still have nothing on Intel processors... a quick google and few benchmarks of their Phenom II line will confirm that... but it is good that they have gained ground...
because it has only made intel processors cheaper... =D
Intel cuts prices by up to 48 percent
Summary
Price cuts have been applied to many Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Pentium, Celeron and Xeon chips, as the company gears up to compete with rival AMD.
Topics
Intel on Monday cut the prices of many of its mainstream processors, with some of the cuts lopping off as much as 48 percent.
The prices of five different versions of the Intel Core 2 Quad processor were cut by as much as 40 percent, with the 3GHz Q9850 dropping from $530 (£380) to $316. Meanwhile the 2.33GHz Q8200 dropped in price by 16 percent, from $193 to $163.
The Pentium Dual Core processor line also saw price cuts, with the 2.5GHz E5200 chipset having a cut of 24 percent from $84 to $64.
Mobile Celeron processors saw the biggest single fall, with the 2.26GHz Celeron 570 dropping by 48 percent from $134 to $70. Four other chips in the range had smaller but still substantial cuts, ranging from 19 percent to 35 percent.
Other ranges saw more limited cuts. Only one out of the eight Core 2 Duo chipsets, for example, saw a price cut.
Intel's price cuts had been expected because of last year's introduction of AMD's Phenom II and Shanghai processors, which have been gaining ground against Intel's processors in the gaming market and the mainstream systems market. The Shanghai processor has been adopted by large companies such as IBM, HP, Fujitsu, Dell and Sun.
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Core2uu20th Jan 2009 -
Meh...
AMD lost the faith awhile back when hector ruiz decided they were too good to reverse engineer intel's chip. Intel is far and away a better processor now.
Spiritusindomit@...20th Jan 2009 -
Dbl Meh
"Intel is far and away a better processor now." is only a true statement when looking at the latest Intel CPU versus the latest AMD CPU. A price/performance comparison, however, will reveal that you can buy a better AMD CPU for the same money expended on an Intel CPU, which is why Intel is lowering prices. They can't compete in the value market - and right now - in tight economy where business/consumers are looking for the best bang for the buck, AMD is clearly the winner.
startx.jeff21st Jan 2009 -
Indeed
Last year i updated my computer, the intel alternative was pretty expensive, not just the motherboard, also the cpu.
magallanes22nd Jan 2009 -
RE: Intel cuts prices by up to 48 percent
That's great news as it will certainly increase more customers who go for cheap and best quality brands.
Kapil Pahwa20th Jan 2009 -
RE: Intel cuts prices by up to 48 percent
Please Send Indian Price Of all Product
neerajrai22nd Jan 2009
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