

Looks at release date

oh...

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

I’m 30 and my back hurts. Has done for 8+ years. So this could apply to anyone ~22 or over in my experience.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Well most people wouldn't really know the name of a company like that until they were 15 or so, and 30 is when the back pain really starts to hit so it seems pretty accurate.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Now remind me I'm supposed to schedule a prostate exam.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

Do you mean this?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

Yes, anyone over 30 is super old omg lol. I can't even imagine how horrible it must be!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

i would have went with this rule

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So every GameCube owner? Since the GC has a “Graphics by ATi” sticker on the front.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is ATI not still around? I thought I still saw Radeon GPUs pretty regularly, no?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They got bought up by AMD and their mobile GPU division got bought by qualcom.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Adreno is an anagram of Radeon

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

AMD bought ATI a while ago. The ATI brand hasn't existed for about as long but AMD kept branding their GPUs with Radeon

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Security Industry Specialists?

I worked for them. And also won a CLA against them for not paying my or my coworkers wages.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Damn, I hope you got a good payout. The logo is for a taiwanese foundry called Silicon Integrated Systems; they used to make very cheap chipsets and stuff like that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had one of these, it was terrible, me and my friends called it The Cyst.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love being 46 and in relatively good health. I remember ATI and nothing aches (งツ)ว

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[–] moosetwin 15 points 2 years ago

they do, but for the reasons you think ;)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mid 40s and the two weeks my buddy lent me his voodoo 2, which was CPU-INDEPENDENT, were some of the best times I had playing FF7 on my DX4. I should have my prostate checked.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

I remember the Voodoo brand cards, so not only do my back and knees hurt, but I should probably start getting my prostate checked.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ATI 9800 pro held a special place in my heart. If I remember correctly it's what I played half life 2 on.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

IIRC that was the ideal GPU to play Half-life 2. My 9700m could not keep up. I was only 16 at the time, so I fell for the lies from the DELL salesman when I was buying my first gaming machine for that game. He told me that mobile GPUs are almost as good as desktop GPUs, and that the 9700m was almost as good as the 9800 desktop card. It was not.

Barely got 30 FPS on medium, and I couldn't run it at the laptop's native resolution of 1900x1200. Had to settle for 1280x800 and the crappy upscaling of the time.

I worked my ass off an entire summer for that stupid brick of a laptop (it was a first gen XPS, BTW), and it couldn't even do 60 FPS in the latest games. I was betrayed so hard by that purchase that I learned how to build my own PCs so I'd never have to settle for an overpriced "gaming" laptop ever again.

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[–] BirdyBoogleBop 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Hah! Jokes on you my back started hurting when I was 10 and my knees when I was 18! :'(

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

FUCK YOU, also yes :(

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

FFS. My first GPU was an ATI 9250. My knees are fine thank you!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

I mean the cards were much lighter over what's made today.... So backs are ok.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My back and knees hurt back when AMD bought ATI.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

I remember this brand fondly but, my back and knee pains aren't from age but from getting side-swipped by an SUV on my motorcycle a few years ago. 30s isn't old, it's just adult, instead of young adult of the 20s.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I've started yelling at clouds too. Are you happy now?

[–] chatokun 8 points 2 years ago

I work in IT supporting cloud based architecture. Yelling at clouds is my job.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My knees are fine and my back doesn't hurt from age.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

My first Video card was Cirrus Logic. Spent $110 dollars to get 2 512KB memory chips to add to the card, but combined the 2MB video made Wing Commander III look great!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Consider getting a coloscopy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They let you shit in a box and mail it now.

But remember, there is a specific lab you're supposed to send it to.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

But remember, there is a specific lab you're supposed to send it to.

Not true. You can always send it to my boss's house if you'd prefer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My back hurt when this brand was still separated from AMD.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Get off my lawn

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

fuck you

it's just my back. My knees are perfectly ok somehow

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Fuck you No I'm actually doing very good. I know the brand from my parents

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

That's just mean :(

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Pfff. I had a Compaq laptop with a "blazing fast 12mbps" Express WiFi card. Everything hurts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Only 25 but yes they do hurt.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

If you remember this brand and your back and knees hurt you probably shoulda spent more time exercising, but the good news is it probably isnt too late to eat healthy and take care of your body.

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