Intel is going to have to slash more before I would consider a P4, even then I would want the 533Mhz FSB version with .09 micron core, which would most likely follow Intel's typical Flagship chip pricing and be somewhere around $1000 cdn anyway Price cuts never seem to help out the bleeding edge subscribers :cry:
The AMD T-bred will be based on the .13 core so should run cooler that the T-Bird and XP's before it. Now if AMD would drop the market driven CPU naming convention and just call a spade a spade, rather than a 2100+ XP (what Mhz speed was that again? ) :?
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The AMD T-bred will be based on the .13 core so should run cooler that the T-Bird and XP's before it. Now if AMD would drop the market driven CPU naming convention and just call a spade a spade, rather than a 2100+ XP (what Mhz speed was that again? ) :?
Intel cut prices on Pentium 4 and Pentium III chips for desktops and on several low-voltage mobile chips on Sunday by up to 32 percent to make way for new processors that will appear over the next few weeks, the company said.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker slashed prices on the 2.2GHz Pentium 4 by 25 percent, dropping it from $562 to $423, while it cut the price of the 2GHz Pentium 4 by 22 percent, sliding it from $364 to $284. The 1.2GHz Pentium III for desktops went from $241 to $163, a 32 percent decline.
In notebooks, the 866MHz and 850MHz "low voltage" Pentium IIIs dropped 24 percent to $241 each, while the 800MHz version dropped 18 percent to $198. Intel also cut prices on low-voltage Celerons.
Further cuts across Intel's desktop and mobile line are expected in the coming weeks, according to sources.
Rival Advanced Micro Devices also cut prices, but the official discounts have yet to be posted, a spokesman said. Like Intel, AMD will be unveiling new chips to the public soon.
Intel's cuts precede a major refresh to the Pentium 4 desktops. On May 6, the company will come out with a new version of the Pentium 4 as well as a new chipset for high-performance desktops. One chipset, the 850(e), will feature a 533MHz system bus--the main conduit between the processor and memory--that will deliver higher performance than the 400MHz system bus found on Pentium 4 computers today.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker slashed prices on the 2.2GHz Pentium 4 by 25 percent, dropping it from $562 to $423, while it cut the price of the 2GHz Pentium 4 by 22 percent, sliding it from $364 to $284. The 1.2GHz Pentium III for desktops went from $241 to $163, a 32 percent decline.
In notebooks, the 866MHz and 850MHz "low voltage" Pentium IIIs dropped 24 percent to $241 each, while the 800MHz version dropped 18 percent to $198. Intel also cut prices on low-voltage Celerons.
Further cuts across Intel's desktop and mobile line are expected in the coming weeks, according to sources.
Rival Advanced Micro Devices also cut prices, but the official discounts have yet to be posted, a spokesman said. Like Intel, AMD will be unveiling new chips to the public soon.
Intel's cuts precede a major refresh to the Pentium 4 desktops. On May 6, the company will come out with a new version of the Pentium 4 as well as a new chipset for high-performance desktops. One chipset, the 850(e), will feature a 533MHz system bus--the main conduit between the processor and memory--that will deliver higher performance than the 400MHz system bus found on Pentium 4 computers today.
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