AMD is $$$

[Zebo]

Check this out, 1200 bones for an OEM processor
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-492&depa=1

Well you do get a free shirt:roll:

 

[Jeff7181]

That's newegg's doing... ZZF's price is more reasonable.

 

[Zebo]

OOS

 

[Jeff7181]

??? Newegg jacked the price up because they have them for sale and not many people do... I haven't looked, but I seriously doubt the MSRP is $1200.

 

[Zebo]

All I know is I miss $44 tbreds. AMD gettin uppity.

 

[btbam]

whats so great about it to be so damn expsensive...It's "only" 2.6ghz

kids are getting 2.6 out of 3200's and such, right?

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: btbam
whats so great about it to be so damn expsensive...It's "only" 2.6ghz

kids are getting 2.6 out of 3200's and such, right?

Supply and demand.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181


Supply and demand.

Well of course..

Hey everybody AMD sux. Don't buy them.

 

[zakee00]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Check this out, 1200 bones for an OEM processor
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-492&depa=1

Well you do get a free shirt:roll:

uh...what do you expect to pay for a top of the line processor these days?
NEVER buy top of the line..always a few steps down.
EDIT: :roll:
^link

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: zakee00

Originally posted by: Zebo
Check this out, 1200 bones for an OEM processor
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-492&depa=1

Well you do get a free shirt:roll:

uh...what do you expect to pay for a top of the line processor these days?
NEVER buy top of the line..always a few steps down.
EDIT: :roll:
^link

Did you read the first review in the list about the 3.46EE? It will "pwn" the FX-55... AND it's cheaper! What a deal! LOL

 

[Mucker]

Join the bidding here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...0&item=6741181437&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Only $900......a fool and their money are soon parted......

m

 

[zakee00]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: zakee00

Originally posted by: Zebo
Check this out, 1200 bones for an OEM processor
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-492&depa=1

Well you do get a free shirt:roll:

uh...what do you expect to pay for a top of the line processor these days?
NEVER buy top of the line..always a few steps down.
EDIT: :roll:
^link

Did you read the first review in the list about the 3.46EE? It will "pwn" the FX-55... AND it's cheaper! What a deal! LOL

 

[christopherzombie]

You can find a retail FX-55 for around $950, try:

atacom A64 FX CPUs

 

[richardrds]

No Thanks, I think i will be happy for a while with my $150 3000+ Winnie OCed to 2.5Ghz which puts it between 4000+/FX53 and FX55 performance wise.

And don't use the argument that i could OC a FX55 even higher if i bought one, because anyone foolish enough to spend that much money on a CPU is not smart enough to OverClock it, LOL!!!

 

[darknodin]

3.46EE???? its slower than everything but an A64 3000+ in half-life 2... actually slower than the prescott 3.8... and its not cheaper than the FX-55

 

[Swanny]

The FX (and EE) lines are not aimed at people worried about money. I think if you look at the Athlon 64 and Sempron lines you'll fine that they still offer a lot of bang for the buck.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Originally posted by: richardrds
No Thanks, I think i will be happy for a while with my $150 3000+ Winnie OCed to 2.5Ghz which puts it between 4000+/FX53 and FX55 performance wise.

And don't use the argument that i could OC a FX55 even higher if i bought one, because anyone foolish enough to spend that much money on a CPU is not smart enough to OverClock it, LOL!!!

I agree they aren't worth the big bucks. But I was rather jealous a few weeks ago when I helped a guy clock one to 3150mhz on premium air cooling.

 

[Leper Messiah]

arent 3.46EEs like $1450? and you have to buy DDR2, PCI-E, etc...I think I'll stick with my 3200+ CH for now though, oc'd @2.35, its almost as good as a fx-53....

 

[Hyperlite]

Originally posted by: darknodin
3.46EE???? its slower than everything but an A64 3000+ in half-life 2... actually slower than the prescott 3.8... and its not cheaper than the FX-55

I think he was kidding...

