One next-gen console to have AMD CPU and Graphics

[Impulsivity]

I don't know, every time I think of AMD these days I think crap computer. AMD has really become more or less synonymous with four benjamin walmart boxes that underperform. I mean I'm not the biggest Intel/Nvidia fanboy in the world (especially Nvidia) but it seems like in processors AMD hasn't been competitive or relevant for years now especially since the very nice core duo and up processors started coming out of Intel.

AMD is not just associated with cheap as in inexpensive (which is a positive, I love that my iphone was only 199 dollars for instance, but is still an awesome piece of hardware) but cheap as in you get what you pay for (like buying one of those 50 dollar made and developed in china iphone knockoffs they show on engadget all the time). I would put my processor money on either A) Intel or B) IBM's power PC platform (now sort of merged into the cell system to an extent) every time. When I look at any/all computers I'd consider buying (IE not the 250 dollar 512MB RAM frys special with the AMD processor) I often forget AMD even exists.

In terms of graphics cards I had an ATI 2600 for a while in my mac pro tower and it wasn't too bad, but I've had much better performance from the GeForce Series both in the 8800GT I upgraded the ATI to and even more so in the 9600 thats in my new laptop. That new NVIDIA chipset that lets me choose on the fly whether I want a high performance gaming 512MB 9600 or a low power requirement 256MB 9400 for doing just about anything else (IE school work on the go where I don't have an outlet) is awesome. Like Intel, Nvidia seems to be where the new innovation and improvements are with AMD/ATI just staggering behind trying to play catchup (and sometimes like when competing with the core 2 duo release or the 8800 series falling WAY behind in quality).

To the above poster Power PC, even outside the Cell, is not dead and is used in a ton of high end computer and server installations. It is very scalable and gets a ton of performance quite efficiently in a lot of varied applications.

On the bright side whoever is willing to be saddled with ATI/AMD stuff can probably get great price concessions since AMD really needs the business.