In a bold move to regain some lost market share from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intel Corp. is planning to cut its Pentium processor prices by as much as 60 percent. The price cuts are set to take place on July 23.
Last quarter AMD increased its market share to 20 percent. This is the first time AMD has seen market shares this high in more than four years. With Dell now buying AMD processors in addition to Intel processors, Intel may be in for some lower numbers, at least until Conroe hits the shelves.
Intel, being aggressive about their market share, has decided to cut back prices on their higher end dual-core chips by 15 percent. Lower end Pentium processors will see price cuts by 60 percent. This may also provide Intel with the avenue to get rid of some older processors to make way for its much anticipated Conroe core.
As expected, AMD also hinted that they would be cutting prices to follow Intel, though not quite as much. Though AMD is not ready to start a price war, this should be a win-win situation for the consumer.
News source: Bloomberg.com
Last quarter AMD increased its market share to 20 percent. This is the first time AMD has seen market shares this high in more than four years. With Dell now buying AMD processors in addition to Intel processors, Intel may be in for some lower numbers, at least until Conroe hits the shelves.
Intel, being aggressive about their market share, has decided to cut back prices on their higher end dual-core chips by 15 percent. Lower end Pentium processors will see price cuts by 60 percent. This may also provide Intel with the avenue to get rid of some older processors to make way for its much anticipated Conroe core.
As expected, AMD also hinted that they would be cutting prices to follow Intel, though not quite as much. Though AMD is not ready to start a price war, this should be a win-win situation for the consumer.
News source: Bloomberg.com
I hope prices come down when it's time to upgrade for Vista. I need to upgrade my entire PC thanks to this DX10, PCIe, DDR2 shenanigans.
2) People who buy an OEM machine.
3) People who need a PC right now and can't wait.
4) People who prefer Intel over AMD.
5) People who cannot afford Conroe.
6) People looking to get a good deal.
7) People get/give a PC/Processor as a present.
I could go on, but is that enough reasons for ya?
I can no longer recommend the AMD x2 on the bang for the buck deal that they once were.
Okay, people who will buy a p4 are people who are either a.) short on money and doesn't care about power usage, B.) who needs to buy computers right now in large batches. (for a discount with an OEM manufacture)
Personally, I've been quite upset with p4 machines, because my school has them, and whenever people are editiing their videos or doing something CPU intensive, the fuse supplying power to the computers would jump causing a whole bunch of computers to shut off instantly, and causing people to lose their unsaved work. This problem has only occured since the school switch from celeron machines to p4 5xx machines.
Just because intel is cutting the retail price of these processors, doesn't mean that big OEM manufacturers will get them at the discounted rate, and even if they do, OEM won't pass much savings to the consumer.
(Also, 5,6 are pretty much the same, and 4 doesn't apply unless 3 is true)
Intel is dropping their pentium line of processors... that not something that happens everyday
Yep. Quad-core Kentsfields, Q1 next year. That's only seven months away.
Every 2-3 months, either Intel or AMD is ahead in price/performance. Expect the Crown (or yellow jersey) to change hands several times over the course of the next two years or so.
This is nothing special. Just the ebb and flow of competition that characterizes this market.
The upshot of all this means high-quality gear from both AMD and Intel. So expect to get yer ass kissed by sweet hardware at equally sweet deals from both companies.
Okay... so they're clearing out underperforming and overheating crap processors (just before the introduction of the core 2 processors)... who in the right mind would build a p4 box now a days anyways? Especially when core 2 duo/solo is just around the corner.
you're a moron, ill leave it at that
the fuse supplying power to the computers would jump causing a whole bunch of computers to shut off instantly, and causing people to lose their unsaved work. This problem has only occured since the school switch from celeron machines to p4 5xx machines
ya i know, my p4 causes the lights in my house to dim and sometimes the power goes out causing my vcr to reset and then i'd have to program the clock again, i swear its possessed. one time it knocked out power in 10 mile radius because i was editing some text in ms word. btw i heart sarcasm
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=464918&hl=
B.) I am not lying. If you want, I can give you my school admin's email and you can ask him. He is not in least thrilled about the issue.
B.) I am not lying. If you want, I can give you my school admin's email and you can ask him. He is not in least thrilled about the issue.
The PSU is good because it's from a OEM? Wow isn't that a oxymoron?
Oh yeah the problem you are describing with the P4's and your school sounds more like the power circuit is being overloaded, yeah maybe its because the P4's need more power but you can't really say that they are a bad processor because of that.
To say someone is a idiot because they would build a box with a P4 is probably the biggest sign that your a idiot. Computers have more uses then gaming rigs and video editing.
PSU is okay because it's from an OEM. An OEM manufacturer supplies thousands of computers to various corporations, schools, communties, and private individuals. Thus, the PSU has to be reliable enough so the machines would not get returned to the OEM.
Yes, you can. Believe it or not, rewiring the building just so you can have p4 computers running is considered an unnessasary expense. When you buy computers, power usuage is not usually something that people worry about, expecially when they already have machines running flawlessly there before.
I never explictly said that only idiots would build a box with p4. And I have elaboratly explained my opinion later on.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32304
A.) The PSU on these machines are fine, because these machines are from an OEM manufacturer.
B.) I am not lying. If you want, I can give you my school admin's email and you can ask him. He is not in least thrilled about the issue.
yeah what is his email so i can tell him he doesnt know sh*t about pcs. something tells me all you have at school is one wall outlet with a power strip on it and have 20 comps hooked into it
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