Prices?

[Rugger]

I recently heard that there will be some price decreases for A64 chips in the April timeframe. Does anyone have any more info on this?

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[Rugger]

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

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[endyen]

At this point, I'm not sure if Amd will bring out the 4200.
Even if they do, they may just up the topend price. It would be nice to see a slight drop in prices, but Intel is putting a lot of financial preasure on Amd, so price drops may not happen.

 

[mozzartusm]

Those friggin 600 series CPUs are to damn high. I paid $200.00 for my 550. Now thats one hell of a deal and I wouldnt expect that price again especailly 3 months ago. I won it on E-bay. I dont see how people can afford the new CPU's.

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[Rugger]

What type of financial pressure?! When I think of one company placing pressure on another I think of the old price wars....what kind of pressure that would not cause price drops?

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[Rugger]

I hate that new naming system for Intel! You say 550 or 600 and I'm thinking "whatever the hell that means." There's got to be a better way to compare performance between the chips. I guess the best way will be thru sites like Toms' that do performance reviews/testing.

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[mozzartusm]

I dont like it either, and it confuses the hell out of me that my 3.4 is a 550. As for the reviewers, I definetly read the reviews, but when it comes to the newer technology I only will put a certain amount of faith into what they say.

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[Rugger]

Gonna have to look at all reviews skeptically...the review sites will need different AMD/Intel bubbas to properly setup the rigs and bench. Benchmarks will gain precedence, but the companies can somewhat fudge/tweak for major/common benchmarks. Very frustrating! 😡 I just want to be able to take the two products, compare them and figure out which has the best price/performance for my needs...

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[endyen]

Intel has dropped the bottum out of the flash memory market, by selling at a loss. It is usually a profitable division for Amd. If Intel sustains the low prices, Amd will be back in the red ink again.
For Intel, it's a small unimportant product, but they can use it to hurt Amd's profitability, and so keep preasure on them.

 

[Rugger]

Aha! AMD being limited in products and Intel being very diverse! Thank you!

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