Albatron goes ATI

Another graphics card manufacturer ditches Nvidia exclusivity.

Over the past 12 months or so Nvidia has been seeing many high profile partners jump off the exclusivity train.

Today brings yet another one, Albatron, which is starting out on the high end of the ATI spectrum.

People don't give Albatron much credit, but they do some very good work, just not in the high end and flashy side of the market. If you recall, they were one of the first to push ATX boards for desktop CPUs, and it worked out nicely.

Now they are jumping into the market on the high end of the ATI Stream, make that stream, as NV loses another exclusive. This means that within the past 12 months the firm has lost four partners Gainward, XFX and EVGA and now Albatron. It just goes to show that when you treat your partners like you treat everyone else, it eventually has repercussions.

To use the vernacular: "that'll learn em", except that it won't.