AMD drops Phenom price to that of X2s

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited December 2007 in Science & Tech
<p>In order to repair the significant missteps undertaken in the Phenom launch, AMD has <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/17/amd-dons-santa-cap">bombarded the channel</a> with notifications that the Phenom can be purchased for the price of a lowly X2 CPU. From Planet 3D Now comes word that the 9500, 9600 and 9600 Black Edition (Which is unlocked), are the first up on the chopping block.</p>
<p>Auf Englisch:
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<blockquote>According to this message received just before Christmas and without mentioning prices, the Phenom 9500, 9600 and 9600 Black Edition have had their prices dropped to the X2 region. In comparison, the existing top model from AMD, the Athlon 64 X2 6400+ is just around 143 euros.</blockquote>
<p>However, the rest of the article ist geschrieben auf Deutsch. Grab your translators.</p>

Comments

  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    This is a public service announcement:

    translate.google.com

    That is all.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    AMD has bombarded the channel with notifications that the Phenom can be purchased for the price of a lowly X2 CPU
    Good move, unless of course, the notification bombardment is not followed by product bombardment.
    ist geschrieben auf Deutsch
    Minor correction, Sir. It should read, "ist auf Deutsch geschrieben." (throw the main verb to the end)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    No one wants a Phenom anyways.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    If the retail Phenom prices will be close to X2 prices, I think many people would be very happy to purchase a Phenom, regardless of the clock speed.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    Most people who are looking into Phenom are gamers/enthusiasts, and the X2s are pretty much faster.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    So if I have a 5000+ right now, on a socket am2 board - would any phenom be worth the upgrade?
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    primesuspect wrote:
    So if I have a 5000+ right now, on a socket am2 board - would any phenom be worth the upgrade?

    ebay

    then get intel

    that is all
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    Not for gaming, really. It'd be a crapshoot.

    Photoshop would be faster. :(
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    Extreme multitasking would be faster. Faster, that is, if you could actually keep several intense applications engaged on one PC simultaneously.

    Goes with saying also, Folding@Home would see much better production. But then, the SMP core is designed for multi-core.
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