 

[gobucks]

i agree with richardrds, just grab a decent winchester and overclock away. My CPU is at 2.5GHz right now, so are you really willing to pay like 800% more for 100MHz higher clockspeed? Anyways, I've never read a review of the P4EE that didn't come to the conclusion that they were overpriced and slower than the FX in most apps, especially gaming, and I've read like 5 reviews of it. While the P4 is fast, it's certainly not as fast as its competition, and it is, in fact, often slower than faster P4s, and in games it can be faster than the entire A64 line (although, that's indicative of much of the P4 line). As for the rest of AMD's chips, you'll see they are cheaper than comparable P4s - 3000+ is $155 versus $178, 3200+ is $190 versus $218, etc.

The universal rule I've seen from AMD is that no matter their situation, you will ALWAYS get more for your money by going AMD. When AMD has the performance lead, like with Athlon Tbird and currently, pricing has been on parity or lower than Intel, while giving better performance. Even when AMD was behind with the later Athlon XP, prices were so low that it made up for it and was still a better value to go AMD.

 

[Zebo]

Guys I have a hard time paying over $100 for a prcessor so don't worry about me buying this. Hell they only cost $20 to make!!! Just AMD getting all crazy on us, and certainly no more $44 Tbreds like the good ole days. This processor supposed to costs $800 now I see $1200... nevermind the fact 4000 and 3800's also costs so much. AMD needs to come down on those two as well.

The FX (and EE) lines are not aimed at people worried about money.

very true...just ranting..

 

[VIAN]

What did you expect!

 

[Showtime]

Zebo,

You have to also factor in engineering r&d, advertising, shipping, distribution and dealer markups to production cost. Those things don't justify neweggs price. Eggs price is that high because of supply and demand and their "good reputation." I hope newegg figures out that everytime they gouge like that, a loyal customer will go find the product and other things elsewhere. I saved $5x.xx for 64 combo (64 3000+/dfi nf4) at monarch after taxes, etc. I also got a couple games/dl's for free that I plan to sell to get some more back.

The FX55, etc are for that certain geek. Im sure most people with decent incomes could save up or just order one. For me I want most of the performance at a fraction of the cost.

-show

 

[imported_Soldier]

Originally posted by: Zebo
This processor supposed to costs $800 now I see $1200... nevermind the fact 4000 and 3800's also costs so much. AMD needs to come down on those two as well.

That's not AMD, that's the retailer...it's called gouging and AMD has nothing to do with it. It's really no different than the rediculous prices out there for X800 XTPE and 6800 Ultras...hardly anyone sells at suggested retail because they fly off the shelves.

I still think AMD is way ahead of Intel in the price/performance area; consider the P4 3.4 selling for 311.00 dollars vs the socket 754 3400 selling for 219.00, we all know even the socket 754 3400 will absolutely own that P4 3.4 in anything. Even OC'd the P4 would be hard pressed to stand against the 3400 at stock speeds in gaming...and thats not even a socket 939 chip.

 

[JNav89GT]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Guys I have a hard time paying over $100 for a prcessor so don't worry about me buying this. Hell they only cost $20 to make!!! Just AMD getting all crazy on us, and certainly no more $44 Tbreds like the good ole days. This processor supposed to costs $800 now I see $1200... nevermind the fact 4000 and 3800's also costs so much. AMD needs to come down on those two as well.

The FX (and EE) lines are not aimed at people worried about money.

very true...just ranting..

Well at the time of the $$$44 tbred/tbird Intel was in drivers seat in many ways. Now AMD holds crown and if you don't remember back when Slot A first hit, low end slot A chips were $150-200 each. That is really where chipmakers like their ASP(average selling prices to be). Sure we as consumers like cheap hardware, but the companies have to stay in business and selling $44 tbreds makes company bleed $ and stock prices to plummet.

If you are seriously in market for new CPU/mobo, look at what $400-600 buys you between INtel/AMD for cpu and mobo and then come back and complain about how AMD sucks. Especially after you see the dismal gaming performance of the P4 compared to what you could get with AMD $ for $. Intel P4 has advantages in some areas too, so don't think I'm here to bash Intel. It's just not a simple argument anymore like it was in days past were the fastest cpu was the fastest cpu period. Now we have divergent paths on which programs either need strong FPU or fast integer operations. Choose your poison wisely and you'll be happy either way.