AM2 Pricing... WTF!?

[CompGeek]

http://www.kmelektronik.de/main_site/main.php?action=ShopOverview&MID=5&GID=31
Heh talk about a rip off.
For those who don't know an euro values more than an US buck.
Hopefully they'll go down. Though until Conroe they'll probably stay at this level. They'd need at least a 35% price reduction to be cost efficient.

 

[FITCamaro]

Considering they're not even out yet, what makes you think thats what the cost is going to be.

 

[danizaken]

Now that AM2 will be out soon, it'd be a good time to buy 939's top of the line offering :twisted:

 

[CompGeek]

Well they'll be out in one month at most. These must be prerelease prices.

 

[TechnologyCoordinator]

One thing that AMD really needs is a value priced dual-core solution. Intel has has sub $200 dual-core processors. The cheapest dual-core offering from AMD is the Athlon 64 X2 3800+ which sells for $297 on NewEgg.

I agree that when Core 2 Duo (Conroe / Merom) comes out the heat will be on AMD. If AMD cannot make a better product than Core 2 Duo it will be forced to make better priced products.

 

[FITCamaro]

Well I guess if nothing else at least AMDs product won't have a retarded name.

Core 2 Duo? Why not just Core Duo 2 or Core 2? Core 2 Duo is redundant. People will be like "So its two of two something?"

Would be like AMD calling the AM2 dual cores AMD Athlon 2 X2.

 

[Ycon]

I dont remember... ehh... who had the P-Rating?

 

[MrsD]

The prices are figured by how well the product fairs against the competition at the given time. If AM2 is released first then the prices will be high. When Conroe is released and it lives up to its hype and puts Intel back on top, then yippeeee, the AMD's will be the cheaper processor again, which is fine with me cause thats what put AMD where it is today, a cheaper, well perfoming alternative.

 

[gOJDO]

Well I guess if nothing else at least AMDs product won't have a retarded name.

Core 2 Duo? Why not just Core Duo 2 or Core 2? Core 2 Duo is redundant. People will be like "So its two of two something?"

Would be like AMD calling the AM2 dual cores AMD Athlon 2 X2.

Core is the name of the architecture. The first generation of Core chips are Banias, Dothan and Yonah.
The extension Duo means that is dualcore, and Solo means that is singlecore CPU.
Core 2 is the second generation of Core architecture chips, just like it was the case with the Pentium.
Core 2 Duo, means second generation Core architecture dualcore CPU.

 

[gOJDO]

AND YES.....
WTF?!?!?!
3200+ 193euros?!??!?
what about DDR2-800 pricing?
ARghh....they are cutting down the branch, they are sitting on.

 

[Lateknight]

This is one of the first sites listing the new chips. They're bound to have a little 'novelty' surcharge added in for the fools with too much cash.
Hang fire for someone like newegg or overclockers to list them before flaming off.

 

[FITCamaro]

Core is the name of the architecture. The first generation of Core chips are Banias, Dothan and Yonah.
The extension Duo means that is dualcore, and Solo means that is singlecore CPU.
Core 2 is the second generation of Core architecture chips, just like it was the case with the Pentium.
Core 2 Duo, means second generation Core architecture dualcore CPU.

Wow you're a genius. You figure that out on your own.

It doesn't matter what it is. There's still something called good product naming. The current naming scheme sounds retarded. Core Duo 2 would make far more sense to people.

 

[WINDSHEAR]

gOJDO is smart... don't insult him