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We received a response from AMD with regards to our recent story, “Lucid Hydra 200: Multi-GPU Made Simple?”, about Lucid’s new Hydra 200 chip, which may allow PC owners to obtain multiple-GPU performance with graphics cards that use different GPUs, or even that blend Nvidia and ATI technologies.

AMD and Nvidia have expressed skepticism about Lucid’s claims, and AMD Public Relations Manager Jay Marsden contacted us to issue the following statement:

AMD’s goal with CrossFireX is to is to deliver the best graphics performance possible and give gamers the ultimate upgrade path. We have added countless software and hardware innovations to CrossFireX technology over the years to ensure that we deliver performance in spades. To say CrossFireX is old is plain wrong, it would be like calling Radeon old.

Multi-GPU technology is a key focus for AMD.

We are on the cutting edge with our solutions today and we continue to invest R&D in this area to ensure that we deliver the best solutions in the long run.

We are in favor of solutions that improve the user experience and we have not seen that from Lucid. It’s up to them to show the world that their technology works as they say it does.

We’re excited to see for ourselves whether the Lucid Hydra 200 delivers what it promises—we’ll post the results here as soon as we have them.