AMD lowers prices

A few days ago, AMD took advantage of the launch of the Phenom X4 9950 to readjust its price list. Phenom X3/X4 prices were reduced 10 to 14%, while those of Athlon 64 X2s were lowered 16 to 27%. These reductions seem insufficient compared to a recent similar move by Intel because the Q6600 is now less expensive than the Phenom X4 9850 while for the price of an A64 6400+ we can opt for an E8400 instead of the previous E8300. Moreover, even if there was a big reduction for the 6000+, note that this actually involves positioning it against the E7200 which is found for the same price.


Otherwise, the rest of the A64 X2 line, the 5400+, 5200+ and 5000+ (2.9, 2.7 and 2.5 GHz) are positioned against the Pentium Dual Core E2220, E2200 and E2180 which are at 2.4, 2.2 and 2 GHz. In the end, these could be the only ones in AMD’s CPU line to be competitive, at least in terms of performance.