First the graph of the price performance is not real informative. They had all the data they just needed to add it to the graph. It really needs to be a scatter plot of performance and price/performance. That way you may be able to target a region of the graph based on your application.
Exactly...after all the title is The Right Desktop Processor: CPU Price/Performance
None of their graphs took price in to consideration. I had to cross-reference with the price table at the beginning of the article.
In theory your idea is good, but what I found in practice is that upgrading is usually not worth it. To use a simple example of the past 2 years, we have experienced faster hard drive interfaces, faster video card interface, and possibly faster FSB and memory. With all these changes, a faster processor will only take you so far and the processor is likely not the limiting factor of your system.
Also, if you plan to upgrade later you are essentially buying 2 processors...and for that price you might have been able to buy the better processor in the first place and get more use out of it.
Bottom line, planning to upgrade is not always worth it. Most of us probably love to tinker and will take the upgrade route anyway...even though it might not be the most cost effective.
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Exactly...after all the title is The Right Desktop Processor: CPU Price/Performance
None of their graphs took price in to consideration. I had to cross-reference with the price table at the beginning of the article.
Also, if you plan to upgrade later you are essentially buying 2 processors...and for that price you might have been able to buy the better processor in the first place and get more use out of it.
Bottom line, planning to upgrade is not always worth it. Most of us probably love to tinker and will take the upgrade route anyway...even though it might not be the most cost effective.