Posted on 07/17/2006 3:36:49 PM PDT by Echo Talon
This is a public service announcement,
there will be no price cuts on October 23rd, 2006
DailyTech previously reported AMD was planning a major CPU price cut a couple days after Intel ships Core 2 Duo Conroe processors. Those expecting AMD to announce another price cut in time for the holiday season will be disappointed. DailyTech has received an updated price list for October 23rd, 2006 that shows AMD has no plans to reduce prices on its Athlon 64 and Sempron desktop product lineups anytime soon. Pricing on Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 X2 EE and Sempron will stay the same well into 2007 which may disappoint users expecting a sub-$100 dual-core AMD offering in time for the holidays to compete with Intel's $95 Pentium D 805.
The upcoming July 24th, 2006 price cut is the only planned price cut for quite a while. There’s no word on other upcoming price cuts yet, though it wouldn’t be surprising to see AMD cut prices when Brisbane production ramps up. DailyTech has previously reported on AMD’s upcoming Socket AM2 motherboard forward compatibility with Socket AM3 CPUs, upcoming AMD K8L architecture, AMD’s June 2006 product roadmap and upcoming 65nm improvements too. AMD has also been aggressively discontinuing Socket 939 and 754 products including dual-core Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and 4600+ models.
look at this, go to the link to see the chart... looks like pretty steep cuts for X2 processors :).. enjoy.
wow time to upgrade my 2400+ i think
One thing AMD has done well recently is stay ahead of Intel in product development, allowing them the ability to battle Intel at the register.
should be nice $149 Athlon X2 3800's in 7 days... :)
/starts the intel/amd war
:)
should be nice $149 Athlon X2 3800's in 7 days... :)
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Yeah, just after I upgraded back a couple of months -- Murphy's Law strikes again --- oh, well I can always take the next step at these prices!!!
Lookin' real good !!!! :-)
It doesn't have a superior product anymore... Intel is the new King... where have you been? Its called Conroe(Core2Duo)
thats usually what happens to me! but this time i got lucky and caught it just right... im still running a A64 3500+ that i've had for over a year.
"I think I'm gonna switch from building my own PC's and buy a Mac G5 dual core desktop...plus that sweet 23 inch Monitor..."
What do you all think?
That really depends on which market segment you look at. Intel does have a faster home/office/single socket cpu but AMD still has better products in the multi-socket range.
I don't see Cray switching to Intel anytime soon.
How much does that 23 inch monitor cost? And what is the max resolution on it?
I dont care
Time for one of these...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16856101004
$1,299.00
1920 x 1200 optimal resolution
16.7 million colors
DVI Display Connector
2 port USB 2.0 Hub
2 FireWire 400 ports
VESA mount compatible
I dunno, but the 24" 1920x1200 flat panel I have cost ~$800 a little while back.
Because superiority is about price and performance.
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