AMD starts a rare reverse price-war with Intel

[YKhan]

AMD has introduced its X2 chips to go up against the Pentium-D's. And
in order to sweeten the pot for consumers, it has priced them upto
twice as expensive as the Pentiums. Reverse psychology, you know.

http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2005/05/the_battle_for_.html

Yousuf Khan

 

[Rob Stow]

AMD has introduced its X2 chips to go up against the Pentium-D's. And
in order to sweeten the pot for consumers, it has priced them upto
twice as expensive as the Pentiums. Reverse psychology, you know.

From the X2 benchmarks I've seen and the Opty 270 chips I
actually got to play with for a few days, the AMD vs Pent-D
pricing is actually quite reasonable considering how poorly the
Pent-D performs. You get a lot less from the Pent-D and it is
priced accordingly.

And don't forget that if you actually use a Pent-D your power
bill is going to be on the order of $10/month higher than if you
had used an X2 or an Opty 26x or 27x. Double that if you are
going to be using an A/C to remove all that extra heat from the room.

 

[Ed]

From the X2 benchmarks I've seen and the Opty 270 chips I
actually got to play with for a few days, the AMD vs Pent-D
pricing is actually quite reasonable considering how poorly the
Pent-D performs. You get a lot less from the Pent-D and it is
priced accordingly.

And don't forget that if you actually use a Pent-D your power
bill is going to be on the order of $10/month higher than if you
had used an X2 or an Opty 26x or 27x. Double that if you are
going to be using an A/C to remove all that extra heat from the room.

If AMD made em any cheaper they probably couldn't supply the demand
anyway, they still only have one FAB right?

Ed