Processor prices drop a bit.

[zoey]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/story.html?id=1046094434

I really thought AMD would be better for price/performance on the higher end chips but I guess not. Is AMD Suckering all the AMD fans in?

 

[rettahc]

First thing, Yeah the Bartons are a bit pricy.

Second thing, Half of that chat is comparing Celeron prices to AMD XP prices

Intel Celeron vs Athlon XP Current Official Pricing
Celeron 2.20GHz $103 Athlon XP 2200+ $107
Celeron 2.10GHz $89 Athlon XP 2100+ $92
Celeron 2.0GHz $83 Athlon XP 2000+ $81
Celeron 1.80GHz $69 Athlon XP 1800+ $67
Celeron 1.70GHz $54 Athlon XP 1700+ $54

you can't compare the two. The AMD XP chip are rated for comparison to pentium speeds. A 2.2Ghz Celeron doesn't stand a chance against a 2200+ XP . The whole second half of that chart was put together by an idiot who knows nothing about CPU's.

 

[zoey]

Originally posted by rettahc
First thing, Yeah the Bartons are a bit pricy.

Second thing, Half of that chat is comparing Celeron prices to AMD XP prices


you can't compare the two. The AMD XP chip are rated for comparison to pentium speeds. A 2.2Ghz Celeron doesn't stand a chance against a 2200+ XP . The whole second half of that chart was put together by an idiot who knows nothing about CPU's.

No, I was comparing the higher end chips, 2.6 and up

 

[dubstar]

oh my god, they killed athlons. YOU *******S!

Now I think I might build an Intel Machine instead.