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AMD One-Ups Intel With Cheap Desktop Chips

Posted by samzenpus on from the price-war dept.

CWmike writes "Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday announced inexpensive desktop microprocessors with up to six cores to put pricing pressure on rival Intel. AMD's new chips include the fastest AMD Phenom II X6 1075T six-core processor, which is priced 'under $250' for 1,000 units, AMD said. AMD also introduced a range of dual-core and quad-core Athlon II and Phenom II desktop microprocessors priced between $76 and $185. By comparison, Intel's cheapest six-core processor is the Core i7-970 processor, which is priced at $885 per 1,000 units, according to a price list on Intel's website."

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  1. Re:That would be all nice and dandy if only... by joss · · Score: 5, Funny

    Motorcycles, trucks... hmm, your analogy is nearly there, but there's something missing, I can't quite put my finger on it..

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  2. Re:I like AMD by smash · · Score: 2, Funny

    SLI = something else. I forget the company, probably gone bust now. Chipset vendor from the late 90s onwards...

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  3. Re:? Do you really think Intels are 4x faster by somersault · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you buy a 200euro amd you get the best bang for your buck. If you buy a 800 euro Intel you get more bang but pay more bucks per bang.

    That's all very well, but how many bangs could a bangbuck buck if a bangbuck could bang bucks?

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  4. Re:a tip on buying AMD processors by zippthorne · · Score: 3, Funny

    What tools are you using to determine that on-die cache is the bottleneck for your usage?

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  5. Overclocked, Intel and AMD have similar price by viking80 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have built systems for quite a few years, and it seems like you can overclock the hell out of intel chips using just good air coolers while AMD pretty much are running at peak speed. Both regarding heat and not crashing.

    Built a dual core core 2 Duo 1.83GHz. It is running stable at 3.5GHz.
    Intels 32nm i5-650 3.2GHz easily overclocks to 4.7GHz (not sure if stable yet)

    If you compare Intel with AMD after you take this headroom into account, intel is on par with if not more cost effective than AMD.

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  6. Re:Where are they buying their processors at? by gravis777 · · Score: 2, Funny

    DANG IT! That's what I get for getting on Slashdot at 6:30 in the morning. Meant Intels are FASTER, not cheaper!

  7. Re:The money I saved I bought a SSD by Issarlk · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you had bought an *Intel* SSD it would boot in 10 seconds!