AMD DROPS PRICES 6TH JUNE

[FreeFrag]

Our supplier told us that AMD is dropping prices today, so if you are planning to get an AMD, hold off until the prices come down.
This is in Oz, dont know about elsewhere.

 

[DaejangNim]

how big will the drop be?

 

[AkumaX]

big enuff to fsck over intel.. AGAIN...

 

[narzy]

The Reason for the price drop (look at the chipset)

 

[FreeFrag]

I dont know how much the drop will be...we should see soon tho!

 

[gizbug]

So you are saying on 6/6/01 we will see price drops in all AMD Thunderbird processors?

Im looking at pricewatch, will let you know if i see something significant

 

[DaejangNim]

is there a chance they'll drop duron prices again, now some places its $29 for a 750, how much cheaper could it get?

 

[FreeFrag]

Well look, the 1.2Ghz C TBird was AU$330 yesterday, but our supplier said wait until tomorrow because they will be cheaper.

I agree DaejangNim, how much cheaper CAN the Durons get?

 

[gizbug]

Duron is liek a celeron , right? Lacks the cache of the Athlon (in the celerons case, lacks the cache of the p3) ?

 

[heffe734]

Looks like AMD is clearing the path for the Palominos...

 

[FreeFrag]

Gizbug, yes, The duron is the AMD equivalent of Intels Cellerys. Although in some sitiations the Duron will beat a Pentium3/4. (My Duron900@1044 just beats a 1.5Ghz P4)

heffe734; thats what I thought! Bring 'em on!

 

[bonkers325]

oh my

 

[RobsTV]

No, AMD's Duron to the T-Bird is nothing like a Celeron to a PIII.
A Celeron is a castrated chip from Intel, and runs nothing like a PIII.
A Duron is using a smaller cache than the T-Bird, but otherwise, they are the same.
At same clocked speeds, a Duron will benchmark around 90% of what the T-Bird benches at.
At same clocked speeds, a Celeron will benchmark about 70% of what a PIII benches at.

Tom's site has a good comparison:
The Celeron Killer - AMD's New Duron Processor
Duron Is Not Castrated, Celeron Is
Comparison Between Duron and Celeron

 

[gizbug]

No sign of any significant price drops, and its 12pm EST =<

 

[Muerto]

narzy

WTF?! Is Intel making AMD chipsets now? How the f*ck did that happen?!

 

[Davegod75]

yeah what's the deal with that pic

 

[Peridium]

It doesn't look like the Athlon is really inserted into the socket though...

 

[Aboroth]

I'm guessing the processor died so they cut off the pins and set it on top of the socket to mess with our heads.

 

[deadkenny]

anyone ever heared of photoshop and a mask tool and a magic wand?

 

[Killrose]

Can't wait to get a Palomino. Hope to get at least a 1.5 gig.

 

[Karno]

I have order some stuff from this site and it has been good. I thought it was kind of odd that they have a 1ghz and 1.2ghz Palmino for sale. What do you think about this? http://www.spartantech.com/Items/cpus/AMDall.asp?orderID=8719676956718081235885

 

[Swanny]

Karno: That is kind of weird. But I would assume that AMD announced the server Palomino at the same time as the 760MP, so that probably just the server part. My computer has been down for a day and a half so I haven't been following press releases enough to know

 

[Dundain]

Well prices on the 1Ghz Thunderbird at www.newegg.com dropped about $8. Though its kinda odd that the 266mhz part is selling for less than the 200mhz part...hmm...

 

[FreeFrag]

Well, the 6th has been and gone...sorry about the false alarm people.

That pic with the AMD and an intel chipset was a joke