AMD, Intel Price Cuts
CNET has a story up with info on recent AMD and Intel CPU price cuts. AMD cut prices for XP and mobile XP chips, while Intel lowered prices for its Celeron processors.
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SlamDunk
replyCelerons? Who buys Celerons?
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People that don't realise that an AthlonXP can be had for the same money and will smack the Celeron senseless.
or Intel fanboys that won't buy Athlons because they say AMD on them.
the current Celerons are highly meh as far as I'm concerned, the only thing they have going for them is Intel branding.-
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And that has what to do with Celerons?
Half the bus speed + one quarter the L2 cache + no hyperthreading relative to the P4C = Athlon > Celeron, by a huge frickin' margin.
the P4C is indeed maximumawesome, but I'd have a tough time deciding between prices from http://www.aria.co.uk :
AMD AthlonXP 2700 [2.17GHZ 333] RET £127.00
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe £85.00
£249.10 after VAT (17.5%)
or
Intel P4 2.4 (HT,RET,800-SL6WF-MAL) £129.00
Gigabyte GA-8PE800 Ultra £105.00
£274.95 after VAT (17.5%)
Those two would perform in roughly the same ballpark (swings and roundabouts), but the Athlon rig would have maximuml33t sound...
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