Do you happen to know Intel roadmap for CPUs?

[online]

What's coming for Intel CPUs? When will Intel cut price on
current ones?

I want to get P4 3.0Ghz but it's too expensive. From what
shows at www.pricewatch.com, it's only $19 difference
jumping from P4 2.0 to P4 2.4 800. But then it's $46 to
jump from 2.4Ghz to 2.6Ghz, $49 to jump from 2.6Ghz to
2.8Ghz, and $130 to jump from 2.8Ghz to 3.0Ghz. I'm more
willing to buy the 3.0Ghz at about $150;-)

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$394 - Pentium 4 3.0GHz 800
$264 - Pentium 4 2.8GHz 800
$215 Pentium 4 2.6GHz 800
$169 - Pentium 4 2.4GHz 800
$159 - Pentium 4 2.4GHz 400
$153 - Pentium 4 2.2GHz 400
$150 - Pentium 4 2.0GHz Sock 478
$112 - Pentium 4 2.0GHz

 

[JK]

If you have around $165 to spend for a processor, then go for
an Athlon XP2800+ 333 instead. An Athlon XP3000+ 400
at only around $260 is a good deal.

 

[kony]

What's coming for Intel CPUs? When will Intel cut price on
current ones?

I want to get P4 3.0Ghz but it's too expensive. From what
shows at www.pricewatch.com, it's only $19 difference
jumping from P4 2.0 to P4 2.4 800. But then it's $46 to
jump from 2.4Ghz to 2.6Ghz, $49 to jump from 2.6Ghz to
2.8Ghz, and $130 to jump from 2.8Ghz to 3.0Ghz. I'm more
willing to buy the 3.0Ghz at about $150;-)

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$394 - Pentium 4 3.0GHz 800
$264 - Pentium 4 2.8GHz 800
$215 Pentium 4 2.6GHz 800
$169 - Pentium 4 2.4GHz 800
$159 - Pentium 4 2.4GHz 400
$153 - Pentium 4 2.2GHz 400
$150 - Pentium 4 2.0GHz Sock 478
$112 - Pentium 4 2.0GHz

Well of course we'd all like to spend less, for the fastest CPU .

The 2.4GHz is at a nice price-point now... Eventually the 3.0GHz will
be cheaper, but then of course we'd all like that next-faster CPU for
cheaper too, it's all relative to the timing... The odds are that you
won't be able to notice the difference in use between a 2.4Ghz and the
3.0GHz, and if it's any consolation, if you use good memory you'd
probably be able to overclock the 2.4GHz to a performance level
exceeding that possible with the 3.0GHz. I mean, the max possible
performance you could squeeze out of a system, would be higher with
the 2.4GHz, due to it being able to use a higher clocked FSB since it
has a fixed multiplier. Regardless, if you run a processor a "notch"
below it's ceiling speed, it'll be less sensitive to heat, so you
could use a quieter cooler. So all in all the 2.4GHz isn't such a bad
choice.


Dave

 

[JK]

Well of course we'd all like to spend less, for the fastest CPU .

The 2.4GHz is at a nice price-point now...

Not really, as an Athlon XP2600+ 333 is only around $100 for the
retail box with heatsink.

Eventually the 3.0GHz will
be cheaper, but then of course we'd all like that next-faster CPU for
cheaper too, it's all relative to the timing... The odds are that you
won't be able to notice the difference in use between a 2.4Ghz and the
3.0GHz, and if it's any consolation, if you use good memory you'd
probably be able to overclock the 2.4GHz to a performance level
exceeding that possible with the 3.0GHz. I mean, the max possible
performance you could squeeze out of a system, would be higher with
the 2.4GHz, due to it being able to use a higher clocked FSB since it
has a fixed multiplier. Regardless, if you run a processor a "notch"
below it's ceiling speed, it'll be less sensitive to heat, so you
could use a quieter cooler. So all in all the 2.4GHz isn't such a bad
choice.

It wouldn't be that horrible if one must choose an Intel processor.
Most people have the choice of choosing an AMD processor instead.