Origin PC and AMD make up

[pixeldensity]

If you guys recalled last year or so, custom PC builders, Origin PC announced that they would no longer be selling any systems with amd gpus in them. It seem recently on MaximumPC podcast, Origin PC and amd sat down together and said they have made up with each and Origin PC will start to sell PCs with amd gpus inside of them again.

 

 

the founder of Origin PC and AMD’s Roy Taylor sat down next to each other on a popular live podcast and announced that they were back to being partners, and that Origin would once again integrate AMD’s GPUs in their systems. During the podcast, AMD’s Roy Taylor seemed genuinely apologetic and regretful, highlighting a renewed effort to win back the trust from partners and consumers.

 

 

The rest of the article just goes on about amd addressing that they still need to regain trust from their users and partners.

 

 

We’re coming from the back foot,” Taylor said. “You guys know this. AMD’s in a bit of a turnaround but we’re working really hard. We have a lot of work to do to win everybody’s trust.

 

The last part of the article talks about the journalist experience with amd.

 

Sources: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2014/08/28/as-amd-and-origin-pc-bury-the-hatchet-a-personal-story-about-amds-efforts-to-win-back-trust/

 

 

[Askew]

By 'made up' do they mean that Nvidia have not offered them another exclusivity deal this year.

 

LOL

[Jerakl]

So you're telling me, Origin PC would rather use the TITAN Z over the R9 295 x2?

[Khraft]

[Guest Kloaked]

Welp, he just confirmed they're rebranding the new FX CPU's.

[Khvarrioiren]

Welp, he just confirmed they're rebranding the new FX CPU's.

 

That's pretty much the only thing left to do with the FX-line. More intrigued by the G3258 competitor he mentioned in the podcast.

[hmminteresting]

why was there a problem between them in a first place? (didnt watch the vid if its in there tell me)

[carolkarine]

why was there a problem between them in a first place? (didnt watch the vid if its in there tell me)

 

nvidia worked out an exculsivity deal.

[The_Strict_Nein]

That's pretty much the only thing left to do with the FX-line. More intrigued by the G3258 competitor he mentioned in the podcast.

If it's just an unlocked dual core AMD CPU I'm not interested.

The reason the G3258 is succesful is because it's two unlocked Intel cores, with all the IPC that brings.

[FabulousOtter]

So you're telling me, Origin PC would rather use the TITAN Z over the R9 295 x2?

 

If you need a $1500+ GPU, you shouldn't be buying from Origin PC.

[Trik'Stari]

If you need a $1500+ GPU, you shouldn't be buying from Origin PC.

*applause*

[totjup5]

Can't believe they ever stopped selling amd gpus. So stupid.

[Techhog]

nvidia worked out an exculsivity deal.

Was this really confirmed? The reason on record, to my knowledge, was QC issues.

[pixeldensity]

Was this really confirmed? The reason on record, to my knowledge, was QC issues.

well those are rumors, it could of been a QC or it could of been what the rumors stated but the article does state why origin pc was mad at amd, supposedly it had to do with amd not telling origin pc about the new r9 series card ahead of release. 

 

 

It later came out in the wash that the split was due to a lack of communication on AMD’s part. For example, Origin wasn’t even made aware of AMD’s new Hawaii GPU launch in October of 2013. They heard about it via AMD’s live stream like the majority of consumers. Normally builders like Origin, Falcon Northwest, Maingear, and others are given plenty of advance playtime to tweak their systems to accommodate new graphics cards and plan a marketing strategy.

[bogus]

Pretty much they were butthurt and made a huge thing about it.