Opteron same price as 3200

The Opreton 140,142 and 144 processors and motherboards are available at last here in the uk. And much to my surprise, the 144, 1.8ghz cpu is the same price as the 3200 barton. This indicates that when the A64 arrives, it will be priced sensibly, possibly with the 2ghz at about £350 or lower.
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I.E its not gonna cost the same stupid ammount as when the 3200 came out, £400! The opteron is more expensive to make at the moment isnt it? Look at the athlon mp, its always been about 50% higher price compared to the xp. And its not fair to compare the opteron and the xp on its mhz rating alone.

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Yeah I saw that too...hopefully and most probably it means that the Athlon 64 will be priced nicely when it arrives.

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