Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2 $1,236

Sempron 2800+ AM2 $67

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http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1601

Ed wrote:
> Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2 $1,236
>
> Sempron 2800+ AM2 $67

Damn, that's just an unbelievable price difference between two
processors that come from essentially the same core!

Yousuf Khan

On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:35:45 -0700, YKhan wrote:

> Ed wrote:
>> Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2 $1,236
>>
>> Sempron 2800+ AM2 $67
>
> Damn, that's just an unbelievable price difference between two
> processors that come from essentially the same core!
>
Different cores, and there's 2 cores in the FX-62. Still a big difference
in price though.:-)

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"YKhan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ed wrote:
>> Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2 $1,236
>>
>> Sempron 2800+ AM2 $67
>
> Damn, that's just an unbelievable price difference between two
> processors that come from essentially the same core!
>
> Yousuf Khan
>

Well you need to remember that price is not cost.

On 6 Apr 2006 11:35:45 -0700, "YKhan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Ed wrote:
>> Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2 $1,236
>>
>> Sempron 2800+ AM2 $67
>
>Damn, that's just an unbelievable price difference between two
>processors that come from essentially the same core!
>
> Yousuf Khan

Different markets, yields are never that great on the fastest parts,
die-hard gamers will pay a premium for a few extra percent in
performance, AMD can't keep up with demand, new chips and boards are
always over priced to offset R&D, yearly bonuses, filling CEOs pockets
with cash, etc,etc. There is a sucker born every minute.

"Ed" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 6 Apr 2006 11:35:45 -0700, "YKhan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Ed wrote:
>>> Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2 $1,236
>>>
>>> Sempron 2800+ AM2 $67
>>
>>Damn, that's just an unbelievable price difference between two
>>processors that come from essentially the same core!
>>
>> Yousuf Khan
>
> Different markets, yields are never that great on the fastest parts,
> die-hard gamers will pay a premium for a few extra percent in
> performance, AMD can't keep up with demand, new chips and boards are
> always over priced to offset R&D, yearly bonuses, filling CEOs pockets
> with cash, etc,etc.

> There is a sucker born every minute.

Since that phrase was coined in the mid 1800s, at the current rate of
population growth, surely the sucker rate must be up to one every second?

mxh wrote:
>
> "Ed" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > On 6 Apr 2006 11:35:45 -0700, "YKhan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >>Ed wrote:
> >>> Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2 $1,236
> >>>
> >>> Sempron 2800+ AM2 $67
> >>
> >>Damn, that's just an unbelievable price difference between two
> >>processors that come from essentially the same core!
> >>
> >> Yousuf Khan
> >
> > Different markets, yields are never that great on the fastest parts,
> > die-hard gamers will pay a premium for a few extra percent in
> > performance, AMD can't keep up with demand, new chips and boards are
> > always over priced to offset R&D, yearly bonuses, filling CEOs pockets
> > with cash, etc,etc.
>
> > There is a sucker born every minute.
>
> Since that phrase was coined in the mid 1800s, at the current rate of
> population growth, surely the sucker rate must be up to one every second?

But that is what all babies do?