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AMD has officially released new Phenom II processors in both triple and quad core flavors and priced them to undercut Intel's Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad lines.

The Phenom II X4 quad core parts run at 2.6GHz (model 810)and 2.8GHz (model 920) and are priced $175 and $195 respectively. Performance-wise the 810 is slightly faster than Intel's Core 2 Quad Q8200 and comes in at only $5 more.
Both the Phenom II X3 and X4 processors use 45nm architecture and all except the 920 have a TDP of 95W (the 920 has a TDP of 125W).
AMD's price list can be viewed here.