AMD AM2 Prices posted

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" 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.

"Ed" wrote in message
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On 6 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!

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" wrote in message
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On 6 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!

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?