A leaked AMD price list obtained by HKEPC shows pricing
for a new Athlon 64 X2 3600+ processor. Rumors surrounding this chip
have made the rounds since late June.
While it is currently an OEM-only processor, the Athlon 64 X2 3600+ will
reportedly see a retail launch on Socket AM2 “in the short coming
future.” The leaked price list is in Hong Kong dollars, and it shows a
price equivalent to $149 for the chip. However, the Athlon 64 X2 3800+
is listed for the equivalent of $160 (while its U.S. price is $153,)
suggesting Hong Kong prices are a little higher than their U.S.
counterparts. If the Athlon 64 X2 3600+ is priced accordingly, it could dip further below $150 in the U.S to better compete with Intel’s Pentium D 915, which has a 1000-unit
price of just $133.
Not the end yet. I expect $89 OEM DCs from AMD within the next 6 1/2 months.
Must. See. Overclocking potential…
Socket 939? Seriously, I’m looking to upgrade to a cheap dual-core so I can do more things while encoding.
To AMD: again, if people have to buy a new motherboard/memory, they’re probably going with Intel.
There’s always the X2 3800+, which will be there for a while yet. It’s not like they’re not offering anything for 939 anymore.
It seems to me those S939 X2’s are being snatched up in a breakneck pace. I really don’t know if they will run out soon. 😮
More dualcores for the people! Cant be long before dualcore is the standard in all segments.
Now, if game designers would just use that second core for some decent AI, we’d hopefully see a nice increase in the quality of gameplay. But dual-core will need to be a game requirement (and hence, nearly universal) for that to happen because it’s not as though gamers with old single-core CPUs could just disable the AI like they can with fancy graphics.
There are lots of people do things on their computers other than games who need dual core processors.
ie. watching 2 pr0n movies at once?
more like watching 12