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[H]ardOCP: GeForce Partner Program Impacts Consumer Choice

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Radeon RX Graphics: A Gamer’s Choice
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in 04/17/18 by Scott Herkelman
Our proud pastime of PC gaming has been built on the idea of freedom. Freedom to choose. How to play the game. What to do and when to do it. And specifically, what to play it on. PC gaming has a long, proud tradition of choice. Whether you build and upgrade your own PCs, or order pre-built rigs after you’ve customized every detail online, you know that what you’re playing on is of your own making, based on your freedom to choose the components that you want. Freedom of choice is a staple of PC gaming.

Over the coming weeks, you can expect to see our add-in board partners launch new brands that carry an AMD Radeon product. AMD is pledging to reignite this freedom of choice when gamers choose an AMD Radeon RX graphics card. These brands will share the same values of openness, innovation, and inclusivity that most gamers take to heart. The freedom to tell others in the industry that they won’t be boxed in to choosing proprietary solutions that come bundled with “gamer taxes” just to enjoy great experiences they should rightfully have access to. The freedom to support a brand that actively works to advance the art and science of PC gaming while expanding its reach.

The key values that brands sporting AMD Radeon products will offer are:

• A dedication to open innovation – AMD works tirelessly to advance PC gaming through close collaboration with hardware standards bodies, API and game developers, making our technologies available to all to help further the industry. Through our collaboration with JEDEC on memory standards like HBM and HBM2, Microsoft on DirectX and Khronos on Vulkan, and through the GPUOpen initiative where we provide access to a comprehensive collection of visual effects, productivity tools, and other content at no cost, we’re enabling the industry to the benefit of gamers.

• A commitment to true transparency through industry standards – Through industry standards like AMD FreeSync technology, we’re providing the PC ecosystem with technologies that significantly enhance gamers’ experiences, enabling partners to adopt them at no cost to consumers, rather than penalizing gamers with proprietary technology “taxes” and limiting their choice in displays.

• Real partnerships with real consistency – We work closely with all our AIB partners, so that our customers are empowered with the best, high-performance, high quality gaming products and technologies available from AMD. No anti-gamer / anti-competitive strings attached.

• Expanding the PC gaming ecosystem – We create open and free game development technologies that enable the next generation of immersive gaming experiences across PC and console ecosystems. These efforts have resulted in advancements such as AMD FreeSync adoption on TVs for Xbox One S or X, integration of forward looking “Vega” architecture features and technologies into Far Cry 5 without penalizing the competition, and inclusion of open sourced AMD innovations into the Vulkan API which game developers can adopt freely.

We pledge to put premium, high-performance graphics cards in the hands of as many gamers as possible and give our partners the support they need without anti-competitive conditions. Through the support of our add-in-board partners that carry forward the AMD Radeon RX brand, we’re continuing to push the industry openly, transparently and without restrictions so that gamers have access to the best immersive technologies, APIs and experiences.

We believe that freedom of choice in PC gaming isn’t a privilege. It’s a right.
 
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Exactly as I said, small change in branding and carrybon as before.

You as a noob have no idea about what card to buy, you don't know about AMD vs nVidia, all you want is the best gaming card, you see in front of you two branded cards, one "Republic of Gamers", the other branded "Arez", again you're looking for the best gamers card, which do you buy?
 
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“PC gamers have picked the PC as their platform of choice because of the incredible freedom that it offers. Begin to chip away at what has made this platform so great and what this passionate community has cherished for decades and you will awaken a sleeping giant. The GPP could very well prove to be a grave mistake for the company and a very costly lesson."

Amen brother.
 
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Utterly ridiculous that Asus had to create Arez just to appease Nvidia, such arrogant leather clad gimps. Will literally never buy a brand new Nvidia card again. Your on the list with Apple Nvidia. Utter utter numptys.

Those that keep buying, I gladly differentiate myself from you sheeples xD

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Exactly as I said, small change in branding and carrybon as before.

You must be Nvidia's lawyer or something, trying to dismiss the issue like that. Strix is an established brand, Google "Strix" graphics cards and you'll find a long history of cards and motherboards branded with Strix. Google "Arez" and you'll find barely anything. You might find a few things related to "Ares" branded cards from years ago, but nothing with "Arez". If you're an amateur, what will you choose? The one with history or the one with no history?
 
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^^

Disgusting practice, spyware, passing on your data without consent. Lying about spec and now this absolute new low for them.

Can this possibly be justified even by the most devout Nvidia fanatic?

Am sure they will find a way xD
 
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^^

Disgusting practice, spyware, passing on your data without consent. Lying about spec and now this absolute new low for them.

Can this possibly be justified even by the most devout Nvidia fanatic?

Am sure they will find a way xD

O they find away at defending it. I'll get called an amd fanboy bah bah because I have been against nvidia for this exact reason for years now but ay what does a amd fanboy know haaa
 
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Still a terrible name for a product.

Well, ASUS can stick their AREZ up their AZZ.

In your opinion but it's as close as Asus could get to a brand that's pretty well know in there ares cards which cost a fortune. It matters none to me i don't like or hate it. Fact is in years to come it will either take off or it won't.

Lol your maturity is showing there.
 
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