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Tim S · 23rd Apr 2008, 13:18

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/04...essor_prices/1

Intel has announced another slew of price cuts on its processors in order to keep the pressure on AMD. Quad-core processors are starting to look even more attractive than ever before.

cjoyce1980 · 23rd Apr 2008, 13:19

AMD need to do something, lets hope the 12 core processors actual work and are worth shouting about

liratheal · 23rd Apr 2008, 13:54

Price cuts are fantastic, but when are we, the consumers, going to see benefit from this?

Specifically in the UK.

CobraMods · 23rd Apr 2008, 13:56

according the article its looking like mid july we should see the drop

MontanaFX · 23rd Apr 2008, 13:56

More bad news for AMD. But isnt the Intel price cut an annual occurrence?

salesman · 23rd Apr 2008, 14:03

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Originally Posted by MontanaFX

More bad news for AMD. But isnt the Intel price cut an annual occurrence?

Yea since when is this news about intel price cuts surprising?

phuzz · 23rd Apr 2008, 14:05

As someone who just bought an E8400 can I say: "ouch"
(Of course it's inevitable, but it always stings)

wuyanxu · 23rd Apr 2008, 14:09

when will the q9650 be cheap enough for me to afford one

chrisb2e9 · 23rd Apr 2008, 14:19

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does it mean that Intel believes the Q6600 is a better processor moving forwards? Quite possibly – it certainly seems to be the choice among enthusiasts at the moment... and it's for good reason too.

I'm betting that it just sells better. so there is no reason to drop the price for it any farther.

notatoad · 23rd Apr 2008, 20:30

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Originally Posted by liratheal

Price cuts are fantastic, but when are we, the consumers, going to see benefit from this?

at least three canadian stores dropped the Q6700 down to $250 yesterday. so i'd say soon.

Redbeaver · 23rd Apr 2008, 22:07

q9400 @$266..... w00t!!

hardly any upgrade from my q6600, but for new builders... omg... its fantastic!

Multiplectic · 24th Apr 2008, 02:17

For me it'll be Q6600/6700 or Q9450. It'll depend on pricing at the moment.

Xir · 24th Apr 2008, 09:44

Hmmm the e8400 and e6850 are at very similar prices now here in Germany...

so, is the e8400 the new e6850? ;-)

More interesting: in games, the E's are quicker than the Q's, why would a gamer buy a Q?

Regards,

Xir

wuyanxu · 24th Apr 2008, 09:59

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Originally Posted by Xir

Hmmm the e8400 and e6850 are at very similar prices now here in Germany...

so, is the e8400 the new e6850? ;-)

More interesting: in games, the E's are quicker than the Q's, why would a gamer buy a Q?

Regards,

Xir

the sheer clock speed of e is faster.

but the actual computing power, and future multi-threaded computing leads to most people getting q, since it's a LOT faster if a program multi-threaded

notatoad · 24th Apr 2008, 10:00

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Originally Posted by Xir

in games, the E's are quicker than the Q's, why would a gamer buy a Q?

future-proofing for quad-core optimized games that will be coming out, e-peen, etc. if you search there have been a few threads where people have argued this one back and forth with no real definitive answer.

naokaji · 24th Apr 2008, 13:11

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Originally Posted by supertoad

future-proofing for quad-core optimized games that will be coming out, e-peen, etc. if you search there have been a few threads where people have argued this one back and forth with no real definitive answer.

but, by the time the majority of software will take advantage of quads the current ones will be ancient paperweights and we will argue if we should buy 8 or 12 core cpu's, but,
end of month is comming closer and with it payday, the Q6700 sure looks tempting especially considering the stock situation of the 9450 and 9550 and their rip off prices (statement about them only applies to uk).

Xir · 8th May 2008, 12:55

...right.
We've had the same diskussion when stepping from single to dual-core. And most games just don't support multi cores properly ;-)

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