Those were the days when we payed 1000$ for a processor

[Gomce]

http://www4.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q3/000828/athlon-01.html

Created:
August 28, 2000

Finally there is one more reason to favor AMD's new processor - the price. I already mentioned that I found Athlon 1100 at PriceWatch. With 719 US-Dollars it's almost $250 cheaper than the best offer for a Pentium III 1 GHz at US$ 962! I guess it's needless to add that no retailer in the world is selling a Pentium III 1.13 GHz. This miraculous piece of, excuse me, silicon-trash only ships in a few OEM boxes for the gentleman who's got really everything, even the silver telephone dialer.

 

[TeflonMan1]

I remember my friend having to take out a loan for his Athlon 700 supercomputer he build a few years ago. He payed around 700+ dollars and in a few months it was selling for 200. Ahhh thats why i always stay behind the technology curve.

 

[Rand]

Go back to the days of the Pentium II or classic Pentium and the top of the line Intel processor was always priced at about $1100 upon release.

 

[cmaMath13]

It is hard to believe that cpu's cost that much. The most I paid for an individual cpu was for a P3 650MHz. I paid just over $600 and it was one of the slower Intel cpu's at that time. Now the top Intel cpu can be purchased for under $600 and the top AMD cpu for under $350. It almost makes upgrade not as much fun (it use to be a major commitment) and being a "power-user" is much less expensive.

But, I am not complaining.

 

[Gomce]

yes, but if we didn't pay that much then, we wouldn't have been here now

 

[AA0]

The cost to manufacturer a cpu is quite minimal, the fab plant and the design phase costs a fortune though. Since they are selling far more cpus then before, prices should come down. That and intel has always been ripping you off.

 

[Bovinicus]

Those were the days? You make it sound like a good thing, heh. Also, didn't the 2.2GHz Northwood debut at over $700?

 

[avedis]

I paid around $1000 for an Intel 8088 @ 4.7 MHz hehehe

I must be old.

 

[Jen]

i remember when a Atari 800xl computer cost 1500 dollars.........and the guy selling it had a big smile.........



Jen

 

[AGodspeed]

Those were the days? You make it sound like a good thing, heh. Also, didn't the 2.2GHz Northwood debut at over $700?

It debuted at well over $600.

 

[johndoe52]

Who'd believe that a couple years later we'd be buying processors at twice the speed at half the price.

 

[HamSupLo]

I need a time machine and a boatload of Pentium 100 chips

 

[Rand]

<< I need a time machine and a boatload of Pentium 100 chips >>



Well if we are talking about going into the past why limit yourself to a Pentium 100?
If I recall correctly there were a few modified 8008's @ 108KHz available in the market at about 1973.
Grab a couple of those and go back in time.

Oh hell, I'd love a few of those now... that would be a damn nice collectors item!

108KHz to the 2.2GHz available today.... christ even the 286 would be roughly 600X as powerful as that.

 

[Ender]

Did people celebrate when they went over the MHz barrier?

That would have been funny to see.. knowing the future to come would bring many new surprises..
Too bad we don't have a time machine, wonder what would happen if I took a 2.2ghz Northwood processor to Intel in the early 70's.. if they were up and running, of course, they would have payed billions of dollars for a chip like that

Imagine if they did have a 2.2ghz processor in the 70's. We would have like thz computers right now, damn that would rock.

 

[ShawnTech]

here in Canada we still do
INTEL® PENTIUM® IV PGA478 RETAIL P4 2.2 GHZ 400MHZ FSB (NO MEMORY) $1,100.00

but that is because a Canadian dollar is 2/3 a US dollar and only a retard would buy an Intel at what they are charging

 

[Rand]

<<
Too bad we don't have a time machine, wonder what would happen if I took a 2.2ghz Northwood processor to Intel in the early 70's.. if they were up and running, of course, they would have payed billions of dollars for a chip like that
>>



The fabrication processes of the time would never have allowed them to make it even if they had the technology, so it would have been a one of a kind processor... they'd have never been able to market it. Besides, X86 code wasnt existent in 1971... so what do u think the NW would run?!





<< here in Canada we still do >>



Here in Canada I once bought an Intel Pentium 120MHz for almost $1500 Canadian.

 

[DARRIN]

The most I ever payed was $350 for an AMD 700MHz.

 

[Mitzi]

<< wonder what would happen if I took a 2.2ghz Northwood processor to Intel in the early 70's.. if they were up and running, of course, they would have payed billions of dollars for a chip like that >>



Why demand billions when we can have.... millions!

Sorry, couldn't resist - Austin Powers quote!

 

[sharkeeper]

Problem is proportional speed increases aren't nearly as large as they were six years ago. For example, in January, 1996 the fastest cpu was the Intel Pentium 166 MHz. By the summer they had a 200. Today's fastest AMD processor runs at 1667 (XP 2000+) and the next step will be far short of 2000. (actual MHz) Going from a Pentium IV 1.4 GHz to 1.7 GHz may seem like a big deal, but back in 1996 overclockers were taking their 166's to 200! Did a 200 seem that much faster than a 166? Not really. Price gap was the same as well.

If you're using a 1.0 GHz cpu now and decide to upgrade to a 1.5 GHz cpu that's a proportional increase as going from the Pentium 100 to 150. Of course the 150 was kind of backpedaling because of its 60 MHz bus, but that's really not the point. The next stage of computing power won't come until the GHz race takes off like the 100 MHz race did in 1998. It's a tough call to see if Mr. Moore can hold out for these next 18 months. I for one would like to see 5, 10, and 20 GHz processors with wide and fast memory buses.

Cheers!

 

[Gomce]

I kind of doubt the validity of the proportion 166:200=1666:2000 although it is mathematically correct.

And for the people saying what would happen if the go back in time with bunch of 2.2 Ghz processors, well although this is diverging to off topic but still... I think the technology has its path of evolution, people and industry slowly adopt to the standards and accept them, simple analogy, what will happen if some guy from the future comes here with his water powered car and say: In the future after the oil depletes you will all use water, here is the engine study it now and skip all the remaining years of oil use and start using water now !? He will be slathered in worst possible way by the oil magnates and people will call him full, idiot, insane..etc. you know what I mean, people adopt to technology and vice versa

 

[Danlz]

Oh man, you make me feel better now! For years I carried the guilt of paying $600 for a 200MHz screamer. Now I'm just a clam bottom fishing in the $50 tide pool and couldn't be any happier..thanks!

 

[swanky]

"Who'd believe that a couple years later we'd be buying processors at twice the speed at half the price. "


Moore

 

[ShawnTech]

<<

<< here in Canada we still do >>



Here in Canada I once bought an Intel Pentium 120MHz for almost $1500 Canadian. >>


actually that is what my P1 120 cost me, real dollars
P1 classic 120mhz
Sis mobo of some sort
64mb ram (holy crap was that a lot back then!)
1gb hdd (COLOSSAL! at the time that is)
4x CD (that computer went through 3 CD ROMS. it was hard on them for some reason)

 

[JC]

The highest priced processor I can remember was the Pentium II-300, which debuted at $1981. Can you say, grab your ankles and say Intel?
Of course, that was before AMD was a real threat to Intel. They could never intro a CPU at that kind of stratospheric price again.

JC

 

[Syntax]

Motarola 68030 @ 25 Mhz For Amiga 2500 !! Now that was an upgrade from the 68000 @ 7.5 Mhz!! Those boards were going for $1000. Good thing there is WinAUE !!