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will the barton xp2500's continue to drop in price?

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i've seen them hit $80, then $85, then $90, now $79 @ newegg.
seeing that the x86 AMD CPU's have pretty much reached then end of their life cycle, that means no more new CPU's to push their prices down.

think this is the bottom, or even worse, it'll go back up once supplies dry up?
 
everything always goes even lower.. but now it's very slow going, until the CPU's are impossible to find.. it will probably drop another $20 or more over - time... but it will be slow going from now on IMO.
 
i think from now on it may drop slightly, but it's getting near the point where it won't drop much more overall.
 
Don't expect any noticeable drops until the Socket 939 stuff hits (which may trigger many people to upgrade to a dual-channel A64), and even it may be slow. Even if AMD stops producing *new* AthlonXPs entirely (which will likely take more than a year), the resale market will be flooded with them for a looooong time to come.
 
Originally posted by: CraigRT
everything always goes even lower.. but now it's very slow going, until the CPU's are impossible to find.. it will probably drop another $20 or more over - time... but it will be slow going from now on IMO.
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Not everything always drops lower. Remember Geforce 3's after the Ti4200 became very affordable? Limited stocks and a relatively expensive production method kept the card at >$90. Or how about this: do you ever remember being able to find a Tbird 1.4c for under $120 after Palomino 1600+ chips sold for $140? The price really didn't drop much: small supply, expensive manufacturing, and still existing demand.
 
I think they may drop lower slowly I bought my 1700XP for 50 bucks. Though since these have more cache I doubt they will get that low probably about 70 or so. But time will tell.
 
Depends on how low you are talking about. I got my ABIT NF7-S for $90 and that is arguably one of the best boards for the xp.
 
Originally posted by: Rukkian
Depends on how low you are talking about. I got my ABIT NF7-S for $90 and that is arguably one of the best boards for the xp.
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Well worth the extra money for all the features the NF7-s offers :beer: As to 2500+ prices, it is still more for the retail than I paid for my 0313 back in April, or was it May?
 
Hrmm Newegg has the ABIT one for 93.00 and the Shuttle for 62.00 I guess I'll have to compare them.. they are both within the price range I was looking (under $100) but 62 is definately better than 93 IF there isnt much of a difference. Thanks for the input.
 
One more quick question: Newegg has the ABIT NF7-M for 1.00 more.. is that a better board than the NF7-S?
 
Breakdown:
NF7-M has no MCP-T (so it has no audio processor or firewire), but it has an integrated GF4 MX440.
NF7-S has everything but integrated graphics. Digital sound, USB2, SATA, etc.

The Shuttle is more basic since it has no SATA, MX440, audio processor, or firewire. It does have some basic sound and other basics such as USB2 though.
 
You'll probably see the lower-end Barton chips start to disappear as the faster chips drop in price. Eventually, the 3200+ will be all that remains -- at $50. (It'll take a couple of years.)

I'll bet thoroughbreds will be history by December. XP2500+ will be $55 by then, if not lower.

Cheap Athlon64s will keep the pressure on XP prices.
 
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
I'd say it may hit $75 in a few weeks and then stagnate a while.
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almost correct.
they hit $75 today.


the reason i think prices might not drop is because this is pretty much the end of the line for the x86 CPU's.
kind of like the GF3 Ti500's. even though the Ti4200 was superior in every way, the Ti500's held it's value because it was the top of the line GF3.
also, just like when the 1.4 Ghz Tbirds and XP1500/1600's came out, prices pretty much overlapped.
and the XP1700 dropped as low as $43 and now they're in the $50's.
 
AMD officially cut prices on XP yesterday. Their policy seems to be price parity with Celerons clocked at the equivalent PR rating (XP 2800+=Celeron 2.8 GHz price). A crazy deal because Celerys don't perform anything like as well.

Of course, there isn't a 3 or 3.2 GHz Celery yet so the higher XPs are not priced in this way. My bet is the higher XPs will edge down faster than the lower ones so the question becomes whether and if so how you plan to overclock these CPUs. With newer Bartons multiplier-locked, you need to focus on your likely maximum stable FSB.

 
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