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Old April 12th 07, 05:42 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Yousuf Khan
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Default AMD cuts some processor prices by up to 48%

The Kat wrote:
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:35:29 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:


Unfortunately doesn't include their Socket 939 chips, a friend is
currently looking for an X2 upgrade for A64-3000+ S939.


HARD to find, and expensive. I have a S939 MB,
and have decided it's NOT worth the cost for an X2 CPU for it.


And if you think THAT'S bad, look at the price to upgrade a
Socket A XP CPU (I have a 2500 and a 2800).


Well, I'm fortunate that way, I am still running a Socket A Athlon XP
system, and I expect that there will be absolutely no upgrade path for
me, other than a complete system overhaul. So I can start off right away
with an AM2 system, as necessary.

AMD has priced it's processors realistically against Intel's by now. The
processors are priced according to the closest performance Intel
processor that they compete against (even their Socket F FX's have come
down in price to reflect the reality). That typically means that they
have a one-for-one competitor at all levels except the highest
performance Intel processors. So that means that you'll have competitors
for C2D E6600 and below, but not above that. These are typically the
price points that most people will be buying anyways.

Yousuf Khan

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