Intel Price Cuts

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• yeah, $241 instead of $431 is somewhat signifigant! !!! : lijil
• Price Wars, Intel inflates it's prices bad anyways.. Good thing for us AMD is around. : *metal*

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  Doom III is going to be the reason for my PC upgrade. After this announcement I should be able to get s... : Draugluin
  • As soon as an Intel AGP 8x motherboard 533Mhz FSB turns up I'm upgrading. That'll probably be Q3. The ne... : koder
• I am upgrading before doom :) : pun][sher
• Doom III is calling my name. But I'll wait till I see the benchmarks before I start investing the $$$ :) : MarksmanX
• Same here, smart move. I would of had a 1.8ghz for the same price I can get a 2.4ghz now.... By the time... : *metal*

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  Rambus isn't that much more expensive than DDR now, check your prices. The Intel-based motherboards are... : jimmy-buffett
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    PC800 is not expensive anymore, but the 1066mhz stuff isnt cheap (and hard to get). : johnny rotten
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      well i bought a Dell Dimension 8200 laptop, so I just chose whatever ram came with it. I'm stoked to be ... : veggie
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        I'm about to pull the trigger on a Dell 8200 laptop this week, but I want to see if the prices come down... : Dechter
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          that things is SWEET for a laptop. I got mine for $2000 with the following: UXGA upgrade for free ( y... : veggie
          • Dude, your getting a Dell. *High Fives* : *metal*

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• Most brick and mortar retailers have a very small and limited supply of processors for this very reason. : Ben Barker

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  Oh they will, in a big way. The Clawhammer will again blow away the competition. : Wolfanoz
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    No it won't. Give me a valid reason with some evidence to clarify this comment. : sheep
    • This is just cool. We need more cuts like these. I'm so glad that this form of competition exists. : h0rus
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      there are a ton of articles about clawhammer on any of the tech sites. Do some research and eduacte you... : johnny rotten
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        Dude leave him alone. Until it's released and benchmarks are released we shall see who is better. Everyt... : MarksmanX
        • i get 300 fps with my gf3... : preacher
        • Whatever. If he's got it made up in his mind that the Hammer architecture is 2nd rate thats his problem... : johnny rotten
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        i thought it was just hammer and not clawhammer... : paynter
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          yeah yeah yeah my bad. Hammer is the architecture and server chip code name. Clawhammer is the desktop... : johnny rotten
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            So much for education, eh? : h0rus
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              Nah. I know the differences between the nomenclature (just as I know the design strengths of the archit... : johnny rotten
              • Man, that was a big typo. :) : h0rus
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            I thought hammer was the generic name referring to the line of CPU's kind of like pentium and the 2 CPU'... : UTSD3DSUCKS
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              I thought hammer was the generic name referring to the line of CPU's kind of like pentium Yes. Its t : johnny rotten
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                I wouldnt call Itanium a disaster...but definately not for the desktop sector. There is still at least o... : pimpium
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                  itanium is a dud in the server market as well, xeons are intels bread and butter there. Intels sell thr... : johnny rotten
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                    Itanium refers to McKinley as well which has not been released en mass yet. It is better than the first ... : pimpium
                    • yes, and MAYBE that will help. The current iteration has underachieved in both performance and sales. : johnny rotten
              • It's not even june yet. I was reffering to release date, not today's date. Thought that was a rat... : UTSD3DSUCKS
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  4 letters bitch. ;) : johnny rotten
  • oops that should be too h0rus... : johnny rotten

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• what mobo? : crazy ivan
• Asus Intel DBG850 is all i know about it. : kedz
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  more likely than not, you can go all the way up to the 2.53, but you may have to have a bios flash for t... : Aristo
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    Not knowing much about Intel boards, so first thing to check is if it has socket 423 or socket 478. If i... : -KC-
    • this is the big question, 423 or 478. Even if its a 478 board, I think the fastest you'll be able to go... : jimmy-buffett

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  Oh well, you can't hold out for every possible price cut, or you'll never buy anything, dude. =) : h0rus
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    true, but this looks like some pretty big price cuts. My stuff it coming tomorrow in the post, so I'm wo... : inchwide
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      What do you care? The 1900+ totally pwns the 2.2GHz, unless you wanna run a 533MHz FBS with that new-fan... : Zillax0rz
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        Ownz? Show a review with link. : h0rus
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          Pwns. It doesn't matter; would you rather shell out more money for a motherboard for identical/inferior ... : Zillax0rz
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            Maybe. I was just hoping that you'd back up that comment. Obviously I care about competition, since ... : h0rus
            • Go check out the articles at AnandTech. Lots of nice benchmarks. : Zillax0rz
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      Won't they charge you restocking fee? : h0rus
      • good point sir. 15% too, so it might not be worth returning. Hopefully the AMD prices will be up before ... : inchwide

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  Yep, most likely We all will be running 2+ ghz next year. As cheap as they are getting. : h0rus
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    3GHz by the end of this year. Oh yeah intel is going to go on overdrive with their brand new PC1066 and... : MarksmanX
    • I'm withholding any judgement until clawhammer this winter. : johnny rotten