CPU News: AMD loses QuakeCon 2005 sponsorship to Intel

Lokie · 21-July-05, 11:54 PM

INTEL WILL BE SPONSORING this year's QuakeCon - a free gaming convention held in Dallas - it was revealed this month, in what could be a large blow to AMD's gaming fanbase.

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	As the official CPU and title sponsor of QuakeCon 2005, Intel will be providing its Extreme Edition tournament systems and servers to host the tournament and bring your own computer (BYOC) games. As AMD news site AMDzone.com says, with such close competition between Intel and AMD when it comes to high performance gaming, this could be bad news for AMD and tip the scales in Intel's favour. Intel is clearly trying to get a leg up on the eSports front, having sponsored other big events such as Bloodline and successful gaming team 4kings, it seems that Intel wants to have its name associated with all things e-Sports.

4rm4g3dd0n · 22-July-05, 03:23 PM

kinda related but man i freaking love quakecon... one of the advantages of living in dallas

konai_konai666 · 22-July-05, 06:01 PM

Not that I even use an AMD processor or ever have, but IMO they deserve much more cred than Intel and I'm willing to boycott quakecon (not even read the news about it) this year, in light of the bad news.. I'm sorry I'll be missing out, but more often than not lately, Intel's really been deserving coal.

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22-July-05, 03:23 PM		#2 (permalink)
4rm4g3dd0n Apex Elite Tech	kinda related but man i freaking love quakecon... one of the advantages of living in dallas

22-July-05, 06:01 PM		#3 (permalink)
konai_konai666 DuckWarrior's Personal Quack-Hoe	Not that I even use an AMD processor or ever have, but IMO they deserve much more cred than Intel and I'm willing to boycott quakecon (not even read the news about it) this year, in light of the bad news.. I'm sorry I'll be missing out, but more often than not lately, Intel's really been deserving coal.