They have already come out with several press releases saying that they are not coming out with any more chips or cores until K8L. From here till then they are killing chipsets, and dropping prices to make up for it.
Cheers
Cameron
Exactly... so if AMD drops the price of the 5000+ series to at or below 400 bucks, then the cost to performance ratio is back in AMD's court.
I know the reverse HT may have been a rumor but for some reason AMD has always seemed to slip something in.
Until I see reports (and I do not mean silly benchmarks) on the real world performance of Conroe, it can sit on the shelf. Besides, by the time the REAL factor (DX10) hits the shelves, the processor sitting on top may not be Intel anymore.
That's what is important. Anyone who buys a Conroe now and does not wait for DX10 is (IMHO) throwing money out the window. By the time DX10 hits the market and is proven, Inhell may be the worse bang for the buck... AGAIN.
EDIT: And now that I think about it.. that may be exactly what AMD has up their sleeve.. let everyone get all hot and bothered over Conroe and wait to put their next hot product on the market when it really counts... when DX10 arrives!
IF that is true, there will be ALLOT of people wishing they had not bought Intel and Intel will once again get the rep for being Wayyyyy overpriced and always under powered for the money.
LOL
PS: If you want 4 gig... get this unit:
http://www.crazypc.com/products/9290.htmlThey say you can get as much as +50% out of any processor.
That chiller unit is similar to what I am building myself, except what I am working on chills all components, not just the processor. My system will not have an annoying hum from a compressor.
Last edited by NicksFXHouse on Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.