Why AMD should charge as much or MORE than Intel for CPUs

[WageSlave]

AMD needs TV commercials with catchy tunes, and colorful images...



period.

tv sells everthing, put a hot gurl in it, and AMD will sell like hotcakes

 

[Imdmn04]

AMD simply does not have the finicial backing to mass market their products as intel is doing

 

[Pabster]

Jerboy wrote:

"Intel is proven for reliability and even though here at AnandTech we have lots of AMD fan boys, Intel Pentium® processor is very common among mission critical users and many business users."

As is AMD. AMD Processors are used in the most mission criticial of areas on a daily basis. Insinuating anything else is both asinine and futile.

"Why does German steel cost more than Detroit steel? Detroit steel sure have more "performance"."

LOL. Maybe because it's imported? Ever hear of tariffs and taxes?

 

[dullard]

<< 1) Athlon XP performs better than the Pentium 4 in many applications, especially engineering and number crunching apps.
2) Intel is selling every Pentium 4 they make - manufacturers turn to the XP to help fill that demand, resulting in higher XP sales. If AMD sells the XP at a Pentium 4 price, manufacturers will still have to buy AMD chips and AMD will make a ton more money.
3) Issues like the thermal diode are being resolved. Quiet'n'cool technology on the new cores should put any further doubts to rest.
4) Non-enthusiasts equate price with quality. A higher priced Athlon will put AMD up there with Intel. It's high time AMD stopped marketing Athlon XP like a friggin' K6. :| >>


How about an argument more like this:

Here are top-of-the-line AMD prices picked randomly about 1 year apart.
"AMD-K6/233 processor is priced at $289" - AMD July 1997
"AMD-K6/300 processor ... priced at $246 " - AMD April 1998
"The 750MHz AMD Athlon processor is priced at $799 in 1,000 unit quantities." - AMD November 1999
"The 1.1GHz, 1GHz, 950MHz, 900MHz, 850 MHz, and 800 MHz AMD Athlon? processors are priced at $853, $612, $460, $350, $282, and $215 respectively" - AMD August 2000
"The 1.4 GHz AMD Athlon processor ... is priced at $253 in 1,000-unit quantities" - AMD June 2001

AMD had great profits in 1999 and 2000 with processors selling around $800. AMD did not make much profit in 2001 with processors selling around $250.

Conclusion: AMD needs to raise prices.

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Even intel isnt selling the cpu's at $800 a piece. No reason amd should. If they were the same price, I would definately buy a P4 over a amd.