Battlefield 4 to be Bundled with AMD Cards

Renegade8100

2013-04-06 15:41

I really think this is a good move for AMD. Their cpu's are in the toilet and their GPU's are doing very well. I was torn between the AMD 7970 and my current gtx 670. What sold me on the nvidia was my frustration with AMD drivers on linux. I feel jipped without that extra gig of vram though, it actually matters with several game mods lol

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F1refly

2013-04-06 16:07

Ehhh, then way to go Nvidia! Rip us off! AMD is just desperate! Kill them off! I don't think business practices are understood around here much.

I got Assassins creed 3 and Borderlands 2 for free with my 680. 1 or 2 popular games bundled with a card is pretty common ya know. I remember when Farcry first came out, it was bundled with the NV i got. I'm sure NV will have some other popular game to bundle, it's rarely a "crappy" game, usually it's just whatever is popular or anticpated. Wish consoles would bundle games like that like they used to, not just specific ones years after consoles release. *edit: oops i meant to quote the guy you quoted but whateva

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Benny_26

2013-04-06 18:11

Now (if you really think about it) ALL games will be primarily tested on AMD hardware. If there is no impact to nVidia, someone correct me - and I will humbly stand corrected.

Thats why i moved up from GTX580 to 7970Ghz, console games will be developed on AMD hardware which is basically a PC, im sure that on PC side AMD GPUs will have advantage. And probably Physx will die and be replaced by DirectCompute Nvidia is so desperate that they announced PhysX for PS4 (aka AMD hardware) but they need people to actually use it.

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Benny_26

2013-04-06 18:14

I got Assassins creed 3 and Borderlands 2 for free with my 680. 1 or 2 popular games bundled with a card is pretty common ya know. I remember when Farcry first came out, it was bundled with the NV i got. I'm sure NV will have some other popular game to bundle, it's rarely a "crappy" game, usually it's just whatever is popular or anticpated. Wish consoles would bundle games like that like they used to, not just specific ones years after consoles release. *edit: oops i meant to quote the guy you quoted but whateva

I just got Bioshock Infinite and Crysis 3 Hunter edition with 7970Ghz

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hallryu

2013-04-06 18:15

Nice free game. Well done AMD, keep it up.

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Elder III

2013-04-06 18:29

Anyways - having the opportunity to get a major title like BF4 with a video card purchase is just a win win for the consumer. I think all of the non fan boys here will agree on that. *edited so it doesn't look like I'm calling Hallryu a troll.. lol

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Pill Monster

2013-04-06 18:30

Offending comment removed Pill. User will be removed if this continues. Oh dear, looks like the stupid people have found this thread....Oh btw - is that an AMD GPU in your specs?

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eclap

2013-04-06 18:34

great on you AMD! how can people bash AMD for doing this is beyond me.

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CrazY_Milojko

2013-04-06 18:49

AMD cant steal my NVIDIA pleasure. good drivers. good GPU. i wont go for AMD anymore.

I Agree totally.

I remember good old times when I was proud 3DFx Voodoo 1, 2 & 3 owner. Games powered by Glide API (especially in Voodoo 1 & 2 era) were more supperior than those games who were runing on early versions of DirectX. Many of us 3DFx fans were blindly devoted to 3DFx, like we were in some kind of sect: 3DFx forever! But many of us old geeks remember shocking downfall of 3DFx after Voodoo 4 & 5 series release because of their bad business decisions. NVidia ate them like their never existed... So, never say never guys, never say never...

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warlord

2013-04-06 19:32

well, amd seems to be on rampage, making impressive moves everywhere, consoles, games bundle, let's see how these opportunities will translate into better gpus and better driver support, we've stuck so hard on these beta. i have mates even laughing with latest drivers, minor improvements, i believe they shouldn't support game developers more from themselves at the moment.

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eclap

2013-04-06 19:55

I got Assassins creed 3 and Borderlands 2 for free with my 680. 1 or 2 popular games bundled with a card is pretty common ya know. I remember when Farcry first came out, it was bundled with the NV i got. I'm sure NV will have some other popular game to bundle, it's rarely a "crappy" game, usually it's just whatever is popular or anticpated. Wish consoles would bundle games like that like they used to, not just specific ones years after consoles release. *edit: oops i meant to quote the guy you quoted but whateva

compare that to the games I got with my hd7950: Crysis 3 Far Cry 3 Bioshock: Infinite Hitman: Absolution Sleeping Dogs It's clear to see which bundle is better 🙂

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F1refly

2013-04-06 21:21

If you don't already have them 🤓

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PhazeDelta1

2013-04-06 21:39

If you don't already have them 🤓

Even if you already have them, you can easily sell those codes for $20/ea. That's $100 back in that persons pocket. 🤓

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---TK---

2013-04-06 21:43

Or give em away like I did

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Benny_26

2013-04-07 00:23

compare that to the games I got with my hd7950: Crysis 3 Far Cry 3 Bioshock: Infinite Hitman: Absolution Sleeping Dogs It's clear to see which bundle is better 🙂

How? their promo cards unlock 2 games, either BI +TR or C3 + BI Their old promo had FarCry3+Hitman+Sleeping Dogs

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F1refly

2013-04-07 00:29

How? their promo cards unlock 2 games, either BI +TR or C3 + BI Their old promo had FarCry3+Hitman+Sleeping Dogs

I guess if you go SLI? Either way they both offer some nice bundles here and there, just depends what you want.

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Darkest

2013-04-07 00:35

How? their promo cards unlock 2 games, either BI +TR or C3 + BI Their old promo had FarCry3+Hitman+Sleeping Dogs

A lot of UK stores combine bundles.

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Veteran

2013-04-07 00:52

I remember good old times when I was proud 3DFx Voodoo 1, 2 & 3 owner. Games powered by Glide API (especially in Voodoo 1 & 2 era) were more supperior than those games who were runing on early versions of DirectX. Many of us 3DFx fans were blindly devoted to 3DFx, like we were in some kind of sect: 3DFx forever! But many of us old geeks remember shocking downfall of 3DFx after Voodoo 4 & 5 series release because of their bad business decisions. NVidia ate them like their never existed... So, never say never guys, never say never...

Yeap i know what you mean, I still have my Voodoo 2 up in my attic along with my 2D millenium Matrox card that i used to SLI it with. Only reason i kept it is because it was the first SLI card ever.:)

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eclap

2013-04-07 02:20

A lot of UK stores combine bundles.

yep, got 2 envelopes with my 7950.

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eclap

2013-04-07 02:22

Yeap i know what you mean, I still have my Voodoo 2 up in my attic along with my 2D millenium Matrox card that i used to SLI it with. Only reason i kept it is because it was the first SLI card ever.:)

I never ran 3dfx sli with voodoo and voodoo 2. didn't really feel games needed more than one card back then, really. they were amazing.